Growing Coffee Trees a Project

Lacehim

askthe coffeeguy wrote:

my parents in law on the sunny coast have a mature tree about 3m high in their backyard which gives off many kgs of fruit each year - never got around to harvesting it though!

If they let me know when they are red and ready for picking I can easily pop over to take them off their hands! 😉

RichardM

Lacehim: my maturing trees are doing well, but the one you gave me is up to 8 leaves now. I probably should put it outside.

derrilex

I'll jump on the back of KK's thread and map the progress of my plants. I started by soaking the beans as per KK until a little sprout came out. Then Potted them out into seedling trays. See what happens. I've planted about 30 Yirg seeds and 20 Pshite seeds.

Lacehim

I'm going to try some tree in my aquaponics set up when I get it running. Should be interesting. The bigger tree I have out the front has some cherries on it, but it's about to have a massive flowering! Should be interesting. 🙂

Koffee_Kosmo

I am sure you will have a high success rate Deririex Just two weeks ago I collected some tree dried cherries from locally grown coffee trees I also have some K7 beans from Notrern NSW At about our Queensland spring I will try again the process of soak and plant out [attach=1] photo of dried coffee berries KK

derrilex

All good KK. Lacehim, I have a hippy mate down here who is right into all the permaculture and aquaponics stuff. He is also the local newsagent so he gets all the cool mags to read. He comes up with all sorts of things I wouldn't have thought of. Signs of a man with too much time on his hands 😃 😃

Lacehim

Only got 12 beans off both trees this year. Maybe more on the way, but a bit disappointing.

Koffee_Kosmo

Lacehim wrote:

Only got 12 beans off both trees this year. Maybe more on the way, but a bit disappointing.

The larger the soil area the larger the crop Also lots of organic fertiliser is needed when in pots Try mixing some charcoal and sugar cane mulch with seaweed fertiliser in the soil and a good cover of sugarcane mulch on top to prevent the soil from drying out KK

Koffee_Kosmo

An update After repotting in large planter tubs the coffee trees have grown approx 300 mm (12") Probably need to fertilise soon but at present they are looking very healthy [attach=1] [attach=2] KK

Lacehim

Mine has flowered in spectacular fashion. I've never seen so many. My dward tree out the back doesn't get anywhere near as many. Cherries are starting to form now! 🙂 I might actually get a decent crop this time! Fingers crossed.

Lacehim

My big coffee tree is doing amazingly well. It flowered and flowered, and now it's set to produce an amazing crop by the look of the branches. Check it out! This was a full size from Bunnings I think planted in a big pot. I give it some worm castings and worm wee, and abit of fertiliser now and again and the dwarf our the back in doing well too. It's planted in the ground, but gets more shade, so it's not as big.

Koffee_Kosmo

That is one healthy plant that will probably produce about a kilogram of beans for you to roast KK

Lacehim

It does seem to like it there. Gets the morning sun and in the shade in the arvo. It did get a bit neglected while I was away, but I think someone was turning the water off, but it's now on a timer and I took the tap handle off! 🙂 It gets plenty of water! I'm thinking of trialing a coffee plant in my aquaponics set up set up in a pot, with continuous flow. Considering the growth I've got over the 2 weeks with the veggies it's worth a try! 🙂

derrilex

Provided the roots don't mind being that wet they should do well I reckon. I'm just about to plant out some germinated seeds. See what happens this time

Koffee_Kosmo

An upgrade of sorts Since replanting to larger pots the trees have grown very fast They are now my height and just yesterday I noticed 3 new flowers on one tree I have been fertilising them due to this fast growth spirt Some photos The very first coffee flowers :thumb: [attach=1] The tree is growing fast [attach=2] I can't show you his face as he is an inventor and part time coffee tree grower [attach=3] KK

lmz

not impressive as KK but nonetheless my 2 baby coffee trees...

QM0996

I will up load a few shots... Some small ones and some not so small (about 20 in all); along with the pulper and huller... Nothing better than home grown, processed , roasted and then enjoyed... Have plenty of ones sprouting from where cherries have dropped... May plant on the footpath.

Lacehim

Here's a photo today of the berries on my tree turning red. The one out the back is just as covered but still green! This has been the best crop to date!

Koffee_Kosmo

Beautiful I have one single berry/bean on one tree it's the first

Brett_H

My tree has its first too. About 20 berries.

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