I know what you're thinking, whats sandpaper got to do with coconuts??
I found a company called Australian Coconuts that sourced 5 different coconuts for me and sent via post down to Melbourne.
I've been trying to sprout the coconuts for a while, and they've been in a plastic bag for at least 6 weeks now with no movement whatsoever. 2 went bad with mold due to a hole in the coconut where the milk started coming from, the other 3 looked fine but remained idle. Did a little bit of digging around on a palm forum and there was chatter about a process they call "de-liding", which is to remove the "lid" from the eye on the seed where the sprout will come out.
Rather than hack away at the eye and do damage, I thought I'd use some sandpaper I had lying around to expose the "white dot" which is where the sprout will come from.
Here's what the coconut looked like after 1 day after sandpapering:
I found a company called Australian Coconuts that sourced 5 different coconuts for me and sent via post down to Melbourne.
I've been trying to sprout the coconuts for a while, and they've been in a plastic bag for at least 6 weeks now with no movement whatsoever. 2 went bad with mold due to a hole in the coconut where the milk started coming from, the other 3 looked fine but remained idle. Did a little bit of digging around on a palm forum and there was chatter about a process they call "de-liding", which is to remove the "lid" from the eye on the seed where the sprout will come out.
Rather than hack away at the eye and do damage, I thought I'd use some sandpaper I had lying around to expose the "white dot" which is where the sprout will come from.
Here's what the coconut looked like after 1 day after sandpapering:
And after 2 days:
If this works, I'm going to have a crack at a store bought coconut just to see whether this is really quick way to get a coconut to grow.
