Green Dwarf Malayan coconut

[mrjc]

Anyone know how old this coconut is got it online and am going to grow it in my greenhouse! Also at what hight do they fruit I know they can very quickly I just don’t know what hight my greenhouse is 12ft tall and I might make a taller part to it if I have too

[idontknowhatnametuse]

  On 12/7/2024 at 1:47 AM, mrjc said:

Anyone know how old this coconut is got it online and am going to grow it in my greenhouse! Also at what hight do they fruit I know they can very quickly I just don’t know what hight my greenhouse is 12ft tall and I might make a taller part to it if I have too

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It looks like a 2-4 month old seedling.

[NC_Palms]

Yeah thats still a baby. I would *think* a dwarf variety could potentially fruit at maybe 2 -3 feet of trunk. But being in NoVA, I am unsure how long this will take or if it producing fruit is possible. 

In my experience, my coconut (no idea what the variety is) is a somewhat fast growing palm.  Just make sure the greenhouse is heated above 60F and it should do well. 

[PalmatierMeg]

Alert: No snark intended but don't expect a crop of coconuts to fall into your lap in your lifetime. I grew up in Fairfax and know the area well. A 3-month sweltering summer does not meet the requirements for life, much less reproductive success for a coconut palm. Sellers know this yet will still troll for buyers with false promises of groves of fruiting coconut palms up north.

Even in HI above 1,000' elevation coconuts can survive chilly temps but not produce ripe fruit. Too much chill for too long. Also, know that from flowering to ripe seeds takes two (2) years so even if you somehow get your palm to flower years from now its immature seeds will abort before ripening.

I've grown and sold Dwarf Red Spicata seeds during the past 10-15 years (but have no crops on tap - don't ask for them). I can testify that 50%+ aborted before maturity. Another high % appeared to ripen but were infertile. Inefficient best describes reproduction of this cultivar. By the time Hurricane Irma took out my mother palm I had just two successful germinations: coconut twins from one seed in 2015 and a solitary embryo in 2016. While it is a year younger it is at least twice as big as its twin siblings.

I'm not trying to discourage you from any plans you may have to grow your palm to maturity. You won't know for sure whether you can or can't until you see the results with your own eyes. But I really get irked when a seller dips into his/her sack of lies to make a sale. And sad to say some of those sellers seem well respected on PT. Use independent research and common sense to ferret out the truth. There is a bounty of info on PT and the internet in general to answer any questions you have. If you've never done academic research before, now is the time to start. You'll learn a lot of valuable stuff you can pass along to other PTers and contribute rather than ask a lot of repetitive queries.

[mrjc]

  On 1/7/2025 at 7:22 PM, PalmatierMeg said:

Alert: No snark intended but don't expect a crop of coconuts to fall into your lap in your lifetime. I grew up in Fairfax and know the area well. A 3-month sweltering summer does not meet the requirements for life, much less reproductive success for a coconut palm. Sellers know this yet will still troll for buyers with false promises of groves of fruiting coconut palms up north.

Even in HI above 1,000' elevation coconuts can survive chilly temps but not produce ripe fruit. Too much chill for too long. Also, know that from flowering to ripe seeds takes two (2) years so even if you somehow get your palm to flower years from now its immature seeds will abort before ripening.

I've grown and sold Dwarf Red Spicata seeds during the past 10-15 years (but have no crops on tap - don't ask for them). I can testify that 50%+ aborted before maturity. Another high % appeared to ripen but were infertile. Inefficient best describes reproduction of this cultivar. By the time Hurricane Irma took out my mother palm I had just two successful germinations: coconut twins from one seed in 2015 and a solitary embryo in 2016. While it is a year younger it is at least twice as big as its twin siblings.

I'm not trying to discourage you from any plans you may have to grow your palm to maturity. You won't know for sure whether you can or can't until you see the results with your own eyes. But I really get irked when a seller dips into his/her sack of lies to make a sale. And sad to say some of those sellers seem well respected on PT. Use independent research and common sense to ferret out the truth. There is a bounty of info on PT and the internet in general to answer any questions you have. If you've never done academic research before, now is the time to start. You'll learn a lot of valuable stuff you can pass along to other PTers and contribute rather than ask a lot of repetitive queries.

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maybe i will spend extra money and heat it up more.  thank you