Age	6 months
Characteristics	• Height about 2-2 ½ feet • About 3 green coloured narrow long fronds • Those are about 6 to 18 inches in length • The shoot is about a foot long; straight; green coloured and with a sharp tip
Probable diseases/ damages by Insects/ suggested remedies	• Termites may prevail. They are visible to naked eye. They will damage the husk and the foot later on. Shoot will wither away gradually and it will come out when pulled by hand. • Spraying admayer 1-2 m.l dissolved in 1 litre of water could be used as a remedy. • Damages by plasispa too could take place and attention should be paid. It is a pest live off by feeding on the fronds. As a remedy 2 m.l. of marshal 20 dissolved in 1 litre of water must be sprayed on to the fronds. The spray should penetrate into the fronds. This has to be done once in two weeks till the plasispa damage is over.
Remarks	Details and video clips on diseases and damages by pests, manuring could be viewed on the videos in our web site. In addition to the web these details are shown in Good Hands pamphlets.

Age	1 year
Characteristics	• Height about 5 feet • Green fronds start to open up. Eakles start to form. Fronds so far gathered start to separate. • 6 – 10 branches could be seen and they would be about 5-7 feet in lenghth. • Top of the shoot will be green and lower portion will get a white colour. This will gradually become fronds.
Probable diseases/ damages by Insects/ suggested remedies	• Termites may prevail. They are visible to naked eye. They will damage the husk and the foot later on. Shoot will wither away gradually and it will come out when pulled by hand. Spraying admayer 1-2 m.l dissolved in 1 litre of water could be used as a remedy. • Damages by plasispa too could take place and attention should be paid. It is a pest live off by feeding on the fronds. As a remedy 2 m.l. of marshal 20 dissolved in 1 litre of water must be sprayed on to the fronds. The spray should penetrate in to the fronds. This has to be done once in two weeks till the plasispa damage is over.
Remarks	Details and video clips on diseases and damages by pests, manuring could be viewed on the videos in our web site. In addition to the web these details are shown in Good Hands pamphlets.

Age	2 years
Characteristics	• Height will be around 7 feet • Green coloured fronds start to open and spread up. First half of the branch will be narrow; it will become widened in the middle and get narrowed again at the end. Eakles get stronger. • About 8-12 branches could be seen and those will be about 7-10 feet long. • Shoots continue to grow and they become branches and the tree grows.
Probable diseases/ damages by Insects/ suggested remedies	• Damages by plasispa will take place. 3 ml of Marshal 20 dissolved in 1 litre of water can be sprayed as a remedy. The spray must penetrate the fronds. This has to be done once in two weeks till the plasispa damage is over. • At this time black beetles too start to damage the plants. Those will damage the shoot affecting the growth and blossoming. In the places of damage the the pieces of tissues could be seen. This takes place because beetles go inside the shoot digging it. • Placing two camphor balls each on the branches closer to the shoot. Till the shoot becomes stronger applying tar on to the branches around the shoot are remedies.
Remarks	Details and video clips on diseases and damages by pests, manuring could be viewed on the videos in our web site. In addition to the web these details are shown in Good Hands pamphlets

Age	3 years
Characteristics	• Height about 12-15 feet • The beginning of the branch will become bigger and get connected to the coconut tree strongly. Fibrous covers form up and those connect the branches with the tree. • 10-14 branches could be seen and those will be about 8-12 feet long • Two shots will appear; one will be lomger the other shorther
Probable diseases/ damages by Insects/ suggested remedies	• Damages by plasispa will take place. 3 ml of Marshal 20 dissolved in 1 litre of water can be sprayed as a remedy. The spray must penetrate the fronds. This has to be done once in two weeks till the plasispa damage is over. • At this time black beetles too start to damage the plants. Those will damage the shoot affecting the growth and blossoming. In the places of damage the the pieces of tissues could be seen. This takes place because beetles go inside the shoot digging it. • Placing two camphor balls each on the branches closer to the shoot. Till the shoot becomes stronger applying tar on to the branches around the shoot are remedies. • During this time damages by red beetles will start. On the scars of the branches and roots eggs could be seen. The worm coming out of those gets in to the trunk and starts to eat tissues. This will result in shoot or the bottom of the trunk getting fallen down. • Applying tar on the trunks, frequent inspection of trees, clean environment, injecting monocrotopos and using permones are treated as remedies.
Remarks	Details and video clips on diseases and damages by pests, manuring could be viewed on the videos in our web site. In addition to the web these details are shown in Good Hands pamphlets

