Coconut water ?

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I tried asking this some time ago, I got no where with it, I was hoping that it may be especially helpful in sprouting old stubborn seeds. Got any to try ?

 

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I use 1 cup of coconut water mixed with 15 cups of water every week. The 'gel' on the inside of the empty coconut seed is scraped out and added to the worm bins to enhance the vermicompost I use for mixing potting soils.

Coconut water is used in tissue-culture propagation as well as several tropical flowing plants.

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Coot,
What are the benefits? I know it's nutritious for humans, and the more info I take in, the more I see that what's good for humans/animals is good for plants. Thanks. -granger

 

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Duplicate post. Oh well...

 

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The big ones are Cytokinins, Gibberellins (GAs), Enzymes (in particular amylase, arylsulphatase, β-glucosidase, cellulase, chitinase, dehydrogenase, phosphatase, protease, and urease), Indole-3-Acetic Acid (IAA)......

Young coconuts are embryos and the water will begin to adhere to the inside of the shell and solidifies forming coconut meat or whatever it's called.You can expect to get around 12 oz. in a fresh one shown in the original post. Ripe coconuts will contain very little water and much lower benefits because they're now contained in this seed's endosperm (coconut meat).

Coconuts are one of the richest sources of Cytokinins which accelerates cell division in the plant which differs from how PGRs function.

HTH

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Persephone said:

Thanks for the replies....

Great info there CC, 15 to 1.... I was thinking of diluting it down to different ECs, and experimenting on cuttings.
I'm due to take some in the next week or two, so I'll do a bit of a side by side and report back.

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I'm envious that you can have cocos frescos any time you want. Just wanted to point out that you may not be able to get a very accurate EC reading from the water, you may be forced to use only volumetric measures.

 

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Cytokinins: Chemistry, Activity, and Function and contained in this book is a short discussion on the work in 1943 by Johannes Van Overbeek and his research titled The Race to Isolate a Naturally Occuring Cytokinin

Keep in mind that we're talking about 70 years ago

 

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sweetestsin420 said:

for those growing organic,maybe try adding the coconut water to your teas?

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Not in an AACT but I make a 'tea' using 1 cup of coconut water, 1/4 cup aloe vera extract and 1 oz. BioAg pure Fulvic acid and fill with water to make 1 gallon and that is applied every week through veg and a couple of weeks into the flower cycle.

Potting soil is made from scratch - Sphagnum peat moss, vermicompost from my bins, Basalt rock dust and Pumice for aeration. Amended with kelp, crab and neem meals.

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Persephone said:

I sampled 3 nuts, basically straight off the tree....the water of each, (about 250ml ) had an average EC of 7.8 (very high imo) and a Ph of 5.9.

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I wouldn't be surprised if it's the sugars in the 'water' that give that crazy EC reading. Nice meter, btw, if you can get an EC reading like that. Mine tops out at 2.0, and in my experience it's really easy to get a crazy high EC reading by adding something like molasses or malted barley extract to the mix. The plants aren't objecting, but going by the meter you'd think that high EC would kill 'em.

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I mixed all 3 together, then diluted that to 5, 10, 15 and 20 to one ratios with clean water (Ph of 6.2)
At Cootzs' 15 to 1 the readings were EC, .7 and Ph was 6.1
Other readings were..... 5 to 1, EC, 1.6, Ph 6.1
10 to 1, EC, 1.0, Ph, 6.1
20 to 1, EC, 0.6, Ph, 6.1

For me a reading of 2.4 in my nutrients, is what I'd consider strong.....so a .7 reading seems just about right

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Did you measure EC of the water prior to mixing? Just curious about that. I agree, I think a 2.4 is incredibly high. But, I don't measure EC of organic feeds, specifically because of the issues with getting an accurate reading.

 

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