Coffee trees are suitable for planting in tropical and subtropical areas, Asia, America and Africa, forming a ring around the earth, so they are called coffee belts.
Coffee growth cycle
The more coffee trees in the highlands, the slower they grow, the denser their texture and the better their taste. It takes 3-5 years from planting to fruiting. Coffee trees with 6- 10 years are the easiest to bear fruit, and 15-20 years is the harvest period. : Coffee trees usually grow in the area between the Tropic of Cancer. It takes about three to five years to begin to blossom and bear fruit. February and March of the lunar calendar are its flowering periods every year. After flowering, it will bear green fruit and then turn red. After September, it will enter the harvest period. From 20 10 to 20 12, the coffee planting area in Yunnan was 45.150,000 mu, with an output of 37,286.0 tons and an output value of 670 million yuan. In 20 10, Yunnan exported 238 18 tons of coffee beans, earning 7047.160,000 USD. Temperature management: When planting coffee, the temperature should be between 5-25 degrees, which is the most suitable environment for its growth. Fertilization management: coffee uses industrial fertilizer, which has high cost. Generally, cherry pulp or other crops are made into compost as fertilizer, mostly organic crops.