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Coffea arabica - Coffee Plants


Coffea arabica - Coffee Plants (Coffea arabica - Coffee Plant)

Every year I have dozens of little coffee trees pop up under my large coffee tree during the winter rains. I dug these little ones up and put them in a pot before the snails could eat them. Photo taken March 16, 2011.



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Delonix is trying to make us jealous. :o)

17 Mar, 2011

 

Alexandramou:

This is nothing. The coffee trees at the San Diego Zoo have literally hundreds of seedlings under their large coffee trees (they look almost like grass).

17 Mar, 2011

 

...and I would be walking away with a pocket full of seeds. ;o)

17 Mar, 2011

 

The leaves look very shiny.

17 Mar, 2011

 

Alexandramou:

You could make quite a bit of coffee with all the coffee cherries from the S.D. Zoo trees. :>)

17 Mar, 2011

 

Terratoonie:

Yes, the leaves are very shiny. They almost have a wet look to them. :>)

17 Mar, 2011

 

When I first looked at the leaves, I thought rain had recently fallen on them....

17 Mar, 2011

 

Marguerite:

Yes, that's what I hear. I don't drink coffee...I usually give the coffee cherries away or let them fall to the ground.

I always have family, friends wanting coffee plants...so they're given away. The snail don't bother my large coffee or the coffee cherries. They love to eat the small coffee seedlings, though.

24 Mar, 2011

 

Marguerite:

I should plant a couple more trees around the yard.

24 Mar, 2011

 

Yes Delonix plant some more trees....remember I drink lots and lots of coffee. ;o)))

24 Mar, 2011

 

Alexandramou:

Yes, I'll need lots of coffee for your visit to San Diego. lol! :>)

25 Mar, 2011

 

If only life was so easy.....I would have visited San Diego last week. ;o)))

25 Mar, 2011

 

LOL!

25 Mar, 2011

 

I'm still trying to imagine jittery snails! ; )

2 Apr, 2011

 

Tugbrethil:

Snails are our worst enemy here, especially in Winter.

2 Apr, 2011

 

Outdoors in pots? They die on me. Put them in ground?..do great..slow,but great. I guess if I moved it into more sun it would pick up speed.

23 Sep, 2014

 

They do tend to do much better in the ground. During drought conditions they do look very good at all, though.

I'm still hoping my large tree will come back strong and look like it used to look a few years back.

24 Sep, 2014

 

Nice to see you plant them up they look really healthy.

3 Jun, 2017

 

I gave these seedlings away many years ago. I do have some that popped up this year, though.

5 Jun, 2017

 

Thats great you have more for your self kind of you giving these away.

6 Jun, 2017

 

I have only two from this year...those are mine. lol! :>))

7 Jun, 2017

 

Dont go giving them away then.

7 Jun, 2017

 

Yes, the two are mine! lol! :>))

8 Jun, 2017

 

Good ?

8 Jun, 2017



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