Hello toucan,

I have thought about planting one, but have other projects in the works. It would be interesting to grow our own coffee here in the valley.

You can probably get more info from this company:

DOWNTOWN PHOENIX
Tropica Mango Rare & Exotic Fruit Nursery
4302 S CENTRAL AVE, PHOENIX AZ 85040
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK
Monday-Friday 9am - 5 pm Saturday 8am - 5pm, Sunday 12n-5p
NORTHWEST CORNER OF CENTRAL/BROADWAY DIRECTLY ACROSS
FROM BANK OF AMERICA AND THE BROADWAY SHOPPING CENTER'S El RANCHO MARKET
1.5 MILES SOUTH OF I-17 ON THE WEST SIDE OF CENTRAL JUST NORTH OF BROADWAY

EAST VALLEY
Tropica Mango "Too" Rare & Exotic Fruit Nursery
10520 E Apache Trail (Main St.) Apache Junction, AZ 85120
OPEN TUESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY 10AM-4PM (closed between 1:45-230)
SATURDAY 10AM-4PM
Corner of Apache Trail and Cheshire Next to Murphy's Fruniture
1 Mile East of Loop 202 On North Side of Apache Trail
Between Crismon and Signal Butte

602-576-6948

Coffee Trees (special order only, allow 2 months min.)

Here is a link that might be useful: Tropica Mango Rare & Exotic Fruit Nursery

I too looked into it, and decided it wasn't worth the effort for the expected output. I grow a lot of tropicals/exotics, but looking into growing Kona from seed, it's 4 years wait for 1 lb. of coffee. Others produce in 3 years, but aren't as heavy bearing. At $6.50/lb for good beans from the Asian market, I passed, but I've had good luck with things most nurseries will tell you don't grow in Arizona. Keep us up to date if you try it out....

Thanks. I will definitely visit Tropica Mango within the next month. I'd like to grow it just because it looks pretty for flower arrangements and it would be nice to have in my shady porch. If I get coffee, that would be great.

Not enough humidity

I grow coffee in Houston and tend to agree with phxplantaddict. More important than humidity is constant supply of "good" water and excellent drainage. It may work indoors. Quite slow to germinate seeds. Plant is beautiful. Leaves may be steeped to make a tea.

The earlier post had got me curious how they would do here in the heat and surprisingly have done very well. My yard has grass and lots of other plants so I get a little extra moisture. Sun till 11am

The Arabica has also done well. Water with RO water and liquid seaweed and looks real nice.

I got one at Trader Joes, but it did quickly after getting it back. I kept it indoors with lots of sun exposure, but must have done something wrong.

newtoucan I live in Costa Rica and I live in the coffee highlands. One thing that is important is shade trees for the coffee. Maybe your coffee had too much sun.

This is kinda old but I've tried to grow coffee a few times, and it's very hard if you try to keep them outdoors, especially in the summer. I'm not sure what variety I was growing as it was just called "coffee" in the store, and I made clones of it to try different conditions.

That particular variety needs to avoid all direct sunlight and never dry out, while staying not too wet. They need fast draining soil, and I found it was pretty much impossible in the ground with the soil I have. I kept them in containers. It becomes more of a challenge the bigger they get, and the roots want a bigger space with perfect soil and water conditions.