How to grow a coffee tree at home

Growing a coffee tree is fun for coffee lovers and plant lovers. A coffee tree will become a universal decoration of any room and will look beautiful in a children’s institution, and in your own apartment, and at work in the office.

To grow a coffee tree that will bear fruit, you need to spend a lot of time and a lot of effort. In favorable conditions for a coffee plant, it bears fruit. True, there are not very many fruits, for a year one coffee tree will give 500 grams of coffee beans, from which you can brew real fragrant coffee, and aromatic coffee tea is brewed from the shells in the homeland of coffee.

The coffee tree is a rather unpretentious plant, it does not require special care. The plant grows up to two meters in height indoors. However, it is very difficult to grow it from a small cutting or seed.

Growing a coffee tree from seeds (grains)

To grow coffee at home, choose Arabica coffee varieties and sow fresh beans.

Before sowing seeds in the ground, they must be soaked in boiled filtered water for 4 hours. Next, remove the shell, rinse the seeds in a solution of potassium permanganate and sow the seeds in the soil to a depth of 0.5 cm, strip down. Coffee soil: sod, leafy soil and coarse sand. (2:2:1) . After 60-70 days, the coffee beans will germinate.

Caring for coffee beans

The pot should be placed in a fairly dark, cool (16-18 ° C) place. The soil must be constantly moistened, however, make sure that the soil is not soggy. It is recommended to gently loosen the soil so that an earthen crust does not form. From above, the pot must be covered with plastic wrap or glass, the crops of grains must be ventilated (remove the film for 15 minutes daily) so that the soil does not become infected with fungus (the top layer of soil will be covered with white mold).

Caring for coffee sprouts

Young shoots appear first. After some time, the cotyledon leaves are released from the shell and at this time you need to very carefully monitor the level of soil moisture. It is advisable to keep the sprouts under a glass jar, as they need moist air and a stable temperature. But do not forget to ventilate and harden and adapt coffee sprouts to the room environment every day. When the plant has two leaves and dark spots on the “trunk” (the trunk of the plant begins to become woody) , increase the airing time daily, over time, remove the jar altogether. During the first year of life, the trunk continues to develop, in order for the plant to become more lush, graft the top of the plant over 4 pairs of leaves.

The tree that was grown from grains will begin to bear the first fruits only in the fourth year of its life.

Caring for a coffee tree

Caring for a coffee tree is not difficult, if you follow the rules listed below, you will soon be able to pleasantly surprise guests with a cup of aromatic coffee ripened on your own coffee plantation located at your home.

Coffee tree soil and transplantation

The most important in caring for a coffee tree is soil and transplanting, especially in the first years of active growth. The main thing to remember is that the coffee tree grows exclusively in acidic soils( ph should be less than 7). You need to transplant a coffee tree every year, during the first 3 years of life, then once every 2-3 years, while it is recommended to change the topsoil also – once a year.

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Air humidity for coffee

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Brightness of the light for coffee

The coffee tree is a light-loving plant, it is recommended to place it on windows facing South, South-West, South-East. But keep in mind that excess sun can also be harmful, especially for young plants under two years of age. After the coffee beans ripen, it is advisable to put the plant in the shade.

Air temperature for coffee tree

The room temperature should be normal, room temperature. But it should not fall below +12°C.

Watering and fertilizing the coffee tree

Water the coffee tree in the same way as all other indoor plants, in summer watering should be abundant and more frequent than in winter, but do not allow excessive dryness or humidity of the earthen coma. Use soft, rainy or melted snow for irrigation.

Use fertilizer in the spring-autumn period (May-September), that is, during the period of active growth. For top dressing, use mineral liquid fertilizers and organic fertilizers (compost tea) – 1 time in 14 days.

I wish you success!