Recommendations

Planting Densities
Planting Materials
Replanting
Underplanting
Planting Seedlings
Fertilizer for young palms

Planting Materials

• The coconut varieties currently recommended for planting are Tall x Tall (CRIC 60), Dwarf x Tall (CRIC 65), Tall x San Ramon (CRISL 98), Moorock tall and Plus palm tall.
• CRIC 60 is suitable for planting in all coconut growing areas of the country with a production capacity of 12,000 nuts/ha/year or 3.5 Mt of copra/ha/year under average management.
• CRIC 65 is recommended for planting especially in home gardens and in any coconut growing soil with optimum inputs of fertilizer and management and with more emphasis on high input cultivation (irrigation) for maximizing the productivity and profitability. The production capacity of CRIC 65 can go even above 20,000 nuts/ha/year or 5 Mt of copra/ha/year depending on the level of inputs.
• CRISL 98, the most recent release, is similar to CRIC 60 in its ability to fit into range of environments and capacity to produce nuts. The specialty of CRISL 98 is its high copra productivity due to large sized nuts with high meat content.
• Moorock and Plus Palm tall (ordinary tall) are estate selections having similar capacity to produce nuts as CRIC 60.