Coconut seed Id

[Rickybobby]

Today my local supermarket had a huge pile of coconuts what was different is usually there wrapped in plastic with a name brand and say from Dominican Republic. These weren’t not wrapped or identified. They look different than normal. The reason why I chose this one. A my daughter pointed at it but also as you can see. It’s large. Full of water and the germination eye looks like it wants to pop so it’s in my warm bucket sowing 

[Rickybobby]

It’s crazy but from experience I see coconuts trying to germinate In dry Canadian supermarkets that have a room temp of 70f quite a bit 

[GottmitAlex]

Awesome! Best of luck! That little one looks like it wants to sprout.

[Rickybobby]

1 hour ago, GottmitAlex said:

Awesome! Best of luck! That little one looks like it wants to sprout.

Any idea on the species?

[GottmitAlex]

14 minutes ago, Rickybobby said:

Any idea on the species?

It's a long shot. How large is your hand?

[NOT A TA]

On 4/28/2019 at 6:14 PM, Rickybobby said:

It’s crazy but from experience I see coconuts trying to germinate In dry Canadian supermarkets that have a room temp of 70f quite a bit 

Might be that before being shipped north they were in a warm storage area (perhaps before husk removal) and start the germination process then the process slows/stops part way through when temps are down in the 70's.  So they may look like they're trying to pop in the supermarket from high heat storage prior to shipping north.  Sometimes I sell coconuts to a guy who may store them for a while (sometimes weeks or a month) while collecting them to ship up to Orlando where they get sold to tourists. They may sit in his storage garage several weeks and the garage can easily be 90F +  through the nights because the cocos hold the heat. Figure if you've got several hundred up to a thousand nuts there's hundreds of gallons of water holding the heat from daytime.  So the holding area may be over 100 in the day because hot roof and no AC and stay in the 90's overnight. Here's a small load in my truck. Landscapers that trim trees in HOA's bring hundreds at a time. The HOA's don't want them to mature and drop (liability),  so the trimmers can take them down at the perfect time for best water.

[Rickybobby]

7 hours ago, NOT A TA said:

Might be that before being shipped north they were in a warm storage area (perhaps before husk removal) and start the germination process then the process slows/stops part way through when temps are down in the 70's.  So they may look like they're trying to pop in the supermarket from high heat storage prior to shipping north.  Sometimes I sell coconuts to a guy who may store them for a while (sometimes weeks or a month) while collecting them to ship up to Orlando where they get sold to tourists. They may sit in his storage garage several weeks and the garage can easily be 90F +  through the nights because the cocos hold the heat. Figure if you've got several hundred up to a thousand nuts there's hundreds of gallons of water holding the heat from daytime.  So the holding area may be over 100 in the day because hot roof and no AC and stay in the 90's overnight. Here's a small load in my truck. Landscapers that trim trees in HOA's bring hundreds at a time. The HOA's don't want them to mature and drop (liability),  so the trimmers can take them down at the perfect time for best water.

Yes thanks I figured that. But I capitalize on that look for ones that seem like they want to live. It’s good if your inpatient lol