Buying a coffee plant/seeds in Ireland

Conor20 · 06-05-2010 10:34PM #1

I understand we don't really have the climate for it but I have a greenhouse, and I'd be interested in giving it a go: growing coffee.

Does anyone know anywhere in Ireland where coffee plants, or even coffee berries/seeds can be bought? Perhaps somewhere via the internet otherwise?

Conor.

looksee · 07-05-2010 09:52PM

I don't know where you would get them, but they are lovely bushes with a gorgeous flower scent and berries at all stages of ripeness all at the same time.

Andrea B. · 09-05-2010 11:44AM

Try here: http://home-garden.shop.ebay.co.uk/Garden-Plants-/2032/i.html?_nkw=coffee+plant&_catref=1&_fln=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m282

Have bought grape plants via ebay, and no issues.

Conor20 · 09-05-2010 07:14PM

Great, thank Andrea B. I'll report back with how this goes..

Conor.

garrettf · 15-01-2012 10:47AM

Hi Conor - just wondering if you ever got your coffee plant and how it went for you? I am looking for one. Any advice?

southernstar · 15-01-2012 10:55AM

I bought seeds before and they didnt germinate.

Am interested to hear if anyone else bought plants.

looksee · 15-01-2012 12:43PM

http://www.coffeeresearch.org/coffee/homegrowing.htm

might help

Bodhran · 19-01-2012 01:11AM

Some years ago I got a few unroasted coffee beans in Bewleys but they failed to germinate. I was in Brazil in September and visited the rain forest. I gathered a few beans from a coffee tree. I'll be planting them a little later in the Spring.

Tree · 08-03-2012 11:29AM

Did anyone manage to find a coffee plant seller in .ie? Never got green beans to grow in the past.

leof · 07-06-2012 04:04PM

http://www.seedaholic.com/ have a few varieties of coffee but are out of stock at the moment.

virino · 14-06-2012 06:28PM

I bought a coffee plant years ago in the house plant section of Woodies. They are often grown as an indoor plant, and are easy enough, but are a magnet for red spider mite if their environment is too warm and dry.
Recently, supermarkets seem to have stopped selling those little starter plants which used to come six or eight to a box. From time to time you would see little coffee plants among them. Bringing home one or two of those little plants used to brighten my shopping days, and I don't know why you can't get them much any more, they were an inexpensive way to start a house plant collection.

Buying a coffee plant/seeds in Ireland

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