peregrina Senior Member Joined: 30 May 2008 Posts: 24 Location: Kansas, USA Expertise: Pro Barista
Posted Tue Jun 24, 2008, 1:29pm Subject: growing coffee as a houseplant?
I've heard of people growing coffee in pots in the house or on the deck, more as a curiosity than anything else....anybody tried this? Or know anyone who's grown one successfully? I think it'd be cool to have a couple of them in the windows at the cafe where I work, kind of as conversation peices.
Posted Tue Jun 24, 2008, 1:34pm Subject: Re: growing coffee as a houseplant?
If you can find a local garden store that has the young plant, it would be worth a try. I haven't had any luck getting the beans to sprout. I think sweetmarias has a page on this.
Posted Tue Jun 24, 2008, 1:44pm Subject: Re: growing coffee as a houseplant?
There was a thread on here a while ago about this. People had varied luck, mostly depending upon where they lived. It's worth taking a look for the old thread though because there was a coffee grower that offered anyone free fresh seeds that they said were very likely to do well. There was also a link to a website with articles about growing your own plants.
bobvilax2000 Senior Member Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 126 Location: Cincinnati, OH Expertise: I love coffee
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Posted Tue Jun 24, 2008, 2:07pm Subject: Re: growing coffee as a houseplant?
You'll be hard pressed to get a bean processed to be roasted to grow. Some will definitely sprout, but they'll rarely grow past that. I've tried many times but they just ooze out some green slime and rot. Your best bet if you want to grow your own is to try and source some beans with the parchment on them, or, better yet, go to Hawaii and smuggle back some fresh berries. ; ]
Posted Tue Jun 24, 2008, 2:49pm Subject: Re: growing coffee as a houseplant?
bobvilax2000 Said:
You'll be hard pressed to get a bean processed to be roasted to grow. Some will definitely sprout, but they'll rarely grow past that. I've tried many times but they just ooze out some green slime and rot. Your best bet if you want to grow your own is to try and source some beans with the parchment on them, or, better yet, go to Hawaii and smuggle back some fresh berries. ; ]
coffeeguru79 Senior Member Joined: 11 Aug 2008 Posts: 6 Location: Boston Expertise: I love coffee
Posted Fri Aug 15, 2008, 6:29am Subject: Re: growing coffee as a houseplant?
Great thread, I've always wanted to try this. For some reason, ever since being a little kid, I've always tried growing plants from seeds we got from all our fruits and vegetables. Some worked, some didn't. I never thought to try a coffee bean, although as some mentioned, the roasted ones probably wouldn't do very well. I imagine the best way to go about this is to simply buy a plant online and have it shipped.
captn Senior Member Joined: 18 Aug 2008 Posts: 1 Location: calif. Expertise: Just starting
Posted Tue Aug 26, 2008, 1:48pm Subject: Re: growing coffee as a houseplant?
hi all, I have 3 pots with about 6 plants in each on my balcony. my friend got them through mail order from conn. they are doing fine with a shade net exposed to full sun.
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