How To Plant Orchid Using Coconut Coir

One of the ornamental plants known by the whole world is orchid, one type of flower that is Epiphytic type, in its natural habitat, the orchid will live attached to the trunk of woody plants.

This is what then causes difficulties when this flower will be cultivated or planted to beautify the house. Orchid flowers consist of at least 20,000 species and as many as 1000 species of hybrid species have been discovered, this number will continue to grow with more and more people crossing various types of orchids that already exist, to get new species of orchids.

One of the easy methods applied in growing orchids is to use coconut coir. How to :

1. Prepare the coconut coir growing media

At the earliest stage, is to prepare the planting media in the form of coconut coir, try to choose coconut coir that is old and dry, with the characteristics of dark brown fiber, after that soak coconut coir for approximately 6 hours, soaking with water is done so that tannin compounds that are has toxic properties in the coconut husk is lost, after that repeat again soaking using a fungicide to remove fungus on the coconut coir so it does not interfere with the growth of orchids, after soaking with fungicide solution, then lift and dry until the coconut coir is not too wet and not too dry .

2. Choosing and preparing Orchid Seeds

Orchid seeds that you want to grow can be obtained by buying from a plant shop or your own cultivation, choose orchid seeds that have healthy and sturdy roots and leaves, with bright green leaf characteristics. and make sure there are no defects or sores on the roots of orchid plants.

3. Preparing the Pot

Pot that is usually used in growing orchids is a pot that comes from soil material, things that must be considered are the cleanliness of the pot, including ensuring that there is no fungus that can interfere with the growth of orchids, this can be done by soaking or washing the pot with a fungicide solution before use to plant.

4. Planting orchids in coconut coir media.

After coconut coir media, healthy orchid seeds and are not deformed, and pots are available, the next step is to plant orchids on coconut coir, the method is:

- Add wood charcoal to the bottom of the pot

- Then wrap the roots of the orchid plant on the coconut fiber

- Then put it in a pot

- Place it in a place and try not to be exposed to direct sunlight.

- Flush the orchid plant after one week of planting it in a pot.

5. Care and maintenance

Caring for and maintaining orchid plants is not too difficult, some of which are:

- Sprinkling

Watering the plants is done twice a day  in the morning and evening, pay attention to the temperature and weather in your area, if it is the rainy season then you should not do watering, because one of the characteristics of coconut coir is that it can store water well, do intensive watering during the dry season or summer.

- Fertilizing

You can start fertilizing orchids if they are one month old after planting, fertilizers that can be used are organic fertilizer or Slow release fertilizer (SRF), and can also use leaf fertilizer at a dose of 5 grams / liter every 3 weeks.

- Replacement of planting media

Although coconut coir is a good growing medium for orchids, it still needs to be replaced, because coconut coir is easy to decay and rot, and can cause orchid growth to be sub optimal, replacing the coconut coir planting media every 4-6 months, be careful when replacing so that the roots of orchids are not damaged.

That's how to grow orchids using coconut coir media, hopefully useful and good luck trying at home.

How To Plant Yellow Kopyor Coconut In Dry Season

Yellow Kopyor Coconut Seed

Yellow kopyor coconut is one of the types of hybrid coconut, like other hybrid coconut, yellow coconut has the characteristics of fast fruiting, short-stemmed, and a lot of fruit.

Kopyor coconut is a coconut that has a disorder or commonly referred to as mutants, this disorder occurs genetically and can be passed down to the next generation, this abnormality will make coconut meat not stick to the coconut shell, has a lower coconut water content compared to normal coconut, but flesh that is not attached to this will have a taste more savory and sweeter.

Coconut that has this disorder in the place I live is called Kopyor coconut, in other countries, such as the Philippines, coconut that has a genetic disorder is called "Macapuno" coconut tree, for basic preparations of Kopyor coconut is often also called coconut sports.

Before planting coconuts, especially kopyor coconuts, there are 2 ways you can use them when you are going to make or get seeds.

1. Seed from kopyor coconut but comes from normal coconut

This method can be done by taking old coconuts in a bunch of kopyor coconuts, coconuts that will be used as seedlings in this way are normal coconuts but have kopyor genes, because if you are going to make seeds from kopyor coconuts, you will need complicated techniques and must done in the laboratory.

2. Embryo Culture
Because meat texture in the type of kopyor coconut is not attached to the shell, the meat will not be able to be used as nutrition when the embryo grows. Embryo culture is done by taking embryos in a kopyor coconut, this method is done in a laboratory and must go through a hygienic process.