Age	4 years
Characteristics	• Height around 20 feet • Similar to the characteristics of 3 year old. End of the branch gets bent.
Probable diseases/ damages by Insects/ suggested remedies	• Damages by plasispa will take place. 3 ml of Marshal 20 dissolved in 1 litre of water can be sprayed as a remedy. The spray must penetrate the fronds. This has to be done once in two weeks till the plasispa damage is over. • At this time black beetles too start to damage the plants. Those will damage the shoot affecting the growth and blossoming. In the places of damage the the pieces of tissues could be seen. This takes place because beetles go inside the shoot digging it. • Placing two camphor balls each on the branches closer to the shoot. Till the shoot becomes stronger applying tar on to the branches around the shoot are remedies • During this time damages by red beetles will start. On the scars of the branches and roots eggs could be seen. The worm coming out of those gets in to the trunk and starts to eat tissues. This will result in shoot or the bottom of the trunk getting fallen down • Applying tar on the trunks, frequent inspection of trees, clean environment, injecting monocrotopos and using permones are treated as remedies.
Remarks	Details and video clips on diseases and damages by pests, manuring could be viewed on the videos in our web site. In addition to the web these details are shown in Good Hands pamphlets

Age	5 years
Characteristics	• Height will be around 25- 30 feet • Circumference of the trunk will be around 4 feet near the ground and about 4 feet above the ground it will be around 3 feet. • 15 to 20 branches could be seen and the length around 10-14 feet. • Branches get stronger and spread around the tree • Blossoming will start. Through the bouquet tender fruits could be seen. • Once the first bunch of coconuts get formed there will be a tendency for it to fall down. Hence a prop must be used. This will occur only for the first bunch and not for subsequent ones.
Probable diseases/ damages by Insects/ suggested remedies	The damages seen in 3rd and 4th years could be seen. Additionally the shoot may rot; sap might seep through the trunk; maita may occur.
Remarks	Details and video clips on diseases and damages by pests, manuring could be viewed on the videos in our web site. In addition to the web these details are shown in Good Hands pamphlets

Extreme care must be taken for following at all age groups shown above

1. Minimizing damages by wild boars and porcupines
2. Monkeys, apes, and forest squirrels might damage the trees giving a yield

Points to take care and pay attention

Point/ deficiency	Reason/ Reasons	Suggested remedies
Rotting of the tree	payitoptherapalmvora fungus ( will affect trees in the age group of 5 to 45)	Washing the shoot to get properly soaked in Metalaksis 4 gms dissolved in i litre of water once in 2 weeks
oozing sap from the trunk	ceratocistis paradoxa fungus	The parts affected to be cut off using a shrp equipment. A blight remover containing copper and metalaksis could be used.
yellowing of leaves	deficiency of nitrogen/ magnesium/ pottasium too bright sunlight/ insufficient water/ excessive water	urea, kisaraite, murate of potash could be used according to the defficiency
rotting of leaves	Due to a blight spots will appear on the leaves. These become bigger and the leaves start to rot.	cutting of the shoot of the affected trees and burning
withering of leaves	this is known as weligama withering too. This causes by payitoplasma	cutting off the trees at the ground level and burning off the shoots

Special notes:

1.) Though a coconut is kept in the nursery for 7 months, the age is computed from zero (0) counting at the time of planting. One year will be from the day of planting and NOT from the date of nursing.

2.) Water must be adequately supplied. 10-15 litres must be used for small plants – the plants till 4 years, per day. Beyond 5 year trees need 40-60 litres per day. Water to be supplied accordingly