Plantation Crops

Spacing

Optimum spacing for coconut
Canopies of neighboring palms should not touch each other between 8 and 12 years of planting.
i) Talls ? 8 mx 8 m (155 plants per ha) or 8.5 mx 8.5 m ( 138 plants per ha)
ii) Dwarfs and hybrids ? 7m x 7m or 7.5 m x 7.5 m = (178 palms per ha)
iii) Planting along the boundary of plantation ? 7 m x 7 m (204 palms per ha)



Spacing	System of Planting	No. of plants per ha
7.5m x7.5 m	Square	175
8 m x 8 m*	Square	155
7. 5 m	Triangular	205
8 m*	Triangular	180
9 m x 6.5 m	Rectangular	170
8.5 m x 6.5 m	Square system	138
9 x 5 m	Single hedge system	For establishment of seed gardens

* = As practiced by farmers in some places of Karnataka.

Table : Spacing and system of planting in coconut