It may be best to plant different crops in the understorey at these different coconut growth stages. Options will be discussed later. This nutrient is much more important to coconut than it is to pasture plants. The usual method is to place the potash in a few shallow holes around the stem of each coconut. Livestock Management Cattle do best in cool weather.
Cattle thus benefit from the presence of coconut palms overhead.
With the appropriate species mix and cattle stocking density, pastures in the partial shade of coconuts can provide adequate feed. Proper grazing control is the key to any productive livestock operation. In the coconut system, grazing can be used both as a tool both to maximize pasture yield, and to minimize competition between the pasture plants and the coconuts for soil nutrients and moisture. The regular and properly timed grazing of top growth can greatly reduce excessive pasture plant transpiration and thus competition for water. Cattle recycle plant biomass and return nutrients to the system in organic manure.