Making kopyor coconut seeds above each has advantages and disadvantages, namely:

Kopyor coconut seedlings but normal

The advantage of making kopyor coconut seeds but taken from normal kopyor coconuts is how to make them very easily, in kopyor coconuts in a bunch, there will usually be approximately 10-15 coconuts, of which the number will not be all kopyor, maybe there will only be 3 - 5 kopyor grains, the rest are normal coconut but have kopyor genes, and this normal coconut is what we can grow into kopyor coconut seeds, the disadvantage is the low percentage of kopyor coconuts, not up to 50%, if you intend to plant kopyor coconuts as effort, making seeds in this way seems less recommended.

Embryo culture

Making seedlings with embryo culture is one of the advances in agriculture, kopyor coconut embryo culture is done by taking embryos or shoots that are on kopyor coconut and grown in the media in the laboratory, the benefit to be gained from this type of seed is the percentage to become kopyor coconut all in one bunch is very large, which is 95-100%. this type of seed is very suitable to be planted if you want a business as a kopyor coconut farmer. The disadvantage is that not everyone can make seedlings by embryo culture, and also if we want to buy, the price of kopyor coconut seeds with embryo culture is very expensive.

How to grow kopyor yellow coconut

1. Seeds
If you want to plant kopyor coconuts, the first thing you have to prepare is kopyor coconut seeds, kopyor coconut seeds that will be planted are at least one year old, healthy and have bright yellow on the stem and leaf bones.

Seed Of Yellow Kopyor Coconut

2. The planting hole
The requirements for growing this type of coconut are actually the same as the process of planting ordinary coconuts, prepare a planting hole measuring 60 x 60 x 60 cm, then in the manure input holes and lots of leaves, then leave it for two weeks to eliminate the level of soil acidity.

3. Season
As is known, coconut is a plant that will grow very well in tropical climates, the tropical climate has two seasons, namely the dry season and the rainy season, when going to plant coconuts, it is best done at the beginning of the rainy season, because coconut seeds need a lot of water to grow, there is no certainty when the change of season occurs, making farmers sometimes plant at the end of the dry season.

4. Water Supply
When planting coconuts at the beginning of the rainy season, often the rain has not fallen in a long period of time, when there is no rain, then watering the seeds that have been planted must be done, because the dry soil and hot weather will make the soil also become hot, flush the coconut seeds that have been planted 2 days in the afternoon with plenty of water, try to watering the soil until it is really wet.

5. Ground cover
If planting the seedlings is done at the end of the dry season but it has not yet rained, we need to add soil cover around the coconut seedlings that we plant, this needs to be done to reduce water evaporation and so that the soil does not get hot from the sun which will make the seeds that we planted die.

6. Care
Care of newly planted seedlings is carried out to ensure that the kopyor coconut seeds that we plant live and grow normally, care includes watering at least once every 2 days in the afternoon and use a ground cover from leaves that are still wet to reduce evaporation and so that the soil around the seedlings is not hot.

This is how to plant coconut seedlings at the end of the dry season so that the seeds we plant can live and grow well, if after planting then the rain intensity is already high then you have a lighter task in caring for these seeds, thank you, hopefully useful.

Technique and how to Plant Coconut Tree Properly and Correctly

Images : Coconut tree

Cocos nucifera, is the scientific name for coconuts, is the only member of the cocos family, in addition to this plant we can find it on coast, making it easier for us to get coconuts and make these plants the most widely used by the community, both from in terms of the economy, as well as the social life of the coastal communities.

for example, growing coconuts is a very profitable business, because in one coconut stem, all parts of the plant can be utilized and have economic value.

 
in the cultivation of coconut plants, there are several techniques needed so that the results to be obtained can be maximized

 

1. Choose seeds

Seeds to be planted must come from mother trees that are around 20 - 40 years old, have a fruit production rate of between 80 - 120 fruits / tree / year. has a straight and strong stem with clean leaves and plants free from pests and diseases.

To choose good seeds, there are several criteria that can be applied, including choosing old coconut fruit, looking for the coconut with type 4/5 sides of coconut skin that is brown, round, and has a slightly oval shape, slippery skin and smooth, and has an long of fruit around 9-10 inch and the width of the fruit is about 7 inch.
 

2. Preparing the Seeds

 
After selecting seeds, the seedlings should be treated for approximately 1 month in a place where the air is fresh, not leaking, dry, and not exposed to direct sunlight with the right temperature for the place is around 25-27 degrees.
 

3. Seeding Techniques With Polybags

• Give a wound to the coconut seed with a length of approximately 2inch in the place where the coir appears on the side of the stalk facing the widest side using a knife. Giving a wound should not be done twice.
• Planting seeds with a depth of about 2/3 part of the wound that has been given with facing up and the bud facing east.
• The position of the planting makes the triangle position tangent. In per square meter distance is filled with about 30 - 35 seeds.
• Seeding in polybags will take approximately 6-12 months, and begin to leaf around 6 strands with a stem height of about 90-100 cm.

