How To Do Coffee Plants Farming In India

Coffee is associated with places like Ethiopia, as it evolved in elevated subtroical to tropical prats of Africa and Asia. 

With shelter and patience, it grows beyoud its natural equatorial region. if gardenias grow well at your place, so too will coffee.At the very extremes of its ideal climate zone, the plants may grow but will not flower and fruit every year.

Don't imagine you'll be self-sufficient in coffee with just a few shrubs. A cup of coffee uses a lot of beans-just watch your local barista grinding the beans for your local barista grinding the beans for your next espresso. Even a well-known instant coffee boasts 43 beans in very cup.Beans are the seed found in a coffee berry (known as a cherry) and each berry has two seeds that means 22 berries are needed for each cup of coffee.

A muture tree yields 3kg-8kg of cherries each year, which comes down to 500-1200g of coffee beans. it's estimated that it takes around 30 plants to produce enough coffee for your daily cup. According to industry statistics, commercial plantations in Australia usually have around 25,000 plants.

As well as needing a heap of berries to produce just one cup of coffee,there are many stages involved between harvest and that first sip. the ripe berries (which are edible) are harvested and fermented to removed and the green bean is roasted then finally ground.

Even if you don't get a lot of actual coffee from each coffee plant,it'sa very attractive plant to grow. it has large, shiny green pinnate leaves, each leaflet with wavy edges. the plants can grow into small trees around 5m tall but are easier to manage as shrubs to about 2m tall. Clusters of scented white flowers from in summer and autumn,quickly followed by round green berries that ripen to shiny red. these yield the coffee bean.

Coffee is grown commercially in Australia on the Atherton Tableland in tropical Queensland and in northern new sout wales around Byron Bay. Although it's thought of as a recently introduced crop, coffee has been grown in Australia since the late 19th century.

Gradening Tips To Grow Coffee Plants Organically

Coffee plants like well-drained,fertile,acidic soils with an ideal pH of 5.5-6.5. In commercial coffee plantation, coffee is grown in long rows so the berries are easy to harvest and the plants are easy to tend.The rows need to be sheltered by hedges to prevent wind damage. 

Commercially, plants are spaced around 2m apart, but a good way to grow coffee in a home garden is as a closely planted hedge in a sheltered part of the garden, such as along a northern or eastern boundary where it's sheltered by houses or fences. Remember, around 30 plants are needed to produce enough beans for a regular cup of coffee.

 

The plants can be pruned after harvest or in early spring to keep them shrubby and growing at around 2m high with lots of dense, leafy branches. At this size the plants are also easy to maintain and to harvest. Lots of branches also mean lots of flowers and fruits.

 

Plants can also be grown in large pots and make handsome indoor or conservatory plants in cooler zones. the containerised plant can be moved outdoors in summer when conditions are warm. potted  plants can flower and fruit. 

Fertilise plants in spring with a complete organic fertiliser. keep the root area well mulched. coffee plants don't like to be too hot or too cold and must be kept well watered.Rain or deep watering in spring and berry production. plants take three to six years to begin to flower and fruit.

coffee has very few pests and diseases in Australia.Cercospora is a fungal disease that may attack plants,especially seedlings and new planting in warm, wet condition, but isn't usually a problem in gardens.Scale and mealy bug may also attack plants, especially containerised or indoor plants. these pests can be controlled with organic oil sprays.

As the berries ripen in winter, fruit fly isn't likely to be a concern, however in warm climates or in areas where ripening is in later spring, monitor for fruit fly and use splash baits if these pests are present.

Harvesting Tips To Grow Coffee Plants Organically

1. Berries are harvested when they are ripe-from late winter or early spring. the fruit takes around nine months to ripen. 
2. Handpick the ripe berries, which are held in clusters along the stems. 
3. As plants produce flushes of flowers, there may be flowers,green berries and ripe berries present on the one plant.
4. Separate the seeds from the flesh then soak them in water to remove the flesh around the seed. 
5. Leave the seeds to sock for several days (ferment) then clean them off. 
6. Next, the beans are dried-usually in the sun-then the parchment covering is removed to reveal the green bean.
7. Before the beans are ground into coffee they are roasted to colour from green to dark brown. 
8. To roast beans,spread them on a flat tray and put them in a hot oven for about 10 minutes.
9. Roasted beans can be stored in the freezer, but green beans are stored in any dry airy spot away from rodents. 
10. Grind roasted beans in an electric grinder or by hand to brew a cup of coffee.

Is Coffee Useful To Reduce Lazyness

The jury is out on the benefits or pitfalls of drinking coffee,but there's  agreement about the value of caffeine in the garden. Snails and slugs, in particular, have a bad reaction to caffeine, which is way it can be used to deter or kill mollusce. Bees, however, appreciate a caffeine boost. 

Research from Newcastle University in the UK showed that bees feeding on flowers whose nectar contains caffeine-including coffee, orange and grapefruit flowers were more likely to remember the flower's scent. the researchers say caffeine could encourage bees to remember these blooms as a good source of nectar.

Scientific Details Of Coffee

• Common name: coffee
• Botanic name: Coffea arabica,C.canephora (syn.C.robusta)
• Family: Rubiaceae (madder or gardenia family)
• Aspect and soil: Shade; moist but well-drained soil
• Best climate: Tropics, subtropics, warm temperate
• Habit: Evergreen shrub or small tree
• Propagation: seed,seedling, cuttings, tissue Culture, potted  plants
• Difficulty: Medium