Cracked coconut question

[Rickybobby]

Hey all. One of my store bought dehusked units got prettt hot and it cracked water still inside but you can see a tad of the meat along the crack. So what do you guys think? Will it still be viable or will it not?

[clevelandtropicsmaybe]

I'm not sure, maybe if its keep very clean, when I tried a dehusked coconut it must have gotten an infection because it popped the eye out and almost exploded and the inside smelled fermented. I think mine must have had a small crack that I couldn't see.

[Rickybobby]

3 hours ago, clevelandtropicsmaybe said:

I'm not sure, maybe if its keep very clean, when I tried a dehusked coconut it must have gotten an infection because it popped the eye out and almost exploded and the inside smelled fermented. I think mine must have had a small crack that I couldn't see.

I had that happen before when it got too hot!

[GottmitAlex]

I have always discarded any and all cracked cocos. The truth of the matter is I have never attempted to germinate a coco once it cracks and/or once I find out it's cracked.  Pretty sure they need the water to convert into "queens candy" to store the required nutrients for their first 6 months.  But, here again, I haven't tried it.

I had one dehusked coco explode in 2017: I had two in my greenhouse early that year. Come summer, I brought them outside in their ziplock bags but covered with a black trash bag. The heat was so intense. About 10 minutes later I heard a major pop. Water was everywhere in the black bag. The coco had perforated its individual ziplock bag. It was something. Good thing I was outside and I took the surviving coco back into the greenhouse (outdoor bathroom).

It germinated Nov. 27 2017 and was planted in ground April 2018. 

Here it is.

 

 

Edited July 5, 2019 by GottmitAlex

[palmsOrl]

You even have a supplemental light for it, even though it is outside.  That is devotion.  

[GottmitAlex]

7 minutes ago, palmsOrl said:

You even have a supplemental light for it, even though it is outside.  That is devotion.  

Thanks. But that is only for winter nights. Same with the supplemental 125 w brood lamps trained 85% soil/15% meristem: only When evening temps fall below 10c.

 

Correcting typos/autocorrect. On my cell phone in my small garden.

 

Edited July 5, 2019 by GottmitAlex

[Rickybobby]

8 hours ago, GottmitAlex said:

I have always discarded any and all cracked cocos. The truth of the matter is I have never attempted to germinate a coco once it cracks and/or once I find out it's cracked.  Pretty sure they need the water to convert into "queens candy" to store the required nutrients for their first 6 months.  But, here again, I haven't tried it.

I had one dehusked coco explode in 2017: I had two in my greenhouse early that year. Come summer, I brought them outside in their ziplock bags but covered with a black trash bag. The heat was so intense. About 10 minutes later I heard a major pop. Water was everywhere in the black bag. The coco had perforated its individual ziplock bag. It was something. Good thing I was outside and I took the surviving coco back into the greenhouse (outdoor bathroom).

It germinated Nov. 27 2017 and was planted in ground April 2018. 

Here it is.

 

 

Alex the water was still inside. It didn’t crack through. That’s why I was curious 

[GottmitAlex]

5 hours ago, Rickybobby said:

Alex the water was still inside. It didn’t crack through. That’s why I was curious 

The problem will be once you place in in the ziploc bag all that water will condense and will be on the outside of the nut.

[Rickybobby]

Was just a thought. I just had a nut in a baggy iam full sun lol sucked it right up. Too hot lol. This is why I bought a ton of them I’m trying different things. But so far the warm water bucket is the best method for me