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dubwise · 03-05-2009, 04:27 AM

Has anyone ever tried to grow coffee?

Sheriff Bart · 03-14-2009, 03:54 AM

not tried,
done it
what do you want to know?

dubwise · 03-14-2009, 03:30 PM

Man I want to know everything! What kind of seed source, what method of growing? Hydro/Soil....lighting, schedule, feed schedule....what's the deal? I've been waiting a while for someone to answer this one. Did you have good success with it? Was it not worth doing? What does the average plant yield? Did you enjoy growing it? Thanks!!!

Sheriff Bart · 03-15-2009, 01:45 AM

the plants need to be big to fruit
you need a lot of plants if you want to get any fruit
dependin on hoe you do it, seed grown may take 5 yrs before they give fruit

they like semi-acid, moist soils rich in compost. they dont tolerate dryness very well, like a bit of sun, not full sun though, but they dont do well when heavily shaded.
hydro would be hard, coffee trees can make a pretty damn big root system, and they can get to be pretty good sized themselves

i dont like coffee though, i just have a small plant for fun, been meaning to get rid of it though its starting to take up too much room but and its been suffering from scale

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Sheriff Bart Deputy Spade Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Rock Ridge Posts: 1,130	not tried, done it what do you want to know? __________________ I am only here to entertain the most absurd of ideas
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03-14-2009, 03:30 PM	#3
dubwise in the thick of it Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: deep dark jungle Posts: 3,002	Man I want to know everything! What kind of seed source, what method of growing? Hydro/Soil....lighting, schedule, feed schedule....what's the deal? I've been waiting a while for someone to answer this one. Did you have good success with it? Was it not worth doing? What does the average plant yield? Did you enjoy growing it? Thanks!!!
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03-15-2009, 01:45 AM	#4
Sheriff Bart Deputy Spade Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Rock Ridge Posts: 1,130	the plants need to be big to fruit you need a lot of plants if you want to get any fruit dependin on hoe you do it, seed grown may take 5 yrs before they give fruit they like semi-acid, moist soils rich in compost. they dont tolerate dryness very well, like a bit of sun, not full sun though, but they dont do well when heavily shaded. hydro would be hard, coffee trees can make a pretty damn big root system, and they can get to be pretty good sized themselves i dont like coffee though, i just have a small plant for fun, been meaning to get rid of it though its starting to take up too much room but and its been suffering from scale __________________ I am only here to entertain the most absurd of ideas
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