Economic impact of different replanting scenarios for old coconut plantations

The experimental replanting of an abandoned coconut plantation in Papua New Guinea revealed that, under fertile soil and favourable climate conditions , if is beneficial to plant hybrid coconut seedlings in interrows with old cv Grand trees, which in turn will benefit from the plantation renovation b efore they are felled. Simulations based on the first 3 year results indica ted that the best income/hectare performance can be obtained by fertilizing the hybrid seedlings planted under the old cv Grand trees, which are maint ained in the plantation for 6 years.