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Trimming Coconuts to Encourage Seedling Development


mgmccabe

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I've had some success lately with trimming down the coconut husk to help it sprout. Has anyone else also tried this technique before? I've never seen anything written about it, but in researching coconut sprouts you can see a lot of sprouts have been trimmed, especially when someone is trying to sprout them in bulk. 

My thought is, it is just less husk for the sprout to have to travel through during its development and that's why its helpful. Thoughts?

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Just as a natural birth is more beneficial to a newborn than a c-section. I gather a  more "natural" husked sprout is better than trimming the nut. I can only assume it fortifies the sprout in some way by pushing out of the husk.

At least with my sprouted store-bought dehusked cocos I have noticed the spear leaf is a lot more tender and mushy than the ones which germinated from a completely husked coconut.

I may be wrong completely.  But it's just my opinion.

 

  

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On ‎10‎/‎7‎/‎2017‎ ‎3‎:‎24‎:‎29‎, GottmitAlex said:

Just as a natural birth is more beneficial to a newborn than a c-section. I gather a  more "natural" husked sprout is better than trimming the nut. I can only assume it fortifies the sprout in some way by pushing out of the husk.

At least with my sprouted store-bought dehusked cocos I have noticed the spear leaf is a lot more tender and mushy than the ones which germinated from a completely husked coconut.

I may be wrong completely.  But it's just my opinion.

 

  

I agree, Alex, I think the sprout having to push through the entire husk toughens them up in the long run.  Maybe some commercial growers try trimming up the husks to possibly get a better germination rate, but I would rather have fewer sprouts overall, but the ones I have be a lot stronger and more robust!

John

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