2 years ago my husband attended the Food Expo in Dubai and got samples of green coffee from Malaysia. We have started a banana plantation and was looking for plants to intercrop, and stumbled upon coffee. Needless to say I haven't roasted my green coffee yet and with great excitment soaked them. Within 4 hours the radicule appeared :))) So I am busy planting all of the sprouted coffee beans in seed trays. Had about a 50% germination rate...without all your sterilizing protocols....hopefully I will be able to give a good report in about 3 months of my success....
I truly appreciate the detail level of this video, and the carefulness of the info. I have successfully grown 20 or so coffee trees here in Canada (ontario) and have kept three trees (the others I gave away) and brought them to seed. I am now planting the second generation of seeds. I did post a small seed germination video ages ago for the first generation of seedlings, and am now putting together the second generation video to post this week. I have to say that getting the plant from planted seed to seedling was 4-6 or so months, and then from seedling to seed producing tree was 4-5 years, and then from flowering to seed starting was a month, and then from seed starting to seed ripe was 7-8 months. I saw the seeds starting in August of last summer (2023) and just now in April picked them as they finally ripened. This slowness could be caused by less than ideal growing situations as I am in Canada. However, if this is close to the average length of time I can see why coffee can be expensive. This is not quick or easy. Thank you again for your detailed video.
I watched this (great and nerdy!) video but decided to not use dried beans afterwards. Instead I ordered (fresh) liberica beans from a vendor in portugal and also harvested some arabica beans from my local botanical garden in germany. I planted all of the seeds using some of the different methods described in this video. I waited about two month during which I did nothing but keeping the earth wet. Then we had two very hot weeks here with around 35 degrees: Nearly all of the beans germinated in this time, regardless of the seeding method I used :D
I smuggled some gesha from Bolivia, from a citrus and wine growing region at 1750m of elevation, to Germany, lower than 200m… the beans took almost 4 months to start to germinate! But I had a germination rate of 100% (I’m quite impressed)… still no true leaves, just cotyledons, their growth has stopped, I guess because of the low amount of sunlight and temperatures of German winter (even when I’m growing them on a greenhouse)
Hab mir selber paar bohnen in Guatemala antigua gepflückt und mit vulkanerde mit hier her gebracht. Heute morgen hab ich die erste Bohne gesehen die ein Keimling bildet
I also smuggled about 20 Colombian coffee beans, which I picked straight from the plant, back to England and I currently have 100% with radicle and one that has leafed beyond cotyledon. I have no idea how I will keep them alive this winter though 😅
I really appreciate your scientific approach. I took your video into consideration and got roots today 🥳 I soaked in water for a day. Then put them in wet paper towel in a zip lock. Checking daily for over a month. Changing wet paper towel when mold forms. Eventually the outter skin cracked and I was able to remove it. Once removed, the seed sprouted 2 days later!
I am a seed technologist, but know zero about coffee beans. Someone gave me dried fruits which they picked up under a tree. I soaked it in water till the dried fruit part came off and then soaked it in 4 % peroxide solution for more than a month, till I discover the layer around the seed. I took it off and left it in the peroxide solution which I refreshed everyday. Two days later 4 out of 8 started to sprout. Now I'm gon plant it! 4 % peroxide works wonderfully!
I'm only 6 minutes in and already geeking out. I received some fresh seeds today, and while I've watched a lot about germination, I decided to watch some more and this video was the 2nd hit on my "germinating coffee beans" search string. I'm looking forward to seeing what success I have. I've never grown Coffea arabica at all so it will be an interesting adventure.
Sir, this is an amazing video. 👏 👏 👏 👏 You have done great research for a RUclips video and I wish more people would post more germination/ research like this.
I plant my coffee seeds in compost in plastic cups. I soak the cups in water and then place them in a transparent plastic bag. I then stick it in the sun and then 3 months later I have plants. I have a nearly 100%success rate. I do use extremely fresh seed. This probably has a lot to do with the high germination rate.
Also I am breeding some Oloton maize with heirloom corns trying to get corn that produces great food that can make its own nitrogen. I love breeding plants and trees that I have worked the line on my citrus over 14 years.
I live in San Diego and have Arabaca trees thriving in my canyon. I will be happy to send some cherries if that is what will be the best to start new trees.
My mother-in-law told me that back in the Soviet Union when she was young the only coffee available in stores was green beans, so people had to roast them each time. I don't know where they were from. Probably places like Cuba, Vietnam, India or Ethiopia.
