Crop Management

• A spacing of 7.5 x 7.5 m is optimum for higher nut yield per unit area
• 0.56 : 0.32 : 1.20 kg NPK/palm/year gives higher nut yield in ECT
• 1.0 : 0.25 : 2.0 kg NPK/palm/year gives higher nut yield in hybrids
• Banana (Poovan) is the most profitable intercrop in coconut ( C : B ratio 1 : 4.2) when intercropped at 2.5 x 2.5 x 5.0 m spacing.  (Plate 3)
• Spraying of 1 ml of NAA in 2 litres of water at 30 days after the opening of inflorescence increases the setting percentage upto 51.2.
• 200 g borax + 3 kg potash reduces barrennuts from 8.8 per cent to 1.8 per cent.