Abstract

A study on periods of collection of seed coconuts and storage requirements prior to planting in the nursery under East Coast conditions revealed that (1) the seed coco- nuts can be collected from February to August; (2) the seed coconuts should be sterad in sand under shade for one or two months to get high percentage of germination and quality seedlings and also to reduce the cost of cultivation by minimising the irrigations for one or two months during storage; (3) the seednuts harvested during June, July and August can be planted with or without storage as there is not much difference in ger- mination percentage and out-turn of quality seedlings; (4) the planting of seednuts should be completed before the middle of October to get the benefit of North East monsoon and (5) the seednuts harvested in the month of June and July produce more percentage of quality seedlings.

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