👁️👄👁️Oh my GOD. Lots of study about everything & detailed information about sowing coffee beans... It's not so easy. I Appreciate this video & attempts taking nature. I Hope at least 80% seeds must be germinate for the respect of such hard work. 😊😊😊
I smuggled about 20 Colombian coffee beans, which I picked straight from the plant, back to England and I currently have 100% with radicle and one that has leafed beyond cotyledon. I have no idea how I will keep them alive this winter though 😅
Love your content thank you. Please keep at it. Would love to see other content from you as well if you have other RUclips channel(s) or content. Another idea is to include parts list, just so we can try to emulate your setup and learn from you. Amazon partner links etc could also be good for your channel!
Ahhh where was this video a year ago when I wanted to do this exact project! I believe these seeds have a short shelf life (recalcitrant?) & so I dont think Ill be able to try again for some time 😂😭 thanks for this
I am so scared, but I do want to give it a try growing coffee. I've been studying and studying and I think I can potentially do it. Do you have any tips for me? I saw some recommendations about getting a heating pad for the seedlings to keep your soil heated, as well as creating a 4:1 ration brown compost to create a warmer compost. Should I use rose fertilizer for my seedlings or will a coffee tea bath be okay for them when they are still sprouting during the germination process? When I water my coffee plant should I only water the top and then wait until it dries to add more or just soak it all at once and not touch it? When should I be worried for root rot?
I am writing the follow up video right now. There were some interesting developments, to say the least. I keep a written log of the project here: www.electricveg.com/rubiaceae/coffea-arabica.html I am also working on videos for Nelumbo nucifera, Nymphaea caerulea, and Passiflora incarnata right now.
The hidden humor in this video is spectacular.
2 years ago my husband attended the Food Expo in Dubai and got samples of green coffee from Malaysia. We have started a banana plantation and was looking for plants to intercrop, and stumbled upon coffee. Needless to say I haven't roasted my green coffee yet and with great excitment soaked them. Within 4 hours the radicule appeared :))) So I am busy planting all of the sprouted coffee beans in seed trays. Had about a 50% germination rate...without all your sterilizing protocols....hopefully I will be able to give a good report in about 3 months of my success....
How did it go
Dude well done I'm still going to try and grow my near half year + seeds and cry when they don't work
I truly appreciate the detail level of this video, and the carefulness of the info.
I have successfully grown 20 or so coffee trees here in Canada (ontario) and have kept three trees (the others I gave away) and brought them to seed. I am now planting the second generation of seeds.
I did post a small seed germination video ages ago for the first generation of seedlings, and am now putting together the second generation video to post this week.
I have to say that getting the plant from planted seed to seedling was 4-6 or so months, and then from seedling to seed producing tree was 4-5 years, and then from flowering to seed starting was a month, and then from seed starting to seed ripe was 7-8 months. I saw the seeds starting in August of last summer (2023) and just now in April picked them as they finally ripened. This slowness could be caused by less than ideal growing situations as I am in Canada.
However, if this is close to the average length of time I can see why coffee can be expensive. This is not quick or easy.
Thank you again for your detailed video.
I watched this (great and nerdy!) video but decided to not use dried beans afterwards. Instead I ordered (fresh) liberica beans from a vendor in portugal and also harvested some arabica beans from my local botanical garden in germany. I planted all of the seeds using some of the different methods described in this video. I waited about two month during which I did nothing but keeping the earth wet.
Then we had two very hot weeks here with around 35 degrees: Nearly all of the beans germinated in this time, regardless of the seeding method I used :D
I smuggled some gesha from Bolivia, from a citrus and wine growing region at 1750m of elevation, to Germany, lower than 200m… the beans took almost 4 months to start to germinate! But I had a germination rate of 100% (I’m quite impressed)… still no true leaves, just cotyledons, their growth has stopped, I guess because of the low amount of sunlight and temperatures of German winter (even when I’m growing them on a greenhouse)
Hab mir selber paar bohnen in Guatemala antigua gepflückt und mit vulkanerde mit hier her gebracht. Heute morgen hab ich die erste Bohne gesehen die ein Keimling bildet
Hab den Beutel aber auch 3 Wochen im Rucksack gehabt ^^
I also smuggled about 20 Colombian coffee beans, which I picked straight from the plant, back to England and I currently have 100% with radicle and one that has leafed beyond cotyledon. I have no idea how I will keep them alive this winter though 😅
This is great. With just the right amount of humor to make it informative and enjoyable. Wow, this guy is smart and funny. Can’t wait to see more.
I really appreciate your scientific approach.
I took your video into consideration and got roots today 🥳 I soaked in water for a day. Then put them in wet paper towel in a zip lock. Checking daily for over a month. Changing wet paper towel when mold forms. Eventually the outter skin cracked and I was able to remove it. Once removed, the seed sprouted 2 days later!
