Coffee Growing at Home
Growing a coffee plant at home is a rewarding experience that will help you learn and appreciate the work involved in producing a good cup of coffee. It is a very easy plant to take care of and is a great conversation piece, especially during flowering or cherry development.
Ideally you should start with a freshly picked coffee cherry, but unless you are in a producing country this will not be possible and you should skip to section 2.
家庭种植咖啡
在家种植咖啡是一令人满意的体验，将帮助你学习并且感激为生产一杯好的咖啡中所付出的作。 很容易种植、照顾，也是一个很好的谈论话题，特别在开花或者樱桃发展期间。
最好你应该从一个新鲜挑的咖啡樱桃开始， 但是除非你在一个生产的国家，否则这将不是可能的，你应该跳跃到第2 部分。
Section 1. Harvesting and Preparing the Coffee Seeds.
Ripe cherries should be harvested and picked from trees with good production and without any disease or other affliction. The cherry is the pulped by hand, washed with water, and fermented in a small container. The fermentation stage is complete when the mucilage no longer clings to the coffee. Wash away the fermented mucilage with fresh water. Any coffee beans that float at any stage of washing should be discarded. The beans must then be dried to about 20% moisture content on mesh screen in open and dry air, but not in direct sunlight. After pulping a coffee will have between 60-70% moisture content so you can determine the appropriate stopping point simply by weighing the beans. Otherwise you can simply bite open be bean and ensure that it is dry on the outside and slightly soft and moist on the inside. Alternatively, a pulped bean can be used immediately for planting and in some areas this is considered advantageous.
第1 部分。 收获和准备咖啡种子。
成熟的樱桃应该被收获并且用好产品和没有任何疾病或者其他痛苦从树挑。 樱桃是亲手使成浆，用水洗，并且在一只小的集装箱里发酵。 当粘液不再依附咖啡时，发酵阶段完成。 用淡水冲掉发酵的粘液。 漂浮在洗的任何阶段的任何咖啡豆应该被丢掉。 豆然后必须公开在网眼屏幕上被弄干到大约20%的含水量和干空气，但不是在直射阳光里。 在使成浆一份咖啡将在60-70%的含水量之间有之后，因此你能仅仅通过估量豆确定合适的拦网得分。 你能完全咬打开豆并且保证在外面上干燥和在肚子上有点柔软和潮湿。 或者，一粒使成浆的豆可能用于种植立即被使用，在一些地区这被认为有利
Section 2. Germination.
If coffee cherries are not readily available green coffee can be purchased from a local supplier, but it is essential that the bean is of a recent crop and recent shipment. I would recommend ordering green coffee from www.sweetmarias.com and asking for the most recent crop. The potential for germination will continue for almost four months, but after this time the germination rate is several fold less and germination time is significantly longer. Fresh seeds should germinate in 2.5 months, but old seeds can take as long as 6 months.
It is advisable to pregerminate the seeds. First soak the seeds in water for 24 hours. Then sow the seeds in damp sand or wet vermiculite in which the excess water has been drained. Alternatively, you can place the seeds between moist coffee sacks, which should be watered twice a day and well drained.
发芽
如果咖啡樱桃不是容易从一位本地供应者那里购买得到的绿色的咖啡， 但是豆需要是新采摘的、或者是近期船运过来的。 我将建议从www.sweetmarias. com预订绿色的咖啡、并且要求最新采摘的。 发芽周期将近4 个月，但是在这次发芽比率是几倍之后，较少和发芽时间相当长。 新的种子应该在2. 5个月内发芽，但是老的种子可能长达6个月。
比较明智的是预发芽处理种子。 首先，在水中浸泡种子24个小时。 然后把种子播种在潮湿的沙、或者多余的水已被排掉的潮湿的蛭石里。 或者，你能把种子安置在潮湿的咖啡大袋之间，这应该被每天两次浇水、并且很好地排水。
Once the seed germinates very carefully remove it from the sand, vermiculite, or burlap bags. A hole about 1.25 cm deep should be made into a soil of friable loam soil with a high humus content. Rotted manure, bone meal, and dried blood can also be added. If this type of soil is not readily available try a light weight and porous soil. Place the seed flat side down (in pergamino if possible) in the hole and sprinkle soil to cover the hole. Do not press the soil down firmly. Placing a 1/2 inch of mulched grass on top will help preserve moisture, but should be removed when the seed has fully germinated.
