"adding grounds" caffine retards root growth apparently, plus to the soil is maybe a bad idea as fungi loves grounds and coffee plants are highly sensitive to certain common fungi. Do add some phosorus and potassium for root growth, and magnesium for leave production.
I find the regular natural humidity of Florida is plenty, a misting system is not necessary. Place the cuttings under the deep shade of a large oak tree or similar with watering every couple days is plenty. A weekly treatment with miracle grow with some supplemental epsom salt via a MG brand sprayer will boost you up to around a 90% successful cutting rate and get the roots growing faster.
All good advice. I think what was misunderstood by the student was the natural environment where coffee comes from, mostly that it goes through very lengthy dry periods. Even saplings need to be hearty enough to handle periods of drought and often require it in order to develop properly.
Very interesting! Is it possible that the leaves can propagate as well? I noticed tiny sprouts in the same pot my coffee plant is in. Not sure if it's something the wind brought into the pot or if it's offspring from the original plant. Thank you!
i dont know if coffea can be propagated by leaf but id say it possibly can as psychotria sp. can and they are closely related member of the coffee family
@@bobrobertsNotUrBob If she simply put them into a rock wool or high percentage perlite mix and into a humidity dome she would've yielded better results.
