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Coffee Arabica - Coffee Plant
Information and advice on how to grow Coffee Plants.
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The Plant: The Coffee Plant has a mass of deep green leaves,
small scented white flowers. In ideal growing conditions coffee beans
may even be produced, but don’t give up your normal brand!!
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Its needs: Being a tropical
plant, Coffee needs warmth and humidity, including regular misting of
the leaves in hot dry conditions, or in air-conditioned rooms. Enjoys
semi-shade, no direct sun. Use an enriched compost potting mix.
Care: Water by drenching thoroughly once a week. Spray or mist
foliage in dry conditions. Trim back straggly new growth to maintain
tidy plant shape. If coffee beans are produced it is obviously a point
of interest, but usually best to remove them to avoid taking too much
nutrition from the plant. This is up to personal preference. Watch out
for leaf
scale pest,
mealy bug,
red spider mite.
Good for: An obvious talking point rather than a spectacular
plant to look at! Nice green leaves, best kept trimmed to shape.
Fragrant white flowers.
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