The seeds should be watered daily. Too much water or too little water will kill the seed. The soil should remain well drained, but moist at all times.
After germination the plant should either be left alone or carefully removed and planted in a soil with a low pH and high nitrogen content. The soil should be porous. Therefore, course sand or basalt gravel dust can be added. Manure can also be added. A fertilizer that is appropriate for orchids can be used sparingly for the coffee plant to maintain mineral levels and a low pH (acidic).
种子一旦发芽后，小心从沙地、蛭石或者粗布麻袋把它拿走。 一个大约1. 25厘米深的洞、应该做成一易碎肥土土壤或者高腐殖质的土壤。 腐烂的肥料、骨头饭、干的血也可以加进去。 如果这类土壤不容易提供，试试轻质和多孔的土。 沿着在那些洞放置那些种子(如果可能的话在凉棚里)、撒土壤盖住那些洞。 不要压土壤太紧。 在顶上安置一1/2英寸用覆盖树根的草将帮助保护水分，但是在种子已经完全发芽时，应该被除去。
种子每天应该被浇水。 太多水或者太少水将杀死种子。 土壤应该保持被很好地排干的水，但是始终潮湿。
在发芽之后植物应该或者被单独留下或者仔细的移植到低pH值和高的氮含量的土地。 土壤应该是多孔的。 因此，流沙或者玄武岩砾石灰尘可以加一些。 肥料也可以加。 适合于兰科植物的肥料可以少量的使用来保持咖啡植物的矿物质水平和低的pH值(酸)。
Section 3. Care.
The plant thrives under artificial plant lighting indoors. The outside temperature in countries outside the Tropic belt is too volatile and too cold to allow the tree to develop. I recommend watering the tree twice per week in what I call a full watering and a half watering. In a half watering, I simply add some water to the soil and allow it to drain. In a full watering I add water, allow it to drain, and then add water with fertilizer and allow it to drain. The key is to keep the soil most, but well drained.
After two or three years flowering and possibly cherries can be expected, but do not expect high-quality coffee unless you are at a high altitude and are monitoring the conditions of the artificial microclimate carefully. For more details please see the rest of the agriculture section. In theory it is feasible to grow a high-quality coffee at home under the right conditions.
To spur flowering wait until the beginning of winter and significantly reduce watering for 2-3 months. When Spring begins water the plant well, which should shock it into producing flowers. From this point forward water well and regularly. Arabica coffee is self-fertilizing so you will not need to worry about pollinating.
Once the cherries mature you can harvest, pulp, ferment, dry, roast, and drink your own coffee production.
第3 部分。 管理。
植物在人工栽培照明下茁壮生长。 在这条回归线带外边的国家的室外温度太易变并且太冷不能允许树生长。 我建议一周两次给树浇水我叫充分的浇水和一半浇水。 在一半浇水过程中，我仅仅给土壤添加一些水并且允许它排水。 在一次充分的浇水里我加入水，允许它流水， 然后用肥料加入水并且允许它流水。 关键是要保持土壤湿润、但是良好的排水。
在开花的2 或者3 年之后，也许樱桃可能被期望， 但是不期望优质的咖啡，除非你在高海拔并且正仔细监控人造小气候的条件。 对于更多的细节来说请看其余农业部分。 理论上在正确的条件下在家种植一份优质的咖啡是可行的。
为了激励开花等待直到初冬天并且适当减少浇水2-3个月。 春天开始后良好浇灌，使它震惊生产花。 从今以后定期地浇水。 Arabica咖啡是自受精的，因此你将不需要担心受粉。
一旦你能收获的成熟的樱桃，果肉，发酵，干燥，烤，并且喝你自己生产的咖啡。