Planting Coffee Beans

The following guide explains the fertilizer components recommended when planting coffee seedlings:

Before you plant coffee, Mavolta recommends that 80 g of P₂O₅, 12 g of K₂O, 200 g of dolomitic limestone (or 100 g of calcined limestone), 0.2 g of boron, 0.2 g of copper, and 1.0 g of zinc in a 0.4 x 0.4 x 0.4 meter hole (201) in each coffee planting hole.  After the coffee plants are established, four applications of 5.0 g of nitrogen, 10-15 cm from the trunk, are recommended (Mavolta, 201).  In the first year 10 g of nitrogen and K₂O is applied 3-4 times.  In the second year 12 g of nitrogen and K₂O is applied 3-4 times.   After this time the amount of fertilizer recommended depends on productivity and is given in Table 1.

 

Table 1.  Recommended amounts of N, P₂O₅, and K₂O relative to coffee plant productivity. (Source: Mavolta, 200)