Dead or Alive?

[kutsalangemon]

I germinated this coconut 4 months ago and it was doing ok till 2 weeks ago (till i turned off radiators due to hot weather in Istanbul). For 2 weeks I put it balcony inside ziplock bag with full sun exposure. It is around 25-30 C in Istanbul for 2 weeks. I did same way today as well but the palm burnt today. Roots are really ok but i really wonder now it this palm is still alive or not? What do you think?

[kutsalangemon]

No idea ?

[Mohsen]

maybe it didn't have enough humidity ? what is the media it is kept in?

[Stelios]

Hi Mehmet

I'm not very expert but it could be rot. I think it doesn't like to be sealed in the bag in full sun on the hot balcony. It might still be OK but I think is better to keep it in the room 

for the moment and slowly bring it out in the sun. It might be better to plant it in a pot already in a sandy soil mix.

If it will not make it try to germinate another one. It's great that you germinated one from the supermarket!

[kutsalangemon]

Hi Stelios

Today i put it in a pot with sandy soil mix in my small greenhouse. Roots seems really fine. hope it is not dead we will see. I tried 4 other coconuts already except from this one but did not succeed and bored to try because it is really hard to find a good one to germinate. 

[Stelios]

Let's hope you will have positive news. Keep us posted. If you don't want to try again to germinate a coconut, try to find a small one from a nursery.

Stelios

[kutsalangemon]

Hello. These are the latest pics of my coconut taken today. It is not getting better still looks more or less same goes yellow. I checked the roots today and roots are still really good and growing so fast but still no improvement on leaves. What do you think? I keep it in my small greenhouse around 15C at nights 25-30C in morning time and humidity rate is high.

[awkonradi]

I would not give up if the roots are still growing.  Maybe the meristem is still OK.  

[Pal Meir]

[Josh-O]

looks like a gonner. is the spear loose or squishy?

[kutsalangemon]

spear is a bit firm. Still has some green parts as seen on pics but not sure if it is a real survivor. Roots are doing really well. 

[kutsalangemon]

I checked the roots today again and saw that they are doing really great and I cut the leaves to see what is happening inside and took this photo. As you see there is a white dot. Do you think is it a new leaf about sprout?

[awkonradi]

I think that's a real possibility.  Monitor that for development.