Coconut Production in the South PacificMichel Lambert |
Contents
Where to grow coconuts | 1 |
What seed to use | 7 |
The coconut nursery | 12 |
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acre of land adult Agricultural Officer atolls better cent Centrosema cocoa coconut diseases coconut palms coconuts grow colour copra copra makers coral soils damage disease drying copra eggs elements Fiji food and water food crops French Polynesia fronds fully grown fungi fungus grass grazing cattle ground grove grubs hot-air driers husks inch long iron and manganese Islands keep kill kinds of soils leaf spots legume cover lot of rain months moth mulch nitrate nursery old palms organic matter palms grow Papua-New Guinea pegs pick pieces places plant food planting holes poison poor soils potash pre-nursery Pueraria rhinoceros beetles roots scale insects seed nuts seedlings seedlings grow Sexava Sometimes South Pacific Commission sowing spacing spray sprayer sprout sulphur superphosphate Tall trees triple superphosphate trunks usually Vigna marina weedkiller weeds weevils windrow yields young coconut young palms young seedlings