Do you have any pics. It is very tough to tell what to tell you from your post. It could be any # of things, maybe the roots were damaged, maybe it is planted to deep, maybe its the avocado seeds maybe... I would plant them separately though

Tropichris-
What is the weather like outside, these plants like full southern/western sun. I don't think a couple hours of morning sun will be enough. If you are 70s in the days and 50s at night I would move it outside and give it all of the sun you can.

Hey Chris,

Repot it by itself in a 3gal. or 5gal. black nursery pot (the kind with the 4 holes at the bottom with a good organic potting soil with a little Perlite mixed in (this is the little white balls in potting soil) to help with drainage. Plant the coconut only about 1/2 to 2/3 buried in the soil with no soil around where the trunk emerges from the nut. Water it really good and set it outside in full sun and leave it outside until your overnight lows start dropping into the low to mid 40's in the fall. On warmer days in the winter, if you have any highs in the 60's, set it outside for a few hours, then bring it in before nightfall. Anyway, for the warmer months, water it about every 2-3 days, and in the winter, once every 7-10 days. When it is about 2.5 ft. tall, fertilize it with a good 12-4-8 ratio palm fertilizer that has the micronutrients. Only fertilize it a little when it is small, so you don't burn it with too much fertilizer. Before it is about 10 months old, it doesn't need any fertilizer, since they live off the nutrients in the coconut milk for the first 6-8 months after sprouting. Good luck, and post some pictures when you get a chance.

John

ok. I finally learned how to put photos on. Thanks to hunterkiller03 for telling me how to put them in. Sorry for the cruddy quality!

the coconut is in Miracle Grow soil.
feel free to take a look at some of the other plants in the picture! as you can see, I also have a dendrobium with a little koala on one of the dead canes. The piece of paper on the coco's pot is a reminder that i should mist it every day (I always forget). The picture looks bright, but it is only in an east facing window. I dont have any south-facing windows in my house.

~Chris

I'm having a similar problem... Has it gotten any better yet?

yes, its gotten a LITTLE better. ever since I got it from FL, i just set it on top of the soil. A couple months later I put a tad more soil on top of the root that was just sitting on the soil, and I even found a sprouting sea grape plant yesterday (i also brought back some sea grape seeds)so if its getting too much sun, the sea grapes large leaves should help shade it. Because its warming up, i put it outside yesterday, so the warm weather should help also. I placed it in an east facing spot of my house, so it should get some shade.