That's good news for you. I too have been inspired by others here to try this. I planted 6 coconuts, 3 in husks, 3 without the husk.

For my seeds, I soaked in water for a day or so, checking to see which side floated to the top. Planted halfway into soil with the top side up and put outside back in March.

So far, 1 has germinated and pushed out a sprout. It is from a coconut without a husk. Very neat.

I should add I soaked the coconuts for a day prior to planting. I thought about planting them "floaty side up" but I also read about people who had success with "eyes side up".

We'll see.

Congrats! That is very quick! After 6 months I finally had my first coconut sprout today. All I did was plant it half way down in the sand. So far 1 of 50.

I also had some Joey Palm , Redneck, and Royal sprouts all get noticed today! Here is a link to my other sprout pics if you want to check them out.

Here is a link that might be useful: New Palm Sprout Pics

I bought a coconut from a supermarket in Montreal Canada 3 weeks ago and didn't know whether I should eat it or try growing it. After almost a week I removed it from its plastic wrapping and gave it a shake listening to all its milk swishing around inside. I thought to myself.."how can I get this thing to grow without a husk???" First thing I did was soak it in very hot water everyday for 2 weeks. I would then remove it from sitting in water for up to 3 hours a day and place it inside a sealed plastic bag (to trick it into thinking the plastic bag was its husk) with lots of air inside. I then sat it with its 3 eyes pointed up inside the bag and mounted onto a coffee cup into a corner of the room. Everyday I would continue the hot water procedure and then put it back into its bag sitting on the coffee cup. After about a week of doing this 1 of the 3 flat eyes suddenly swelled up and popped out like a nipple. After a couple days of putting it into the hot water bath..suddenly (today) the nipple wood gave way and behind it was a white sprout like a potato's eye sprout. This is where the story ends because I'm going to plant it and watch what happens..but so far my "grocery store" coconut is showing promise. The idea is to trick it into believing that it has its husk by placing it into a sealed tight plastic bag and letting the humidity increase around it and kick it into action. I will keep you all posted! :-)