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  • #31
    Re: Question on Growing Coffee Trees

    Id love to have a go at this, but I just dont think Id have much success in this cold here in Melbourne

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    • #32
      Re: Question on Growing Coffee Trees

      Originally posted by Emediate link=1214659531/20#30 date=1215072988
      Id love to have a go at this, but I just dont think Id have much success in this cold here in Melbourne
      They will grow, and flower and fruit in Melbourne....so long as you keep them away from frost

      I have two plants 8-)

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      • #33
        Re: Question on Growing Coffee Trees

        Originally posted by Ben_S link=1214659531/20#29 date=1215064475
        Not talking from any experience, but reading Espresso Quest which I bought off Bean Bay,  which uses Mountain Top Estate as a case study, there seems to be a real trend in coffee as there is in grapesthat the growing conditions impact flavour.

        They do all sort of experiments wrt water consumption etc. Interesting stuff
        Thanks. I also have the sense that, although coffee likes tropical climates, it seems to be grown at altitude - "Mountain Top" estate. I know the PNG stuff is grown in highland areas. I wonder if the warm days/ cool nights is another factor in successful coffee growing

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        • #34
          Re: Question on Growing Coffee Trees

          So KK,

          Where did you end up buying your plants from? I am also in Brisbane and thinking about throwing a couple of plants in for fun.

          Cheers

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          • #35
            Re: Question on Growing Coffee Trees

            Originally posted by PhilMac link=1214659531/20#33 date=1218631928
            So KK,

            Where did you end up buying your plants from? I am also in Brisbane and thinking about throwing a couple of plants in for fun.

            Cheers

            I am waiting for Spring and will get them from CAPE nursery
            May even make a day of it and drive to Byron Bay (if time permits)


            http://www.capeau.com.au/nursery.html

            KK

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            • #36
              Re: Question on Growing Coffee Trees

              Originally posted by 2muchcoffeeman link=1214659531/20#31 date=1215073359
              They will grow, and flower and fruit in Melbourne....so long as you keep them away from frost

              I have two plants 8-)
              And how was the coffee?

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              • #37
                Re: Question on Growing Coffee Trees

                I also have 2 plants but they are a few years away yet from a crop.

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                • #38
                  Re: Question on Growing Coffee Trees

                  I also have a little tree. You can see it in this thread.
                  http://coffeesnobs.com.au/YaBB.pl?num=1218451595/18#18

                  Mike

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                  • #39
                    Re: Question on Growing Coffee Trees

                    Hey KK,
                    Bean thinkinging about growing for a little while now.
                    sorry that joke was terrible ;D

                    and thought seeing as planting is best in Spring, now is the time to start thinking about it again.

                    Just wondering how you went with your plant purchase? Did it eventuate?
                    and did you end up getting Dwarf Catui or the K7 veriety?

                    I have a perfect spot for  a few Dwarf Catui, but a K7 probly wouldnt fit there.
                    Hows your crop going? Id imagine youd have just had your first harvest or will be next season.

                    Thanks heaps!
                    Kotaro

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                    • #40
                      Re: Question on Growing Coffee Trees

                      Another CSer was kind enough to give me some plants he raised from seed

                      They are now 200mm tall

                      With the K7 they were developed by the CSIRO to be disease free
                      Regular pruning will keep them in check

                      KK

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                      • #41
                        Re: Question on Growing Coffee Trees

                        awesome!
                        Maybe I should speak to an expert on the subject like someone from C.A.P.E, but you dont think that over pruning (i.e to keep it at about 1500mm tall) will effect the plants fruitfullness? (obviously a ~1m tree is going to produce a lot less fruit than an ~8m tree but Id like to think that Id still have a healthy plant and if pruning the k7 ALOT is going to effect that, then Id prefer to go with the dwarf

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                        • #42
                          Re: Question on Growing Coffee Trees

                          Just keep in mind that they are 2 different cultivars
                          Only the K7 is Robusta

                          Someone more experienced than me may be able to answer this
                          Pruning should not harm the plant and may enhance fruiting berries

                          KK

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                          • #43
                            Re: Question on Growing Coffee Trees

                            Originally posted by 2B0F060605053F2B0F130D0F600 link=1214659531/41#41 date=1283060464
                            Just keep in mind that they are 2 different cultivars
                            Only the K7 is Robusta
                            Sorry I meant to say Arabica

                            KK

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                            • #44
                              Re: Question on Growing Coffee Trees

                              Yea thanks heaps!
                              Just gave my green-thumb-mum a call and she seems to think i should be fine getting the K7 and pruning.
                              Ill give CAPE a call in the morning and make some more enquiries.

                              thanks for your help.
                              Kotaro

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                              • #45
                                Re: Question on Growing Coffee Trees

                                Originally posted by 734F5249434255404843270 link=1214659531/36#36 date=1218679330
                                I also have 2 plants but they are a few years away yet from a crop.
                                I was right.
                                First crop a few months ago and a few went red but the majority should as the weather warms up.

                                Pruning should be fine kotaro.
                                If you google you should find some info on it.
                                I seem to recall that some plantations do it on a rotating basis so that not all their plants are recovering from pruning at the same time.
                                In the long run though its good for them.

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