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- How to fertilize your coffee plant - tips and tricks
- How do I take care of my freshly bought coffee plant?
- How often do I have to fertilize my coffee plant?
- The essentials in brief:
- Tips
The coffee plant is fertilized only in spring and in summer
How to fertilize your coffee plant - tips and tricks
The care of the coffee plant is really quite easy if it feels comfortable in their location. She wants to be watered and fertilized regularly. She likes to stand warm and light, in a sheltered place or free of drafts.
How do I take care of my freshly bought coffee plant?
When you buy your coffee plant, it's hard to tell how much fertilizer it has received so far. If the vessel is quite small, then best turn over the coffee plant. On this occasion, you will replace the soil and create a drainage layer of coarse gravel or potsherds. To avoid harmful waterlogging.
As a substrate, select normal flower or container potting soil, which may be mixed with a little sand or clay granules. Pour the coffee plant well and place the pot in a warm, bright place, but at least not in the blazing sun for now. In the next few weeks, the plant needs only fresh, preferably lime-poor water.
How often do I have to fertilize my coffee plant?
In summer or from April to September you should fertilize your coffee plant about every three to four weeks. You can simply mix liquid fertilizer into the irrigation water. Long-term fertilizers are available, for example, as chopsticks. They put you in the ground close to the roots of the coffee plant. Please note the package leaflet. Often, a long-term fertilizer needs to be administered only once a year.
During hibernation, do not fertilize your coffee plant at all, as fertilizer does more harm than good during this time. If the coffee plant gets too many nutrients in the winter, then it easily forms Geiltriebe, which can weaken the plant. Even just repotted, your coffee plant does not need any additional fertilizer for a while, because the fresh soil contains enough nutrients for a few months.
The essentials in brief:
Tips
If your coffee plant just got fresh soil, then it needs no additional fertilizer for the next few months.