Coconut Growing Farthest From Equator

[mlovecan]

Google manages to display this piece of summary but the pdf referred to cannot be opened: 

[mlovecan]

This Chinese study compares the cold sensitivity of Hainan Tall with a Green Dwarf. Unfortunately it is not a comparison of Hainan Tall with another tall variety: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11058665/#:~:text=Hainan tall coconut exhibits superior,its global spread and production.

"seedlings grown at 25°C were designated as the control group (CK). In addition, low-temperature treatment groups were established at 8°C for 2 hours (2h), 8 hours (8h), 2 days (2d), and 7 days (7d)" 

[Maltese coconut project]

From which website can they be bought and delivered? 

[MarkC]

Sorry not intending to offend anyone but these coconut growing schemes are just that, schemes. If you can’t plant a coconut in the ground without all the theatrics, and have it grow then it’s not able to grow. What’s next? The furthest north coconut with heating cables & winter green-housing? Oh wait, that’s already happening. 

[mlovecan]

This should go a ways to convince those that absolutely doubt a coconut could potentially survive in Greece. I am experiencing exactly the same changes in climate as that in the link beloe. We had a daytime high of 29 degrees celcius (84 F) here on November 21st and most days have had highs in the 23-25 Celsius since then (73-77 F). The guy that cuts my hair swims in the sea every morning and tells me the sea is currently 24 Celsius: 

https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/local/cyprus-heading-cairo-climate-autumn-vanishes-experts-warn/

Cyprus' latitude ranges between 34°33' and 35°41' North latitude.  My lattitude is 36°5' North.  

 

[Than]

56 minutes ago, mlovecan said:

This should go a ways to convince those that absolutely doubt a coconut could potentially survive in Greece. I am experiencing exactly the same changes in climate as that in the link beloe. We had a daytime high of 29 degrees celcius (84 F) here on November 21st and most days have had highs in the 23-25 Celsius since then (73-77 F). The guy that cuts my hair swims in the sea every morning and tells me the sea is currently 24 Celsius: 

https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/local/cyprus-heading-cairo-climate-autumn-vanishes-experts-warn/

Cyprus' latitude ranges between 34°33' and 35°41' North latitude.  My lattitude is 36°5' North.  

 

Someone has put a cocos in the ground in Terremolinos, Spain 2-3 years ago and it is growing happily. Similar climate to yours I guess. I saw it on a facebook page for palm enthusiasts

[mlovecan]

I just googled Torremolinos Spain Coconut and it came up straight away.

The person who made the post described the climate: "Average january extreme is +2C or 35F, 10a/b marginal Mediterranean climate, but the extremes are -3C"

February is the only month we may see temps as cold as +2. If it happens, it's normally exactly 2 nights right at Valentines and that will be the coldest night. Bananas will start to grow again by the 20th. We used to get lows of +8 degrees a few times in January / February but even that's become unusual. 12-13 degrees is our normal low January / February.

I'm really impressed with that guy's work - he's got some balls and doing something right. I'm curious if those cocos are a tall variety or if they are the bog standard Dutch ones that are on sale all over the place.  My Dutch one, again, did not enjoy our summer heat and grew very little. My Panama Talls had no issues with the heat. amd got little burn whatsover. I still hesutate to put any cocos in the ground but maybe will next year.   

I took this photo last Thursday ( 27 November ) :

 

 

   

[mlovecan]

On 6/2/2025 at 6:53 PM, Maltese coconut project said:

From which website can they be bought and delivered? 

Sorry Jonathan, I never saw this question until today. I had seen them from two growers on Indiamart. When I returned to find them, I couldn't. There are hundreds of vendors on there. I have read China has done some genetic work and now have 3 hybrids - Hainan II and III that have been developed to increase yield yet still retain cold tolerance. 

Good luck with the cocos you planted in your front garden. Seems well placed and grew quite a bit this summer.