4. Maintenance during seeding

 
Here's how to plant coconut trees at a good maintenance stage:

• Do watering using water until the soil is saturated, then can be watered using a hose or sprinklers which is done in the morning and evening. This plant's need for water depends on the age of the seeds that have been planted.
• If necessary, provide security with insecticides or fungicides at a dose of around 2 cc / liter and given evenly to all parts of the plant.
• Give organic fertilizer and do the fertilizer for one month by mixing with soil in a polybag with a thickness of 3 cm.
• Choose seeds that grow perfectly within one month.

5. Transfer of  Seeds

Note how to plant the following coconut trees in the transfer of seeds :

• Transfer of seedlings should be done when entering the rainy season.
• The polybag seeds must be transferred when the age of the plants reaches the age of 9-12 months. Roots that arise outside the poly bag should be cut at the time of two to three days before.

6. Planting Media

 
Because coconut plants can grow in various planting media such as laterite, sand, rocky soil, and alluvial. But to make the planted coconut has the best productivity, it should be planted using alluvial soil.
 
To grow well, land that has the availability of ground water is needed by coconut plants. In addition, the ground water obtained must have the same availability as water in rainfall during the first month
 
The land used to grow this coconut plant is flat land, if it has a slope (around 3-50%) then it is better to make a terrace so that soil erosion does not occur and also to maintain fertility on the soil.

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7. Processing of Planting Media

• Do calcification if the soil pH has a high acidity level. Do this until the soil pH reaches 6-8.
• Give fertilizer by using 300 grams of  fertilizer for each hole to be planted.

8. Planting techniques

 
The following is how to plant coconut trees properly and correctly:

• Do the planting method using the triangle planting method from the land used and make the plants exposed to the sun to the maximum. Plant plants with a distance of 4 x 4 x 4 inch.
• Make a planting hole when before entering the 1 - 2 month before planting to eliminate soil acidity. The size to be used is 24 x 24 x 24 inch to 40 x 40 x 40 inch.
• Plant coconut trees at the beginning of the rainy season. If the rain has fallen in the near future and enough to wet the head plants.
• Then the planting time in the following month is when the rainfall at the previous time reaches the level of 200 mm.
   

9. Planting Method

• The top of the soil is mixed with phosphate fertilizer at a dose of 300 grams per hole, then the seeds are inserted into the planting hole.
• In the bottom poly bag inserted into the planting hole, then in the iris until the end.

10. Weeding

Do weeding on the coconut plant with a width of 1 meter in the first year, 1.5 meters in the second year, and 2 meters in the third year. The thing that needs to be done is to use machetes that are directed inward to cut parasites and plant pests to the limit of the soil surface. Do weeding for 4 weeks in the rainy season and 6 weeks - 2 months in the dry season.

11. Thinning and Embroidery

Thinning and Embroidery are exchanges for plants that grow with defects. If plants have abnormal growth, the plants should be replaced with other seeds.

12. Throw away leaves

Throw away leaves is to remove leaves that have been colored brown because they are dry. Climb the coconut plant and then remove the dead leaves.

13. Fertilization

Fertilization is done when the planted land has lacked nutrients for plants. Usually in the first month it is used 100 grams of urea fertilizer which is given at 6 inch from the base of the coconut plant stem. Subsequent fertilization is twice a year, namely when the rainy season ends around April or May and when the beginning of the rainy season has arrived, namely October or November.

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14. Treatment techniques

Do watering when entering the dry season and rarely rains. To prevent this, it is best to do controlled watering, which is done every three days. Preferably, this watering is done in the afternoon.
Coconut Tree Cultivation Tips
 

The following is how to plant coconut trees and tips starting from climate, altitude, and tree care:

Coconut Tree Cultivation Tips

The following is how to plant coconut trees and tips starting from climate, altitude, and tree care:

Growing Terms of Coconut Plants by Climate

• Coconut plants are plants that grow perfectly when grown in areas with rainfall of around 1300 - 2300 mm / year and can even last up to 3800 mm or more if the drainage is very good.
• Because photosynthesis is needed, it takes around 120 hours / month to minimum the time from sunlight.
• This plant is a plant that grows at temperatures around 20-27 degrees Celsius. Because these plants are very sensitive to cold temperatures (around 15 degrees Celsius), these plants will experience changes in the psychological properties of coconut plants.
• The level of inertia required from coconut plants on average per month is around 70 - 80%. The minimum humidity required is around 65%, and if it is higher than 80%, it will make plants more susceptible to diseases and pests more often than usual.

Coconut Plant Growth Terms Based on the Height of the Planting Place

The maximum growth that will be obtained from this coconut plant is around 0 - 450 m above sea level. When planted in the middle and highlands (around 450-1000 m above sea level), the coconut plants will have a slower fertilization time in plants in general and have lower oil.

This is the technique and how to plant coconut trees properly and correctly. Hopefully this article about how to plant coconut trees can be useful for those of you who want to cultivate coconut for themselves or business.

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