Cocoa Intercropping in Coconut Farms
Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) is a tree crop that is highly adaptable and compatible with various production systems, such as intercropping, multistory farming, and agroforestry. In cocoa-producing co...
Alternate Income in Coconut Farming
Alternate Income Sources in Coconut FarmingCoconut is one of the few tree crops where intercropping is widely practiced. This is largely because coconut is primarily grown by small farmers who are ...
SoilSelect nursery area in a well drained plot with friable, sandy loam/loam soils are best suited for coconut nursery due to the relative ease in removing the seedlings from the nursery. In Lateri...
Selection of Nuts for coconut Nursery
Harvest seed nuts during the months of February - August in Tamil Nadu, December to May in Kerala to get maximum germination and good quality seedlings. Â Generally seed nuts are harvested during Fe...
Coconut Mother Palm Selection & Nursery Management
The need for collecting seed materials from high yielding coconut palms is highly essential in a perennial crop like coconut.The following points may be remembered. Selection of Mother Palm from a ...
Tall VarietiesCharacteristics⢠  Long lived palm living generally to an age of about 80 to 100 years⢠  Palms thrive well under different soil conditions varying from littoral sands to red loams ...