II. Soil Types, Other Factors and Selective Plantings.

Abstract

In the previous talk in this series we stressed the value of careful attention to coconut seed selection, new plantings or replanting and described the process of selection. At the close of the talk we had begun to discuss the selection of planting sites and the suitable soil types and had stated that generally heavy clay soils, steep and sloping land, red soils, particularly red clays, gravelly or rubble soils and sour and acid sands were unsuitable for coconuts.