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Cocos nucifera (White coconut)

RJ

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RJ Grand Master

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Picked this guy up at the grocery store. Picked my share of coconuts up of the beach and husked them but I never came across one that’s just about white like this? Has it been bleached ? I was going to sprout it with my kids for some fun. 

 

Perhaps this is normal?? 

 

Thanks 

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RJ Grand Master

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Oh I put this in the wrong forum, perhaps a MOD can move it, Sorry! 

RJ Grand Master

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So upon a little digging, apparently these are "young" coconuts. Are they still good for germinating, or should we go ahead and eat it :wub2:

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Eat it. And YES,they are bleached white.

 

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Temps between 29F and 115F each year

Missi Grand Master

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22 minutes ago, aztropic said:

And YES,they are bleached white.

WHY?!

Naples (inland), FL - technically 10a but more like 9b in the winter :hmm:

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12 hours ago, RJ said:

So upon a little digging, apparently these are "young" coconuts. Are they still good for germinating, or should we go ahead and eat it :wub2:

I tried to germinate a white, bleached coconut and it was a complete failure. Just eat it and use the brown dehusked ones for germination. 

Zone 8a/8b Greenville, NC 

Zone 9a/9b Bluffton, SC

aztropic Grand Master

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12 hours ago, Missi said:

WHY?!

Coconuts are bleached white to make it easy to identify them as "young". Instead of meat,the inside of those coconuts picked young is mostly water and jelly.

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Mesa, Arizona

 

Temps between 29F and 115F each year

Missi Grand Master

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On 1/31/2019 at 10:56 PM, aztropic said:

Coconuts are bleached white to make it easy to identify them as "young". Instead of meat,the inside of those coconuts picked young is mostly water and jelly.

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

Now it makes sense. Thanks!

Naples (inland), FL - technically 10a but more like 9b in the winter :hmm:

RJ Grand Master

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Yep, ate this one with the kids. Thanks folks :up: 

 

 

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