One year old seedlings should be selected for coconut cultivation. Seedlings should be thin and thick. One year old seedlings should have five to six leaves. Seedlings should be healthy and vigorous. Seedlings should be purchased from a reliable nursery. The distance between the two trees needs to be right and if it is not, there are problems like late arrival of coconut or not. The straight distance from the stalk to the apex of the leaf is 3.25 to 3.5 m. So if there is a distance of 7.5 meters between the two plants, the coconut husks will not penetrate or cover each other.
When planting new seedlings in a row, keep a distance of 7.5 m between two rows and two seedlings to get proper yield from the seedlings. If coconut is to be planted in a row along the side of a field, field or fence, it is possible to keep a distance of 6.75 or 7 meters. The distance can be up to six meters for the Thengu breed.
Breed information
The varieties of coconut are given below.
Higher castes
West Coast Toll (Banavali) - An average of 80 to 100 fruits are produced from each fully grown tree.
Lakshadweep Ordinary (Chandrakalpa) - An average of 150 fruits are obtained from a fully grown tree.
Pratap - Coconut is medium, round in shape and the tree flowers in six to seven years. One coconut of this species yields 150 coconuts.
Philippines Ordinary - Coconuts are very large in size. Coconut production averages 105 coconuts.
Thengu caste
From the color there are subspecies such as Orange Darf, Green Darf and Yellow Darf. Orange darf is the best species for school.
Hybrid breeds
TD (Kerasankara) - This species flowers in four to five years. An average of 150 coconuts are obtained from one tree. The oil content of coconut is 68%.
TD - Fruit bearing occurs after four to five years. The yield of this variety is 55 to 158 fruits per annum, while the average production is 116 fruits.
When planting new seedlings in a row, keep a distance of 7.5 m between two rows and two seedlings to get proper yield from the seedlings. If coconut is to be planted in a row along the side of a field, field or fence, it is possible to keep a distance of 6.75 or 7 meters. The distance can be up to six meters for the Thengu breed.
Breed information
The varieties of coconut are given below.
Higher castes
West Coast Toll (Banavali) - An average of 80 to 100 fruits are produced from each fully grown tree.
Lakshadweep Ordinary (Chandrakalpa) - An average of 150 fruits are obtained from a fully grown tree.
Pratap - Coconut is medium, round in shape and the tree flowers in six to seven years. One coconut of this species yields 150 coconuts.
Philippines Ordinary - Coconuts are very large in size. Coconut production averages 105 coconuts.
Thengu caste
From the color there are subspecies such as Orange Darf, Green Darf and Yellow Darf. Orange darf is the best species for school.
Hybrid breeds
TD (Kerasankara) - This species flowers in four to five years. An average of 150 coconuts are obtained from one tree. The oil content of coconut is 68%.
TD - Fruit bearing occurs after four to five years. The yield of this variety is 55 to 158 fruits per annum, while the average production is 116 fruits.
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