My Edible Fruit Trees: Dwarf Coffee Trees QLD

Dwarf Coffee - Red Catuai

Mgoul131's Edible Fruits
Update: 3613 days 19hrs

Planted: 2014

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 4

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

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Dwarf Coffee - Red Catuai (Seedling) ^10/10

Ahimsa Cottage's Edible Fruits
Update: 4400 days 7hrs

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I hope to use the beans to make our own coffee eventually. I initially planted these trees at the back of our property which had a lot of clay and only managed to water them once a month and as a result their growth was slow. I decided to transplant them to along side the house improve the soil by adding peat moss and lots of mulch and where i could regularly water them. They have increased in size x5 in the last 6 months.

In April this year the tree began to fruit bright red coffee cherries, i picked these squeezed the green beans and soaked them in water for 2 days. i poped these beans into a mesh bag rubbed them to remove the membrane. Then put the beans onto paper kitchen towel sitting on a baking rack. Over the period of a couple of days the beans dry out, cracks form at the top so that the white parchment starts to spilt. The parchment layer can be picked off to reveal the green bean. I have stock piling these green bean til i have enough 500 grams to trial roasting with pop corn machine. i will attach images.

Fruiting Months March, April, May, June, July

Planted: 2011

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter and Spring

Pruned By: 50% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: organic xtra

Organic Status:Organic

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