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Hello,

First time here so I'm sorry if I'm not following any guidelines.

I have a coconut palm that is approximately 8 years old and it produces coconuts but there is nothing inside the husk. No hard shell nut at all. I've tried googling it and can't find anything to explain why this is happening. I live in Miami so I know the climate is right. Any help would be greatly appreciated because the whole reason we planted and grew the palm was because my wife and I love coconuts. 

Thanks!

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Welcome to the forum!  First time posting but you did perfect (i put mine in the wrong spot).  I can't help with the coconut, it stumps me too, just wanted to say welcome!  A few gut thoughts: nutrition, chill in winter (doubtful), drought during a critical period, disease (any other issues? Photos?) or insect damage.  I bet someone on here can expand on it a bit.

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Supper weird. Is this the first year Fruiting? 

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Hi,

Welcome to Palmtalk!

  On 8/30/2024 at 4:56 AM, Bkue said:

Supper weird. Is this the first year Fruiting? 

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That was my first thought as well. The first fruiting attempt often fails...

Lars 

 

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  On 8/29/2024 at 10:37 PM, Core9137 said:

Hello,

First time here so I'm sorry if I'm not following any guidelines.

I have a coconut palm that is approximately 8 years old and it produces coconuts but there is nothing inside the husk. No hard shell nut at all. I've tried googling it and can't find anything to explain why this is happening. I live in Miami so I know the climate is right. Any help would be greatly appreciated because the whole reason we planted and grew the palm was because my wife and I love coconuts. 

Thanks!

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8 years old might not be old enough. When palms first start to produce seeds, they tend to abort for a year or 2. This is usually presented by fruit drop although it could also be immature fruits which it sounds like is your condition. If it’s 8 years old from planting a coconut it’s still pretty young. If it was transplanted from field grown, the age would be older but it could be stunted from the transplant. If it was in a pot, it depends on the pot/plant size at that time. Pictures would help. 

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Core9137,  Welcome to Palmtalk  !   :)

San Francisco, California

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Thanks for all the replies. Sorry I haven't replied sooner (crazy labor day weekend). 

So, not the first fruiting, the tree has been giving coconuts, at least the outer husks anyway, for I want to say a year and a half to two years now. 

The tree was sprouted in a pot by a friend of ours but we planted it the ground right after it sprouted, still in the coconut, so 8 years old is the approximately correct age. 

I need to remember to take a picture of the tree and post it for you guys but to my untrained eye, it looks like every other healthy coconut palm I've seen.

The nutrition aspect makes me wonder though. Where I live, I can't really dig down more than a couple of inches before hitting a lot of limestone and other fill that was used when the community was built. Is there some sort of fertilizer or additive I should give to the tree that might help?

Thanks again for the replies! I'll try to upload some pics soon.

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