How to grow pocket coconuts?

Pocket coconuts like warm, humid and semi-shady environment, are not resistant to drought or cold, and are afraid of direct sunlight, so they are suitable for cultivation in a place with bright scattered light indoors. The suitable growth temperature is 20-30 degrees, and it should be kept at 12-14 degrees in winter to survive the winter safely. The pocket coconut absorbs water strongly, so it is necessary to keep the basin soil moist during the growth period, water more in summer, and spray water to or around the plant to maintain a constant air humidity, so as to cool down and pass the summer, but watering should be controlled during the dormant period. If the root system is slender, it is suitable to be planted in loose and fertile soil. Pocket coconuts are mainly supplied for indoor viewing, and the plant height needs to be controlled, so it is not suitable to fertilize too many plants. You can apply dilute liquid fertilizer for 3 or 4 times in seedling stage, spring and autumn. Change the basin in early spring every 2 ~ 3 years and add new nutrient soil.

Unlike real coconuts, pocket coconuts do not produce small coconuts, but they produce very lovely flowers. Although this plant belongs to the palm family, the plant is less than one meter high and the branches are erect, which makes it very beautiful.

Now there are many friends who raise pocket coconuts, and they are very popular with people. However, the pocket coconut itself is not very easy to maintain, a little negligence, the plant may have yellow leaves.

In order to let more friends understand the care skills of pocket coconuts, friends who have kept pocket coconuts for many years now tell you the correct way to maintain them. I hope this will enable friends to take care of the plant more beautifully.

1. In a particularly strong light environment, the leaf tips of pocket coconuts will turn yellow and even wither. Friends need to put it in a more shady environment in the process of conservation, and it is a better choice to put it indoors.

2. As a tropical plant, pocket coconuts prefer to grow in a warmer environment. In winter, when the temperature is below ten degrees Celsius, the plant will go into a dormant state. If the temperature is too low, the plant will freeze to death. Friends should keep it in a warm room so that the leaves of the plant will be thicker and greener.

3. Friends need to use alkaline soil to grow pocket coconuts and add some clay to the soil. Every three years, friends need to change the pot and add some fertilizer to it so that the plant can stay green and beautiful.

Pocket coconut itself is a relatively delicate plant, friends in the maintenance process must be very careful. I believe that with the understanding of the above skills, even novices can raise pocket coconuts well.

Pocket coconut

Pocket coconut is also called

Dwarf coconut, pocket brown, pocket sunflower, dwarf brown

Growth habits of Pocket Coconut

Pocket coconuts like a warm, humid, semi-shady growing environment. The suitable temperature for growth is 20-30 degrees Celsius. When the temperature is lower than 13 ℃, the pocket coconut enters the dormant period, and the lowest temperature in winter should be kept above 3 ℃ for overwintering. Sleeves

The cultivation substrate of Jane coconut is well drained, moist and fertile loam. When potted, it should be cultivated with rotten leaf soil plus peat soil and a small amount of yarn.

The requirement of fertilizer for pocket coconut is not high. Generally, liquid fertilizer is applied twice a month in growing season, and little or no fertilizer is applied at the end of autumn and winter. The basin is changed in spring every 2-3 years.

Watering is based on the principle that it is better to be wet than dry, and the basin soil can always be kept moist. When the air is dry in summer and autumn, you should often spray water to the plants to improve the air humidity of the environment, which is beneficial to its growth, while keeping the leaves dark green and shiny.

Properly reduce the amount of water in winter to facilitate overwintering. Pocket coconuts prefer semi-overcast conditions and avoid direct sunlight in hot seasons. In the hot sun, the leaf color will become light or yellow, and will produce scorched leaves and black spots, losing ornamental value.

Pocket coconut flower language

Vitality.

The English name of pocket coconut is beautiful and exquisite, so the fancy language and symbolic meaning of its English name is "vitality".