what coconut variety produces the most nuts

[George, Maria Luz (Bioversity-Malaysia)]

I’ve invited Pedro to join the Google group, please share your knowledge - what coconut variety produces the most nuts. It would be useful to give the conditions under which such yield can be achieved.

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From: Adolfo Hidalgo [mailto:adolfoh...@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 7:34 AM
To: George, Maria Luz (Bioversity-Malaysia)
Subject: coconut

 

Hi, can you please tell me which coconut variety produces the most coconuts in the world and how many nuts does it produce per year?
Where can I buy the palms?
Thanks
 
Pedro A. Hidalgo
adolfoh...@hotmail.com
 

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[Severino Magat]

Dear Dr Luz George,   Greetings from the Philippines !  How are you nowadays ?   Well,  I'm not sure if Mr Hidalgo is directly referring to the annual nut yield (per tree or per ha) or to the copra (dried coconut meat, 6 -8 % moisture).  Anyhow, in general, nut yield of dwarf varieties (green, yellow, red dwarfs), under ideal growing conditions with near-optimum to optimum nutritional and rainfall/soil moisture conditions year-round produces annuallly at full-bearing stage 15,000 to 25,000 nuts per ha compared to tall varieties  7,500 to 17,000 nuts.  In the Philippines, out of  the 53 dwarf varieties we have very high yielding  ones, as : Catigan (18,000 nuts); Pilipog (20,000 nuts) and Tupi (25,000 nuts), based from the Breeding and Genetics Annual Report, PCA-Zamboanga Research Center Report 2006.  In this regard, I believe, coconut producing countries have similar productivity levels under optimum growing conditions with at least annual maintenance fertilizer application of fertilizers supplying N,P,K, Cl, S and B.  Usually the planting system of dwarf varieties under monocrop farming is  7 - 8 m, in square or triangular arrangement.   If Mr Hidalgo is concerned with bigger  nut size, this is general inherent or common for tall varieties and hybrids, under ideal growing conditions. Philippine talls (107  varieties)  ranged 215 - 285 g copra/nut, while dwarfs 90 - 250 g copra/nut, represented by Aromatic green dwarf and Tacunan green dwarf, respectively.   In Malaysia (at United Plantations Berhad, Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia: Fax 05-6411876; email up...@tm.net.my), under ideal growing conditions and optimal palm nutrition, nut yields of  dwarf hybrids (CAMMA, MATA and MACA) produces 30,000 to 37,000 per ha/year (planting density of about 178 trees/ha). Thsi was the information I got when I visited the UPB in May of 2005.   Finally, a word of caution,  the genetic/yield  potential of a planting material (tall and  dwarf varieties or hybrids/ composite variety) is only optimized under ideal growing conditions and good agricultural practices (GAP) in coconut farming.   Cheers and Regards,   Sev Magat   --- On Fri, 8/15/08, George, Maria Luz (Bioversity-Malaysia) <M.GE...@CGIAR.ORG> wrote:

[adolfoh...@hotmail.com]

Dear Mr. Magat:

Thank you so very much for sharing your knowledge, and also thanks to
Dr. Luz George.
I meant production per tree. I'm trying to implement a combination of
cattle grazing and coconut farm.
I Have a small farm in the Dominican Republic and we have a couple of
different indigenous coconut varieties there, but I don't think they
can compete with the hybrids that exist nowadays.
There is a variety which is my favorite for it's effervesent and sweet
flavored water.
It has a natural gas like compressed air inside that will make a hissy
sound as it escapes when you cut the tip of the nut to drink it. It
has a large size and a deep red color. The palm is one of the tallest
I'ver seen.
It is very rare, but there are still some palms standing.
I've been told that I have that type in my farm, But I live in the
United States and I'm not ready to move to my farm and make it
productive.
Maybe one day, But I will work for that.
Thanks and may God bless you all.