Dwarf Coconut Tree Seedlings
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The dwarf coconut, is a variety of coconut tree that is smaller in stature than the tall variety and produces fruit at a younger age:
- Size: Dwarf coconut trees are small in stature, growing to be 5–7 meters tall.
- Fruit: The fruit of the dwarf coconut can be ivory yellow, apricot red, or green.
- Disease resistance: The dwarf coconut is resistant to Lethal Yellowing disease.
- Growing conditions: Dwarf coconut trees prefer full sun and can tolerate salt soils. They can grow in clay, loam, sand, acidic, or alkaline well-drained soils.
- Growing tips: Young dwarf coconut trees should be protected when temperatures are colder than 40°F, while established trees can tolerate temperatures as low as 30°F. When growing in a container, use a container that is at least 30 gallons.
- Hybrids: Hybrids of dwarf and tall coconut trees can be produced by crossing a dwarf coconut with a tall coconut, or vice versa. Hybrids tend to flower earlier and produce higher yields of better quality copra and oil than their parent trees.
Available: 20 in stock (can be backordered)
The palm is classified based on the nut color: ivory yellow nuts, apricot red nuts, and green nuts.[2] The palm’s resistance to the Lethal Yellowing disease is the characteristic that makes it to be one of the important dwarf types in the world. The Dwarf in the name is because at a small size it can have fruit.[2]
Recognition of the Dwarf’s resistance to lethal yellowing was formed in 1956 at Round Hill, Jamaica, where the Malayan Dwarfs affected by the disease were only a very small percentage.
In many coastal areas of eastern India especially West Bengal, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh where weather conditions are severely affected by cyclonic storms, Hybrid coconut cultivation as a climate resilient practice serves as a safety net mechanism for farmers.
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