I am a seed technologist, but know zero about coffee beans. Someone gave me dried fruits which they picked up under a tree. I soaked it in water till the dried fruit part came off and then soaked it in 4 % peroxide solution for more than a month, till I discover the layer around the seed. I took it off and left it in the peroxide solution which I refreshed everyday. Two days later 4 out of 8 started to sprout. Now I'm gon plant it! 4 % peroxide works wonderfully!
I'm only 6 minutes in and already geeking out. I received some fresh seeds today, and while I've watched a lot about germination, I decided to watch some more and this video was the 2nd hit on my "germinating coffee beans" search string.
I'm looking forward to seeing what success I have. I've never grown Coffea arabica at all so it will be an interesting adventure.
I love the update! You did not fail you made an excellent, well researched step toward success. Well done.
Sir, this is an amazing video. 👏 👏 👏 👏 You have done great research for a RUclips video and I wish more people would post more germination/ research like this.
I plant my coffee seeds in compost in plastic cups. I soak the cups in water and then place them in a transparent plastic bag. I then stick it in the sun and then 3 months later I have plants. I have a nearly 100%success rate. I do use extremely fresh seed. This probably has a lot to do with the high germination rate.
Do you not put soil in the cups? Just water?
Also I am breeding some Oloton maize with heirloom corns trying to get corn that produces great food that can make its own nitrogen. I love breeding plants and trees that I have worked the line on my citrus over 14 years.
This video is outstanding. If I don’t get coffee plants it sounds like I’ll still end up with some nice bathtub penicillin and/or cheese.
Great video, subscribed!
I live in San Diego and have Arabaca trees thriving in my canyon. I will be happy to send some cherries if that is what will be the best to start new trees.
i will try it myself (starting from tomorrow) to see what's up
This is the best video I’ve watched since 2001
Beautiful video
Love this video. I'm looking forward to seeing this channel grow. Love and light to you
My mother-in-law told me that back in the Soviet Union when she was young the only coffee available in stores was green beans, so people had to roast them each time. I don't know where they were from. Probably places like Cuba, Vietnam, India or Ethiopia.
👁️👄👁️Oh my GOD.
Lots of study about everything & detailed information about sowing coffee beans... It's not so easy.
I Appreciate this video & attempts taking nature.
I Hope at least 80% seeds must be germinate for the respect of such hard work.
😊😊😊
Wow, this is the kind of info I want for everything, thank you, subscribed!
I smuggled about 20 Colombian coffee beans, which I picked straight from the plant, back to England and I currently have 100% with radicle and one that has leafed beyond cotyledon. I have no idea how I will keep them alive this winter though 😅
Very good video
Very informative video. Thank you!
Love your content thank you. Please keep at it.
Would love to see other content from you as well if you have other RUclips channel(s) or content.
Another idea is to include parts list, just so we can try to emulate your setup and learn from you. Amazon partner links etc could also be good for your channel!
Ahhh where was this video a year ago when I wanted to do this exact project! I believe these seeds have a short shelf life (recalcitrant?) & so I dont think Ill be able to try again for some time 😂😭 thanks for this
wow! what do you do for a day job if you are just doing this to inform the general public. Great job
Thank you!
Excellent, now we just have to find a safe place away from mother and the other ones to conduct the experiment, thanks!
Fantastic video but all this has made me think is...
I can't be bothered anymore lol
So the endocarp has to be removed before planting? I’ve been hearing mixed info on that and i dont know if i should or if i shouldn’t
Omg ur so funny XD also very nice n scientific video ^^ thank u
Nice vid
impressive
I want to do this germination thing.
First cx great video btw
I am so scared, but I do want to give it a try growing coffee. I've been studying and studying and I think I can potentially do it. Do you have any tips for me? I saw some recommendations about getting a heating pad for the seedlings to keep your soil heated, as well as creating a 4:1 ration brown compost to create a warmer compost. Should I use rose fertilizer for my seedlings or will a coffee tea bath be okay for them when they are still sprouting during the germination process? When I water my coffee plant should I only water the top and then wait until it dries to add more or just soak it all at once and not touch it? When should I be worried for root rot?
I also live in a more wet state so it will be in indoor plant
Hey man any update to this?
Got another video coming soon?
I am writing the follow up video right now. There were some interesting developments, to say the least.
I keep a written log of the project here: www.electricveg.com/rubiaceae/coffea-arabica.html
I am also working on videos for Nelumbo nucifera, Nymphaea caerulea, and Passiflora incarnata right now.
Can you post a link tô your source of Green Coffee Brand?TIA
Sweet Marias is the place. I've been buying from those folks for 20 years
36 seconds in and I can tell I need to find another video. I really do not need to be warned of coffee. Next!
I obtained coffee cherry by taking them from botanical garden.🥷