vue - coconut cultivation and 13,967.9 million nuts production

Coconut shell as it is used for antiques, i.e preparation of various attractive articles. It is also used for making activated charcoal. The shell flour of 300 mesh made of coconut shell has a variety of uses in the organic industries. Apart from the Kernel, coconut water and shell, the trunk of mature palm is used for houses in coconut growing areas and woven into baskets. Area in India and Andhra Pradesh India, with 1795.5 thousand hectares under coconut cultivation and 13,967.9 million nuts production with 90,000 hectares and 1231.4 million nuts respectively. The important coconut growing districts in the State are East Godavari, West Godavari, Srikakulam, Chittor, Visakapatnam and Vizianagaram. Climate The coconut palm is essentially a tropical crop which grows best in warm humid climate. It does not tolerate extremes of temperature and fails to come up well in places where long dry spell and severe cold conditions prevail. In well-drained soil, a high precipitation of 2000to 3000 mm can be of better advantage. If the precipitation's are comparatively well distributed, even a low rainfall of 1000mm is sufficient for commercial yields. Season Planting can be done June-July in upland areas and October-November in low lying and heavy rainfall areas. Soils Coastal sandy, loam and alluvial soils of Godavari delta are most suitable. Coconut can also be grown in laterite soils without hard pan up to a depth of 2 meters and red sandyloam soils with a pH ranging from 5.2 to 8.0