I actually remember reading somewhere, of course I can't remember the source, that coffea arabica make very nice Bonsai. If I recall from most of your posts, you advocate the slow, patient method of getting to know the plant prior to any major work. I would expect, given that approach, that you will have no problem transforming your coffee plant into a coffee Bonsai. I'm thinking that you may have to pay more attention to soil pH than you normally would, though. AND I wouldn't plan on having enough coffee beans to make coffee.... ;-)

Jeff Isom
Cleveland, OH / Sunset Zone 39


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How many of you remember mringing home a kitten or
puppy adn wanting to keep it becasue it followed you
home?

Well that still happens to me with plants. I got a
really fat coffea arabica. Now I need to know what to
do with it. I can't find any info on pot clture. It
says it is fast growing, has pretty flowers and nice
berries. The wood is used to make things.

So some of my quetions a 1)the cut ends are waxed,
does this plant "bleed" easily? 2)It is currently in
a deep pot. Will I be abe to train the root mass to
be more horizontal? 3) is there a specific way to
prune and still get flowers?

Probably more questions down the line.

Kitsune Miko

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