Growing

[Rehtael]

So,

This is my first "decent" harvest from my arabica plants (x2).

The only problem is that the seeds buried inside the fruit are dry and shriveled so are no good for roasting. I can only assume this is based on the amount of water available to the plants

[Rehtael]

So, both plants have crazy flowers all over them at the moment which is a good sign. Will see if more watering resolves the bean formation issue.

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[Rehtael]

Okay,

So apparently its more related to the time left drying. After 4 months of drying, the beans appear to have grown by absorbing the cherry flesh. Not all are formed beans, but better than before.

Got to find a better way of getting the beans out of the hard dried cherries....my thumb nails are now a ripped up mess.

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