A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2005 Arabica Coffee Plant won't flower...??

It is probably three or four years old. It has continued to thrive and grow as large as I let it, in a pot. It lives outdoors, gets filtered sunlight, lots of warm temperatures, plenty of water. I bring it inside when the evening temperatures dip below about 65 degrees. I was told that it takes four years before you can "harvest" the berries. Does it not begin blooming until then, as well? (I guess that would make sense.) I don't really feed it, but it loves when I do actually add old coffee grounds to its dirt....cannibal. Could it be that it needs more growing room? Could it be that it needs to be fed more? I would really appreciate the input anyone could provide.

I would recommend that a fertilizer of a NPK ratio of 20-20-20 or as close as possible. With adding fertilizer the N will help promote it to push more green growth, P promotes the plant to flower, and the K will help the roots. I'm not very familiar with Coffee plants. But, if you do repot the plant do not fertilize it until 3-4 weeks after you repot it. When you repot the plant you should add some bone meal that will help the plant. HOpe this helps you out a bit. Good Luck!