Potted coconut winter care

[TJ_Palmetto]

I live in Charlottesville VA zone 7b and I've had this sprouted coconut outside in full sun all summer. It's been loving life and doubled in size! I'm dreading the day it'll have to come inside because I've heard coconuts can be a struggle indoors. I've been able to overwinter a majesty palm successfully so I'm hoping it'll be pretty similar. Any advice would be much appreciated. It's been fertilized with Espoma palm tone and repotted once since I bought this guy.

[Dimimelbourne]

On 9/20/2025 at 2:56 AM, TJ_Palmetto said:

I live in Charlottesville VA zone 7b and I've had this sprouted coconut outside in full sun all summer. It's been loving life and doubled in size! I'm dreading the day it'll have to come inside because I've heard coconuts can be a struggle indoors. I've been able to overwinter a majesty palm successfully so I'm hoping it'll be pretty similar. Any advice would be much appreciated. It's been fertilized with Espoma palm tone and repotted once since I bought this guy.

There’s a lot of people experimenting with these indoors here. Have you seen any videos by tropical plant party on YouTube? There is a video about wintering a coconut indoors. He says he keeps it on the slightly dryer side to mimic a “dry season” interesting as most people will say keep it very moist. Makes sense though, with less light and air flow etc 🤷🏻‍♂️