Coffea Arabica 'Castillo' (Coffee)

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Coffea Arabica 'Castillo' (Coffee)

$4.23 / packet

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Description

Coffee is one of the world's favourite drinks, and also one of the most important commercial crop-plants, and actually the second most valuable international commodity. Coffee trees can be grown outside anywhere there is a subtropical climate, although they make an attractive specimen and talking point as a pot plant in cooler climes. Arabica coffee is accepted as the best of all forms and this variety is "Ethiopia Sidamo", a type grown exclusively in the Sidamo Province of Ethiopia. It produces small greyish beans, and is especially valued for its deep, spicy wine, or chocolate-like taste and floral aroma.

Sowing Advice

These seeds have already been thoroughly cleaned and soaked overnight. They should then should be sown into a well-drained, sandy compost at any time of the year, and covered thinly with sand or grit and kept moist. Keep at between 20-25 degrees C. Seeds sometimes germinate within 2-6 months although sometimes it can be even longer please be patient. Plant them flat side down in a larger container with a humus rich medium to keep them moist and then keep warm and light.

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Key Facts

Family:Rubiaceae

Classification:Greenhouse perennial

Height:3.0-4.0m

Packet Content:20 (Approx)

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