01-25-2007, 12:15 PM
I dunno, the coconut tree was here before I was, it might even be older than me. It doesn't seem to be a Samoan coconut since it is very tall. Is there such a thing as a common coconut tree? Our house was built about ninety some odd years ago so the coconut could be about that old as well. All the folks I've chatted to who have lived in this house remember the coconut tree being there and one of those folks was over seventy years old and he had been born in this house and lived in it as a child.
Coconuts, like all plants, grow at different speeds depending on the growing conditions they are in. With enough sun and water, I think it can take a coconut tree about five to seven years before it will be big enough to make coconuts. So, they are rather slow growing considering they are a tropical plant.
Coconuts, like all plants, grow at different speeds depending on the growing conditions they are in. With enough sun and water, I think it can take a coconut tree about five to seven years before it will be big enough to make coconuts. So, they are rather slow growing considering they are a tropical plant.
Kurt Wilson