Coconut plant - Help

[Angel123]

Hello everyone,

I bought this coconut tree in June and planted it in the ground. I added some sand and have been applying liquid fertilizer twice a month. It is exposed to the afternoon sun all day and is usually watered in alternate days (about 3x week). Its leaves have brown spots and it looks slightly sunburned. It seems to me that it is really getting too much sun because since it must have come from greenhouses it might not have been prepared enough, but I really don't know if there is something else or not? It also has some black spots on the lower leaves. However, the brown spots appeared about a month ago...
Does anyone have any experience with coconut palms? What am I doing wrong? Will the plant need more water or is it too much water or else?

Thanks in advance!

 

[cpp gardener]

Yes, the big brown spot is sunburn due to it being started in a greenhouse. The black spots are something that happens and not a great concern unless they become much bigger or profuse. The watering sounds about right unless it stays soggy. How cold does it get in the winter? If gets below 60*F the palm will not survive.

 

[Angel123]

Yes, the big brown spot is sunburn due to it being started in a greenhouse. The black spots are something that happens and not a great concern unless they become much bigger or profuse. The watering sounds about right unless it stays soggy. How cold does it get in the winter? If gets below 60*F the palm will not survive.

Thank you for your reply.
Yes, I also suspected that it was probably that... Winter here usually has highs of around 20ºC and lows of 10ºC and many sunny days. Since I have it planted on a wall facing south, we'll see... The minimum temperature in the worst case scenario is around 5ºC and it recovers quickly... and there is never frost or snow.

 

[cpp gardener]