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My Kansas Coconut:)

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This coconut was sent to me by PalmIslandRandy back in October.

This picture was taken the night I planted it (October 25):

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This picture was taken tonight (December 5)

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Insane amount of growth in such a short time!!

Thanks again Randy for giving this Kansas boy a bit of the tropics!! :)

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They are fun, hopefully you'll have some good luck with it....I haven't but I have a customer who ZERO plant experience that brought one back from a trip and it's growing in a 1/2 whiskey barrel at his tire store in a East facing huge store front and it's about 8 feet tall now. It gets minimal care too, yet looks great. I'm always jealous when I call on them.

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This is the second time I've tried, first time I was 8 years old, brought a coconut back from the Bahamas...it sprouted, then died a week later...hopefully I'll have better luck with this one;))

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I think I saw sprouted coconuts being sold as house plants in London.

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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Probably...I've heard a lot of box stores sell them (never seen them around here)...it's ironic, since the general consensus is they don't make good houseplants...

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Here's a little sprout from the beach in Costa Rica a few weeks ago. It was a quiet little place and I was a bit bored so I walked around gathering sprouts and planting them up in the tree line where they would be safe. Probably planted about 20 of them, I hope they make it :)

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Probably...I've heard a lot of box stores sell them (never seen them around here)...it's ironic, since the general consensus is they don't make good houseplants...

That's a very true word, Jacob! I have tried several times to grow them in the house in a very light and warm position, but finally stopped the probably endless battle against spidermites. I grew them up to three years, both on hydroculture as in soil. It's a shame, because especially the yellow/orange-coloured ones I think are very beautiful!

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Here's a little sprout from the beach in Costa Rica a few weeks ago. It was a quiet little place and I was a bit bored so I walked around gathering sprouts and planting them up in the tree line where they would be safe. Probably planted about 20 of them, I hope they make it :)

Awww;) I always do the same thing in Mexico...I want to give the little guys the best chance possible;)

Probably...I've heard a lot of box stores sell them (never seen them around here)...it's ironic, since the general consensus is they don't make good houseplants...

That's a very true word, Jacob! I have tried several times to grow them in the house in a very light and warm position, but finally stopped the probably endless battle against spidermites. I grew them up to three years, both on hydroculture as in soil. It's a shame, because especially the yellow/orange-coloured ones I think are very beautiful!

Yeah, I've heard spidermites tend to be the #1 killer of indoor palms...haven't dealt with them yet, but my time surely has yet to come...In the mean time, I have a nice sunny office window and space heater, room stays around 85F at all times. For summer, I have a nice large patio ;)

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They can make nice houseplants in a bright window. I've seen some awesome looking ones that were bonsai style, being potted several years.

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I think I saw sprouted coconuts being sold as house plants in London.

Yes most DIY stores & some supermarkets in the UK sell them, very cheap too around $10 for a 5ft tall sprout. These are force grown in hot houses in Holland though & they survive a few months only at best...

Malta - USDA Zone 11a

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Thanks:) It is a golden Malayan dwarf...I've never had a plant, let alone palm, grow this fast. If it makes it long enough, I'm gonna run out of room! :P

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I'm happy to see it's doing so well :greenthumb:

"If you need me, I'll be outside" -Randy Wiesner Palm Beach County, Florida Zone 10Bish

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Thanks:) It is a golden Malayan dwarf...I've never had a plant, let alone palm, grow this fast. If it makes it long enough, I'm gonna run out of room! :P

Coconuts are fast for sure. This one is only a year and a half old!

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I'm happy to see it's doing so well :greenthumb:

Thanks again for sending this to me! I really appreciate it! :) Never dreamt I'd actually get it to grow...I keep a space heater in the room, it has never been exposed to temps below ~65...

Thanks:) It is a golden Malayan dwarf...I've never had a plant, let alone palm, grow this fast. If it makes it long enough, I'm gonna run out of room! :P

Coconuts are fast for sure. This one is only a year and a half old!

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Wow!! That's impressive! Looks like it's a Malayan dwarf as well...very nice!

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Congratulations! If you aren't careful, your palm will lure you to the tropics and you will not look back. As a 32 year Virginian and before that Ohio and NC, I can attest that Puerto Rico is wonderful.attachicon.gifimage.jpg
Oh yes...I already have plans to move to either S. Florida or extreme S. Texas in the next couple of years...I plan to take this guy with me and plant it in the ground...I think it would be a cool story if the coconut went from Florida to Kansas, and back to Florida again;)

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It looks like it needs to be potted up

Carlsbad, California Zone 10 B on the hill (402 ft. elevation)

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Wow!! That's impressive! Looks like it's a Malayan dwarf as well...very nice!

