Growing Coffee Trees a Project

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.

QM0996

Brett H wrote:

My tree has its first too. About 20 berries.

Well I guess you're not going to need my pulper. Alex, if you get time I have a few beans that you can have to grow.....

derrilex

Cool. :thumb:

Lacehim

QM0996 wrote:

Well I guess you're not going to need my pulper.

I've probably got enough to make using a pulpier useful but they seem to turn red at different times. How do you handle that? I've been processing small batches as the turn dark red but it's a PITA. If you don't get them in time they go black. 🙁 Also how are you guys processing? I've just followed the wet method so far. So I remove the bean from the berry, soak in water for 24-48 hours, then dry and leave for 2-3 months, then remove parchment.

Intense_Coffee

Lacehim wrote:

Also how are you guys processing? I've just followed the wet method so far.

My first couple of years I did the same - soaked them to remove the mucilage then dried etc. They came out a lot better than I was expecting, or maybe just a case of not wanting to call my baby(ies) ugly :-) last year I just pulped them, briefly put them in water to remove floaters, which I assumed, wrongly or rightly, may be dodgy. (However I was chatting to Kees from MTCP recently and he does not worry about "floaters") I then used more of a honey processing method. Very sticky and attracts ants etc, with the aim to see if I can get more interesting results. They are currently still resting and waiting to be hulled, so cannot report anything as yet. I suppose the risks are higher of getting a stinker that may ruin the roast. Graham

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