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01 Jun 2008

Resown Coffee Sown and Indoor Early Start garden

Sown in coconut husk shavings and placed in the heated enclosure today. To double my chances I have planted two beans each in two pots. One large and one small bean a piece.

Cloudy 23°C / 73°F

30 May 2008

A day without coffee Coffee and Indoor Early Start garden

I woke up this morning to spreading mold, so I have decided to start this project over so that I can better control the hygiene and, my hope, the spread of mold. It was only 12 days into a possible 75 day germination, so not really to much of a loss. Oh, and what I thought might be sign of germi...

Overcast 23°C / 73°F

30 May 2008

A new start 1 Coffee and Indoor Early Start garden

I began pre-germinating two new coffee beans in rain water that was warmed up on the heating mat used for the enclosures. The beans need to stay in the water for about 48 hours, per the seed packaging.

Overcast 24°C / 75°F

29 May 2008

Aaaaa! Mold! 2 Coffee and Indoor Early Start garden

I found white mold growing along the edge of the coffee pot. I went ahead and raised the temp in the enclosure and opened all the ventilation flaps to reduce the spread until I can get some chamomile tea to combat the fungus. I’m tempted to toss the lot and start over, but I think I see s...

Cloudy 29°C / 84°F

18 May 2008

Sown Coffee Sown and Indoor Early Start garden

I have sown two Coffea arabica beans after soaking them in luke warm water for 48 hours and carefully removing the hard outer shell of the bean to help in germination. Germination can take up to 2 or more months, so this one will be sitting in its enclosure for a while.

Overcast 15°C / 59°F

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