What are the nutritious and health facts? We eat this nut in its jelly-like state and in its ripened form.
Here is a link to that information: http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/nut-and-seed-products/3106/2
Our coconut bearing tree is now infected by what the local farmer says is insects (moth or bugs), leaving larva to eat the sap of our trees and turning the healthy green leaf yellow. The only way our local farmer teaches is to cut down the tree and burn the wood to avoid infecting neighboring trees. May I know from an expert on how to treat or save our coconut tree besides cutting and burning them? What chemical to use or is there another more organic method you can share to save our trees?
Most moths and their larva can be killed either by using Bt or neem oil. Here is more information: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/pesticides/using-bacillus-thuringiensis.htm, https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/problems/pests/neem-oil-uses.htm
I am living in Chennai. I have purchased two coconut plants for my garden. I would like to have the procedure for planting...like the size of the pit, manure, salt, sand, watering, etc. so that it will survive and come up well. The plant is expected to give yellow coconuts in three to four years.
This article may help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/coconut/growing-coconut-palm-trees.htm
Why doesn't my coconut plant produce mature fruit? I have full grown coconut tree nearly 8 years old. Although it gives flowers and does fruit some, when it reaches walnut size it becomes brown. I have put all the fertilizers, like cow manure [old] fish food and salt - whatever the nursery people say, but still no success. Please help me. We eat fruit and drink water and make dishes from the milk.
This sounds like an issue with pollination. Where is this tree grown - indoors or outside? If inside, you should move it outdoors to make the tree more accessible to pollinating insects and wind, which is its normal means of pollination, or you could try to mimic the wind by placing a small fan nearby (on low setting) to move pollen within the tree. If the tree is grown outdoors, you may need to try hand pollinating. Just use a small paint brush and swirl it around the inside of the flower and repeat on all the flowers on the plant.
I have a 4-year-old coconut palm in a pot in my house, maybe 15 inches wide, 18 deep. The top half of the nut is still exposed at the top of the soil, and I am starting to see some roots at the base of the trunk where it meets the nut. Is there a point in time where I should completely cover the nut with soil? Or try to remove it or add more soil around the roots I see? Or what is the next step in giving it the healthiest possible indoor life? It's about 3 feet tall. Should I repot it? Thanks!
You don't need to do anything with the nut. It can stay as it is. Beyond this, just make sure that you water regularly, that it is in the correct type of soil and is getting plenty of light. You can repot when it becomes rootbound.
Bought tree from Home Depot. Planted according to instructions. Main leaves still healthy and green. But center growth browned and were able to tug out when touched. Not all center came out but worried that tree won't survive. Any suggestions?
Palm trees have only one growing point -- the center of the plant at the top. If the center has browned and falls out, it's not good. However, if it was purchased within a few months, there should be an active guarantee. I would return the plant to HD, because it almost surely was infected when you purchased it. One further note -- St Pete is probably a little too far north to have long term success with a coconut palm. Punta Gorda is generally considered the northern most point of their habitable zone. This article has a lot of information about coconut palms: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mg043
I have a coconut sprout and I'm new to this plant so I'm just trying to find the best route to grow "coco" (me and the kids named her), so I guess the best recipe for growing her. The more details and brand of products needed the better.
This article has information you might find useful: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/coconut/growing-coconut-palm-trees.htm