Coconuts - those were the days
@allknowing (144633)
India
April 28, 2025 7:05pm CST
Our coconut trees are now old and the yield is on the decline.
When we planted them years ago we had to wait for a few years for them to start yielding and at their prime the trees were loaded as you can see in the photo.
We have 8 trees and they are all yielding but soon we may have to start planting new saplings.
They have given us immense joys all these years and I cannot think of bringing them down if they stop yielding
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@DaddyEvil (146686)
• United States
13h
It won't take too many years before new saplings are yielding well and you won't think about the trees that are gone then.
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@allknowing (144633)
• India
13h
It will be another couple of years before we will start planting new saplings as these coconut trees are still yielding but not much.
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@allknowing (144633)
• India
12h
@DaddyEvil We have to water them regularly and feed them once a year
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@Ineeddentures (538)
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13h
8 coconut trees is great.
How many coconuts would each tree produce in a year.
Oh and how long does it take for a sampling to become a fruit bearing tree?
What happens to the tree when they stop holding. Does it keep growing?
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@allknowing (144633)
• India
13h
There are different varieites Ours of T&D - tall and dwarf that started yielding within four to five years. Each tree can yield up to 150 to 200 coconuts in a years
The growh of a tree stops after a few years but it keeps getting new fronds and once it stops yielding it stays put It may not even give out new fronds
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@Ineeddentures (538)
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@allknowing
Wow. 150 - 200 Coconuts from one tree in one year.
So you could have had upwards of 1000 coconuts in a year.
So we're you selling them?
I would have
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@allknowing (144633)
• India
13h
@Ineeddentures Coconuts are harvested once every two or three months and now as I have said I get a total of around 800 in a year and yes we sell them.
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Coconuts grow in the southern United States too.@dfollin (25783)
• United States
10h
@allknowing Coconuts have many uses, mostly food, drink and essential oils, as well as other medical applications. But I understand that there are building uses also.
@allknowing (144633)
• India
10h
I just checked and see you are from America What do Americans know about the use of coconuts
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