Well, today I was checking my coconut to see if a new spear was coming out yet, so i pushed the frond to the side and saw a mushy brown spear flopping off to the side. I was unsure if it was the spear or not, so I gave it a gentle pull, and the entire plant was plucked out of the coconut and a foul smell started emitting from where it came out. So sad :( And I have no way of getting a new one until a month from now except off of ebay... Oh well, maybe a Jamaican tall will work