How to sex your coconut
VulcanSpirit
Richard & Alison Brunstrom
Tue 14 Aug 2012 21:17
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I bet you didn't know how important this is,
especially if you own a hotel.
The thing is, coconut trees come in two varieties,
male & female. Only the female trees bear nuts and therefore you need
to grow both types to ensure the flowers are pollinated. But the female trees
are really dangerous - a coconut falling on your head can be lethal, as a lady
in the Marquesas found out earlier this year.
So if you own a hotel it's really important that
you plant male trees for decoration in order to avoid your dead guests' estates
suing you out of business. And here's how to do it:
The female tree germinate from the end of the
coconut, through one of the three 'holes':
 The male tree germinate vertically through
the upper side of the nut, not through the end:
 Simple!
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