Anyone try growing coffee? planning on growing it in south Florida, so not much freezing (maybe a couple of hours per year tops). anyone try before? got a 8" arabica plant for $8 so figured its worth a shot.
Growing Coffee
- Thread starter DanInFla
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well you should make a B&B coffee platation. B&B LE coffee that be cool
Sounds like fun. I think Florida is a little bit north of the traditional growing regions and at a lower altitude, but maybe its possible to get flowers to bloom and cherries to grow. Let us know how it goes.
Lots of people have a few plants for a lark or a conversation piece. The coffee plant is a perennial but it is really fussy when it comes to the soil. The west coast seems to enjoy a coffee growing popularity from north california clear up to lower mainland of BC. Don't forget, even if you are successful keeping the plant alive, you're still looking at between 4-6 years before bean production. Were I you, I'd give it a shot.
I'm envious because I live too far north to attempt this outside of a greenhouse.
no kidding! Just last weekend I put in the tomato plants and it's still kind of iffy. I'll bet even inside my house wouldn't be warm enough.
Two trees I would love to see modified to grow in cold, northern climates: Avocado and Coffee.
-jim
