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- How to maintain your coffee plant - tips and tricks
- The right floor and the best location
- Pour the coffee plant properly and fertilize
- When and how should I crop my coffee plant?
- How do I care for the coffee plant in winter?
- Can I grow coffee plants myself?
- The most important care tips in brief:
- Tips
The coffee plant spends the summer outdoors
How to maintain your coffee plant - tips and tricks
The coffee plant (Latin Coffea arabica) is considered easy to clean. If you like, you can certainly harvest your own coffee. However, it takes a lot of patience, because the coffee plant grows slowly and blooms only at the age of a few years.
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Sunny and warm, that's the way your coffee plant likes it best. For young plants, a partially shaded location is ideal. In the midday sun you should get used to your Coffea arabica only slowly. The same applies if you want to put your coffee plant in the garden or on the balcony in summer. Cool nights can quickly damage the plant.
Pour the coffee plant properly and fertilize
A coffee plant is best poured "by feel". Test with your finger how dry or damp the earth is. Only when the top layer has dried slightly, you should pour the Coffea arabica again. Occasional spraying with lime-free water or a rain shower is a blessing for the coffee plant. Once a month, add some liquid fertilizer to the irrigation water or use slow-release fertilizer.
When and how should I crop my coffee plant?
Regularly, the coffee plant does not have to be cropped. If it is too big for you, then you can certainly grab a knife or pruning shears. The plant tolerates quite a vigorous pruning. The best time for this is spring. You can then use part of the clippings as cuttings for propagation.
How do I care for the coffee plant in winter?
In the garden, the coffee plant may not overwinter. It is not hardy and needs a suitable winter quarters. Pour your coffee plant a bit more sparingly in winter and make sure it is light enough. Both too little light and too much water could lead to yellow or brown leaves. Fertilizing is not necessary in winter.
Can I grow coffee plants myself?
If you grow a coffee plant yourself, you should be patient. The germination of the seeds lasts four weeks at least 25 ° C. Even then, the coffee plant does not grow very fast. If you use cuttings instead of seeds, then rearing is easier and less time-consuming.
The most important care tips in brief:
Tips
The slowly awake coffee plant is well suited as a houseplant, may also be in the garden in the summer.