Donate Now
and become
Forum Supporter.
Many perks!
<...more...>
|
10-25-2021, 04:39 PM
|
 |
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2019
Zone: 10b
Location: South Florida, East Coast
Posts: 5,838
|
|
Haha you don’t like my art?? Lol
I should have specified the photo was edited haha
__________________
All the ways I grow are dictated by the choices I have made and the environment in which I live. Please listen and act accordingly
--------------------------------------------------------------
Rooted in South Florida....
Zone 10b, Baby! Hot and wet
#MoreFlowers Insta
#MoreFlowers Flickr
|
|
Post Thanks / Like - 1 Likes
|
|
|
|
|
10-25-2021, 05:54 PM
|
 |
Administrator
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2011
Zone: 6a
Location: Kansas
Posts: 5,041
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuerte Rav
Oh you've made me laugh! At myself! I was thinking, wow, I didn't know coconut spikes started out red like that!! Then my brain kicked in 
6 years in your ideal conditions?? goodness knows if I will ever see them on my trees  , but I check every day |
Past humorous! I looked at photo and immediately thought What the…!!! My first thought was birds of paradise somehow coming out. Fine minds think alike. That’s my story and sticking to it. You are NOT alone.
__________________
Caveat: Everything suggested is based on my environment and culture. Please adjust accordingly.
|
|
Post Thanks / Like - 2 Likes
|
|
|
|
|
11-22-2021, 10:49 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2019
Zone: 10b
Location: South Florida, East Coast
Posts: 5,838
|
|
well i will get pics later today as we finally have some sunny skies but the spikes are open and there are 1,000,000,000 tiny "buds" but already several that are growing into something!
like i said initially, i dont expect any fruits yet here but it sure looks like it is doing a really good practice run....maybe i totally got lucky and its a dwarf!!!
---------- Post added at 10:48 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:47 AM ----------
here is the spike as it was cracking open a few days ago
 Untitled by J Solo, on Flickr
---------- Post added at 10:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:48 AM ----------
 Untitled by J Solo, on Flickr
__________________
All the ways I grow are dictated by the choices I have made and the environment in which I live. Please listen and act accordingly
--------------------------------------------------------------
Rooted in South Florida....
Zone 10b, Baby! Hot and wet
#MoreFlowers Insta
#MoreFlowers Flickr
|
|
Post Thanks / Like - 4 Likes
|
|
|
|
|
11-22-2021, 02:40 PM
|
|
Administrator
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2011
Zone: 6a
Location: Kansas
Posts: 5,041
|
|
What the heck is it doing? This Kansas gal says it looks like a corn tassel!
__________________
Caveat: Everything suggested is based on my environment and culture. Please adjust accordingly.
|
|
Post Thanks / Like - 2 Likes
|
|
|
|
|
11-22-2021, 03:38 PM
|
 |
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2015
Zone: 9b
Location: Phoenix AZ - Lower Sonoran Desert
Posts: 17,855
|
|
That's what palm inflorescences look like. Those are flower buds, similar to corn.
|
11-23-2021, 10:28 AM
|
 |
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2020
Zone: 5b
Location: Colorado
Posts: 679
|
|
Both are monocots.
|
01-30-2022, 01:44 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Lower Florida Keys
Posts: 1,242
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Keysguy
OK WW, here you go.
In May when I planted this the top was just sprouting and there were no roots yet. Just scooped out a depression in the soil to set coconut at 50% depth.
That plumeria to the left was planted at the same time and it was a 2' tall stick!
|
And now at roughly 21 months from sprouting..........
I'm guessing 10 ft roughly? Note the trash barrel for size comparison.
Have been out getting in some hardcore yard work while the temps are in 50's and really was stunned because I honestly haven't been paying much attention to it and it's on the boarder of my neighbors yard so I never walk past it unless I'm in the garden chopping. |
|
Post Thanks / Like - 2 Likes
|
|
|
|
|
01-30-2022, 02:03 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
Posts: 530
|
|
Wow! Puts mine to shame but I'm not giving up. Coconuts teach patience .... |
|
Post Thanks / Like - 1 Likes
|
|
|
|
|
01-30-2022, 06:01 PM
|
|
Administrator
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2011
Zone: 6a
Location: Kansas
Posts: 5,041
|
|
Holy Shamole! That south Florida stuff is the real deal… paradise for heat loving plants!
__________________
Caveat: Everything suggested is based on my environment and culture. Please adjust accordingly.
|
|
Post Thanks / Like - 1 Likes
|
|
|
|
|
02-07-2023, 11:17 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2019
Zone: 10b
Location: South Florida, East Coast
Posts: 5,838
|
|
quick update-
i have harvested 20 coconuts and they were excellent!!!
 IMG_2223 by J Solo, on Flickr
and the tree has not stopped since it first fruited.
__________________
All the ways I grow are dictated by the choices I have made and the environment in which I live. Please listen and act accordingly
--------------------------------------------------------------
Rooted in South Florida....
Zone 10b, Baby! Hot and wet
#MoreFlowers Insta
#MoreFlowers Flickr
|
|
Post Thanks / Like - 5 Likes
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
Rate This Thread |
 Linear Mode
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:00 AM.
|
