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Potted coconut soil mixture


Rickybobby

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This has been a tough one for. Was using promix hp with sand. The sand would just turn to muck and the water would sit there. I’ve thought of going to our family farm and getting sandy soil from there but many pesticides etc have been used in the area and I worry it will hurt the palm. I did worry because my original soil mix was rotting the very small top roots growing out of the trunk so I took the coco out of the pot. The main roots look very white and healthy. So I added in some bark nuggets wood mulch and pro mix. Now the Water drains through very well. Anyone else have any ideas for a potted coconut. 

Thanks 

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I used for my potted Cocos 100% granite grus (sandy loamy weathered granite) without any organic matter in standing water; and the Cocos babies in their habitat on Green Island / QLD are growing on 100% coral sand, also without any organic matter. But what they always need is WATER.

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So maybe buy some sand from an aquarium store which is crushed coral and add that in? Which mimicks a Caribbean beach? It’s doing well but the top roots seem to not like the current state 

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Tried our farm sand soil today it didn’t drain well at all the water sat on top of it like the play sand. Took it back out. Using my combo of peatmoss mix. Wood mulch and bark nuggets. I get the water draining out of the pots very well with this combo and the pear moss takes up the large air gaps in between the bark

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My coconut looks about the same age as yours, it’s growing in coconut coir + perlite in a 6 inch clay pot. This is my 3rd attempt at growing a coconut (the first two eventually had root rot) and I think the clay pot has helped tremendously.

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4 hours ago, cm05 said:

My coconut looks about the same age as yours, it’s growing in coconut coir + perlite in a 6 inch clay pot. This is my 3rd attempt at growing a coconut (the first two eventually had root rot) and I think the clay pot has helped tremendously.

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Nice coco ours are different species. I’m being proactive I dig down and the main roots looks white and very healthy. Just the small ones on the top don’t look great so I’ve switched it up so far so good 

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I think you all are overthinking the issue. Just because coconuts in photos are growing on beach sand doesn't mean you have to recreate beach sand. They are not that fussy. I use a well draining potting mix with extra perlite - no sand. Most sand is so fine it compacts into a solid mass when wet, i.e., little to no drainage. If you must have sand, make it a coarse sand that approaches fine gravel. But just try to lift that pot.

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6 hours ago, PalmatierMeg said:

I think you all are overthinking the issue. Just because coconuts in photos are growing on beach sand doesn't mean you have to recreate beach sand. They are not that fussy. I use a well draining potting mix with extra perlite - no sand. Most sand is so fine it compacts into a solid mass when wet, i.e., little to no drainage. If you must have sand, make it a coarse sand that approaches fine gravel. But just try to lift that pot.

Agree. Coconuts grow in many areas away from beaches.

Just keep the mix very well draining. Keep them WARM!

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What I wanted to say with my two examples is: You don’t need any organic matter (humus) in your soil mix. If you add it you risk root rot (esp. during the dark season in our latitudes, different to FL) because you should keep your soil always wet (not only humid) and warm, as Meg already mentioned. My Cocos stood all its life always in c. 10 cm water (»wet feet«).

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