Richard

Coffee can be grown outdoors in climates where the temperatures rarely drop below freezing, and then only for a few hours maybe a dozen times per year -- non-consecutively. If the temperatures exceed 95F (35C), they will prefer filtered light during that part of the day. In the first few years of growth, a citrus formula (proportional to 3-1-2) is a good choice. For bean production after the 3 years in the ground, transition to a potassium formula proportional to 2-1-3 -- the same as we feed bananas. When the shrubs are about 5ft (1.5m) high and wide, two of them should produce enough beans for the daily coffee needs of one drinker.

When grown indoors, a 5ft (1.5m) high and wide plant will have an annual production that will net about 20 to 30 cups of coffee.

If you are searching for high quality (tasting) coffee seeds, try to obtain the fresh beans from the Central American hybrid "Maragogype" directly from the distributor.

No matter what variety you search for, get the imported fresh beans (1st generation) and not those from some plant grown off-plantation. The second and follow-on generation seeds will be far more generic in taste.

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