Nope, it's some kind of hybrid though. I got it under a palm with Panama tall characteristics growing in the mangroves in Sarasota, and it went through our chilly (but not cold) winter last year with no spots on it (the winter killed my yellow Malayan and severely damaged my Maypan that were the same age). I want to say that it's a Panama tall, but chances are it's some kind of mutt with a lot of Panama tall genetics in it.

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Wow!! That's impressive! Looks like it's a Malayan dwarf as well...very nice!

Nope, it's some kind of hybrid though. I got it under a palm with Panama tall characteristics growing in the mangroves in Sarasota, and it went through our chilly (but not cold) winter last year with no spots on it (the winter killed my yellow Malayan and severely damaged my Maypan that were the same age). I want to say that it's a Panama tall, but chances are it's some kind of mutt with a lot of Panama tall genetics in it.

Very nice...glad it made it! I'm not real good with coconut ID's when they're young:P Edited by jfrye01@live.com

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Wow!! That's impressive! Looks like it's a Malayan dwarf as well...very nice!

Nope, it's some kind of hybrid though. I got it under a palm with Panama tall characteristics growing in the mangroves in Sarasota, and it went through our chilly (but not cold) winter last year with no spots on it (the winter killed my yellow Malayan and severely damaged my Maypan that were the same age). I want to say that it's a Panama tall, but chances are it's some kind of mutt with a lot of Panama tall genetics in it.

Very nice...glad it made it! I'm not real good with coconut ID's when they're young:P

Jacob - you are correct on the difficulty of ID'ing a cultivar of such a young age, Unless it isolated and was self pollinated, it could have been crossed with another cultivar. It is however exhibiting many affinities of a Red Malay Dwarf at this stage.

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Wow!! That's impressive! Looks like it's a Malayan dwarf as well...very nice!

Nope, it's some kind of hybrid though. I got it under a palm with Panama tall characteristics growing in the mangroves in Sarasota, and it went through our chilly (but not cold) winter last year with no spots on it (the winter killed my yellow Malayan and severely damaged my Maypan that were the same age). I want to say that it's a Panama tall, but chances are it's some kind of mutt with a lot of Panama tall genetics in it.

Very nice...glad it made it! I'm not real good with coconut ID's when they're young:P

Jacob - you are correct on the difficulty of ID'ing a cultivar of such a young age, Unless it isolated and was self pollinated, it could have been crossed with another cultivar. It is however exhibiting many affinities of a Red Malay Dwarf at this stage.

Moose, check out these coconuts at Selby gardens. I suspect that the adult palm I got my coconut from came from one of these, as it's growing about 100 feet away in a bunch of mangroves and looks the same. Zoom in enough and you'll see the color of the coconuts on them - orange.

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Still going strong!! Pictures taken today, March 8, 2015.

(I need to clean up the office! ;) )

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It's growing like crazy, never realized these things grew this fast...Hopefully I'll be able to move it out onto the patio in a month or so...I'll just have to figure out how to slowly introduce it to sunlight...

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I've been growing palms for years and I've killed every coconut I've ever had. Looks good.

Los Angeles, CA and Myrtle Beach, SC.

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How exciting! and it sure is growing fast. I think you need one of those 2-3 story high family rooms with the wall of windows. At the rate that one is going hopefully your winter is over real soon. Love your update photos.

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Awesome growth this winter. Keep it up. I just put mine outside here in Phoenix az. Slowly acclimating to sunshine. But dang we are so dry here. A little crisp on the edges. Better than nothing tho.

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Here she is today! Newest frond is splitting...I moved it outside a few months ago, but had to move it back inside today as the fierce winds the past few days have been wreaking havoc on it. image.thumb.jpg.98231ad9c2d3a8b3c1d3a5d2

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Jacob, your coconut looks better than the ones we have out here!

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It's so nice to see that there are more people taking such drastic measures to keep a coconut for as long as possible. Keep up the good work!

I've been out of the running for some time and I had to give up on my coconut I had indoors from 2005 untill 2012. It grew perfectly in front of a south facing large window. Fully pinnate leaves, it was beautifull!

I will start again with some sprouts I collected in Surinam. Tomorrow I fly back to Amsterdam, pot them up and hit this thread with some pictures. I hope I can still give these coconuts what they need...

Cheers!

 

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