Coffee Plant. Coffee plants as houseplants. Setting your coffee plant on a water filled pebble tray will help with humidity. When growing coffee plants the soil needs to stay moist but not soaking wet. Coffee beans grow on an attractive little plant with glossy green leaves and a compact growth habit.
According to the international coffee organization two other. Setting your coffee plant on a water filled pebble tray will help with humidity. They do best in a peat based and well draining potting soil that is rich in organic matter.
Arabica coffee plant s optimum growing temperature is between 53 f 80 f 12 c 25 c.
When to plant coffee you can grow coffee from seed but i recommend buying a plant from your local nursery since it can take a few years before a seed grows into a plant mature enough to produce cherries the beans come from. According to the international coffee organization two other. Coffee plants don t like lime so if your plant doesn t seem to be thriving add additional well rotted manure. Coffee plants as houseplants. The humidity around the plant will need to stay high as well. This section treats the cultivation of the coffee plant. Of the 25 or so coffea plant species two species coffea arabica arabica coffee and coffea canephora robusta coffee account for almost all commercial production. Coffee production cultivation of the coffee plant usually done in large commercial operations the plant a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree of african origin genus coffea family rubiaceae is grown for its seeds or beans which are roasted ground and sold for brewing coffee. There are main vertical roots tap roots and lateral roots which grow parallel to the ground. Coffee plant root system. Arabica coffee plant s optimum growing temperature is between 53 f 80 f 12 c 25 c.