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FARM QUERIES

Inducing nut formation

Is there any method to make my coconut trees bear nuts?

S. Krishnaswami
Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu

Apply 2 kg of super phosphate and potash each, 1 kg of urea and 50 gms of borax 2 feet away from the trunk of the tree once every six months and water regularly.

Readers are invited to send their queries with full postal address to `Farm Queries,' The Hindu,

Kasturi Buildings, 859/860, Anna Salai, Chennai 600002 or email to farmqueries@thehindu.co.in

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