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  • #31
    Re: Coffee from the ground up - Processing time!

    Ahhh at last the cherries have started to ripen!  I picked the first one, looks great, sank in water (floaters are the rotten ones) - left it to soak overnight then popped the seeds out. No flesh to the cherry at all, which was suprising to me.. well.. not entirely no flesh, but you know what i mean! 
    Ive got them on a metal dish to sun dry now - theres still a decent amount of membrain on them.. over time Ill see how I go, and Ill post more photos as I go along!!!
    ;D

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    • #32
      Re: Coffee from the ground up - growing your own!

      awesome

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      • #33
        Re: Coffee from the ground up - growing your own!

        Hi All,

        Hey Rolley, I guess the cherries are supposed to be blossoming now. I got a tree from work that was nearly dead and brought it back from the brink, and it has happily come back too life in a pot (planted it in the ground 2 days ago) but because of its set back I guess i must have missed this years crop am I correct.

        Thanks
        Andrew

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        • #34
          Re: Coffee from the ground up - growing your own!

          OK I think I have a problem, I got hold of 6 kilos of green today and had to go out and buya coffee tree, I have named him "Juan"
          He will be the start of my world domination plan(via coffee)

          Im starting to think Im developing a problem/obession

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          • #35
            Re: Coffee from the ground up - growing your own!

            My two plants are named Bill and Ben.

            I suppose I should change them to Guillermo and Benito then.

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            • #36
              Re: Coffee from the ground up - growing your own!

              TG the flower pot men still has a good ring to it

              oh the plans I have for Juan, thats if I can remember my yr12 biology class

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              • #37
                Re: Coffee from the ground up - growing your own!

                Hrmmmm,,.. I feel like I have to name my trees now!
                Well.. lets see.. the dogs pulled one out and chewed it to pieces.. its dead so no need to name it.. another completely died when I was on holidays in April and we had very dry windy weather.. thats 2 down... A friend fell over my best tree when he was drunk and broke it in half.. My mower broke down, and the grass was so long I had to start whipersnipping and accidentally chopped me 4th tree completely off about 8 inches from the ground.

                I think i need very tragic names, any one have any ideas?

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                • #38
                  Re: Coffee from the ground up - growing your own!

                  If you have any left, Id suggest Lucky.

                  Otherwise youre left with.

                  Chewy
                  Pruneface
                  Stumblebum
                  and
                  Stumpy

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                  • #39
                    Re: Coffee from the ground up - growing your own!

                    Well my suggestions for the 4 trees:

                    Dog-gone
                    Dodo
                    Smashed and
                    Stumpy (agree with fatboy)

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