Your living room becomes a resort! Caring for a Coconut Palm Tree

 Imagine a stunning resort lobby in an exotic setting. Tropical colors and giant plants hanging comfortably... The sweet rest there always makes your heart flutter. Here are some amazing tips to give your living room that cool look. It's about growing coconut palms! A magical planterior plant that turns your living room into a wonderful vacation spot! Let’s learn about coconut palms! GoGo!!!

 

Coconut palms grown indoors (Photo: Mung Flower Garden)

What about coconut palm?

 The coconut palm tree, also known as Cocos nucifera, is a member of the Araceae family. It is a tall, single-stemmed evergreen tree, reaching a height of 30 m. Starting with a single stem, large, feather-shaped leaves grow up to 5m in size. Coconut palm trees produce fruit in the form of coconuts. The fruit is a fibrous drupe with a hard, woody endocarp containing a single seed inside. That seed becomes the sweet, juicy coconut we all know and love. The mature coconut fruit falls to the ground. When roots grow from the fallen fruit and settle in the ground, new stems rise through the fruit, grow new leaves, and reproduce. Coconut palm trees are native to tropical regions of the world, including the Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean. It is a plant that thrives in warm, humid climates and does not tolerate frost well. Therefore, it is difficult to grow it in the open field as it cannot overwinter in temperate regions. If you want to grow it outdoors, you need to make straw clothes and wrap it tightly in late fall before it gets very cold. If you look at the palm trees in the open fields in southern regions of Korea, you may have seen many of them tied tightly with straw clothes in the winter.

 

 This tree is suited to sandy, well-drained soil and is commonly found along beaches and coastal areas. It is a salt-tolerant plant that can grow in sandy soil with low nutrients. In other words, it is resistant to salt water such as sea water. Trees that are resistant to salt water are good to grow as street trees.

 

 Moreover, these trees are so tall that they are less likely to be hit by passing vehicles. These coconut palms play an important ecological role in the coastal areas where they grow. Its roots help stabilize sandy soil and prevent erosion. Trees also provide habitat for a variety of wildlife, including birds and insects.

 

Benefits of Coconut Palm

 Coconut palm trees are C3 plants. In other words, it uses the C3 photosynthetic pathway to convert carbon dioxide into sugar to produce energy. It is a highly efficient plant that can produce large amounts of biomass and fruit using a relatively small amount of water. These trees are adapted to hot, sunny conditions and are capable of photosynthesizing at a rapid rate. It can also withstand very dry periods of drought and has the ability to reduce transpiration rate to save water. So it survives well even without frequent watering.

 

Coconut palms grow from this fruit (Photo: Mung Flower Garden)

How to Care for a Coconut Palm Indoors

 Coconut palm trees are primarily tropical plants, but they can also be grown indoors in temperate climates. However, it is important to note that growing a coconut palm tree indoors is not easy and requires special care. First of all, coconut palm trees need a lot of light. Ideally, it should be placed in a south-facing window where it will receive a few hours of direct sunlight per day. If this is not possible, you may need to supplement with artificial lighting. Coconut palms require a warm temperature of 20 to 38 degrees Celsius, which is ideal. It is vulnerable to cold damage, so it must be placed in a warm living room during the winter. Coconut palm trees need well-draining soil that is kept evenly moist. It is important to not allow the soil to dry out completely.

 

 Although this tree can withstand long periods of dry conditions, its roots can be damaged if treated like a cactus. Therefore, it is recommended that you water your potted coconut palm approximately every 10 to 15 days. Lastly, it is important to fertilize your tree regularly with a balanced fertilizer. This will ensure your tree gets all the nutrients it needs to grow healthy and strong. It is best to apply slow-release fertilizer approximately every 2 to 3 months, and it is advisable not to apply fertilizer during the winter, which is the resting season.

 

The refreshingly stretched out leaves of a coconut palm (Photo: Mung Flower Garden)

Funny stories about coconut palm trees

 There are many legends about the coconut tree. The most famous story, especially from the Pacific islands, is the story called "The Coconut Victims." According to legend, on ancient Pacific islands, people made a variety of things from coconut trees, including candles, hair, and animal skins. However, to get coconuts, one had to climb high trees, which led to many casualties.

 Then one day, someone had difficulty climbing a tree and dropping a coconut on the ground to open the fruit and eat it. At that moment, a woman in human form appeared from the coconut, and she warned him that he must treat the coconut with care. From then on, a legend was passed down that when using a coconut, you must decorate it prettily and treat it with respect. According to another legend, the coconut tree was called the "Tree of Life" and it was believed that unfortunate people's luck would improve if they went under this tree. Therefore, it is said that this tree played an important role in ceremonies such as the beginning or end of life, baptism, and weddings.

 These were very interesting and helpful stories, right? Are you interested in growing this wonderful coconut palm tree? A wonderful coconut palm tree that can turn your living room into a resort without having to go far to a resort! Give it a try!!!