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  • #31
    Re: Growing coffee

    thanks cameron.
    looking at those hartmann beans, i suppose their secret method involves some variation on a quick wash so that a fair bit of the mucilage is left.

    next crop im going to try some dry processing as well as some sort of the hartmann system to compare them. ill just give the beans a swirl around in a bucket and take them straight out. that should get some of the looser mucilage off and may leave what hartmann calls the stickier, sweeter part.

    since i had blossom coming on last year before i had picked even half the crop, i would have to stop watering when the cherries were full size and ripening if i was going to stop the trees blossoming whenever they got a bit of water. would that affect the ripening?

    theres a picture on amina omaris blog of kenyan beans being processed, which leads to another page of more pictures. there is a fantastic shot of a tree in blossom. do your trees look like that?

    i used to know a girl called amina omari, but it cant be the same one.

    tony

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    • #32
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      Originally posted by 2338392E23570 link=1202128835/30#30 date=1236594658
      i used to know a girl called amina omari, but it cant be the same one.
      Yeah, such a common name. :-?

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      • #33
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        the girl i knew died awhile ago.

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        • #34
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          Read somewhere you need at least 8 trees to keep you in coffee a year.

          I have 3, 4 yr olds but am getting more to plant on my brothers block at Bellingen.

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          • #35
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            Originally posted by 514A4B5C51250 link=1202128835/32#32 date=1236678904
            the girl i knew died awhile ago.
            My condolences.


            Originally posted by 7160756C6B250 link=1202128835/33#33 date=1236681878
            Read somewhere you need at least 8 trees to keep you in coffee a year.
            Drats!
            I only have 2.

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            • #36
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              Coffee Prince has kindly sent me some fresh picked green coffee beans K7 variety to propagate
              A big thanks mate [smiley=thumbup.gif] [smiley=dankk2.gif]

              So hopefully soon I will have some growing coffee trees from seed news
              I plan to grow them to a suitable size and transplant to the permanent position

              I should be able to fit approx 10 trees some to be planted in between palm trees

              KK

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              • #37
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                Originally posted by 7F6E7B62652B0 link=1202128835/33#33 date=1236681878
                Read somewhere you need at least 8 trees to keep you in coffee a year.
                8 sounds about right to me. our four trees might stretch out to nearly a year, but i have bought other coffee as well.

                and because i pruned them hard last year this seasons harvest will be down.

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                • #38
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                  Hi all,
                  New to this site, wondering where you got your seeds / beans to grow your own coffee? Looking for K7.

                  Regards,
                  Ben.

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                  • #39
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                    Originally posted by 486A7D6B6B77180 link=1202128835/24#24 date=1233741196
                    I can drop some fresh K7 beans in once we have finished this harvest if you like.
                    Send me a PM or emai
                    Originally posted by 5A7D7635532F180 link=1202128835/37#37 date=1237362869
                    New to this site, wondering where you got your seeds / beans to grow your own coffee? Looking for K7.

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                    • #40
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                      Originally posted by 4B6C6724423E090 link=1202128835/37#37 date=1237362869
                      wondering where you got your seeds / beans to grow your own coffee? Looking for K7.
                      hi ben,

                      i got my trees from a local nursery - but they were no more specific than labelling them arabica. they have fruited well.

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                      • #41
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                        Hi all,
                        I am just wondering if anyone here grows their own coffee? (if so you may possibly be the greatest coffee snob-lol).
                        My question is two fold, one, I am interested to hear more about the issues of growing your own coffee, and what climates it actually can handle.
                        And two, I am looking to find someone to buy the coffee cherries off, once theyve been deseeded.

                        Cheers!

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                        • #42
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                          I suggest you check out the thread "growing coffee" in this section of coffee snobs for some really good discussion on people growing their own coffee, search is your friend. Cant help with two.

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                          • #43
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                            Originally posted by 183937383C291331363614500 link=1202128835/40#40 date=1238189220
                            I am looking to find someone to buy the coffee cherries off, once theyve been deseeded.
                            gday highlycaffd,

                            what are you going to do with the squeezed cherries?
                            i put mine in the compost or just straight on the garden. maybe the possums and birds eat em - they seem to disappear. ive seen a few hyperactive possums around.

                            tony

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                            • #44
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                              just started picking this years crop. last years start was at the beginning of july.
                              i have expanded my plantation by 25% - added one more tree.

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                              • #45
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                                Hi TonyT

                                So, whats your address?

                                *Plans midnight cherry picking expedition*

                                Cheers
                                Di

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