Remove all but one leaf of a small cutting, and I'd even cut that leaf in half. Use a fast draining potting medium and cut it in half perlite. Use a rooting compound before inserting into the medium, then water thoroughly. Cover your cuttings with a plastic tent, and keep warm. Vent the cutting chamber occasionally to avoid moisture buildup. Consider this a woody cutting. It might take quite a while for roots to develop.

Hi there, Thanks to all who posted before me. I also bought my coffea plant at walmart and it has done well. I've had it for two years, continually indoors(canada). It was about 5 inches tall when i got it and it is now clear over a foot. I have it placed in front of a southern exposure, custom(really, really wide) sliding door that opens onto my covered balcony. This plant has never had more than an hour or two of direct sunlight in a day, but has had consistant, strong indirect light. I water about once a week to a week and a half, and it has always looked lucious in colour but grows fairly slowly and not very "bushy" - though the stam/trunk' is very thick and hardy. Recently i increased the temperature in my home to accomodate an orchid and increased water ammount at longer intervals and seems to be doing a little better. I've also noticed that this plant collects dust on it's leaves very quickly, and i wipe the leaves with my bare hands(so i know i'm being gentle) to keep the dust off and allow for it to breath easily at night( a trick i found to work well with my bonsai's health). My questions are these: Does anyone have an orchid growing in the same room as a coffea plant, and are the conditions suitable for the orchid(phalaenopsis of course) adequate for the aribica? and in terms of humidity, has anyone found a good balance for both? i'm going out to walmart again today to get a humidifier - i'm also wondering warm/cool mist? distance? airflow?

Hi everyone I got a small coffee plant 10 days ago for graduation. It came in a very small (maybe 2 inches tall) coffee mug. By the time I got home from my school, it had traveled a full day in a car and on buses so I think it was pretty stressful for it. When I got home, I repotted it to a slightly bigger plastic pot. The problem is that the tips of leaves have started to brown and that hasn't stopped. The browning is present even on the newest leaves. The plant is in a generic plant soil, which I know contains perlite and fertilizer. I thought that the problem might be low humidity so I put it on a water filled pebble tray (pebbles are sea pebbles, dont know if that is a factor), or overwatering, so I started a Monday and Thursday watering schedule where I soak the soil, instead of what I did in the beginning which was watering a little bit almost every day. I will also start to mist daily. The plant is in a room facing south, but the sunlight is very filtered, almost in shade. I would put it out on the balcony where it's still shady but considerably more light, but it's pretty windy so I keep it indoors. Am I doing anything wrong? I really don't want it to die. I would appreciate your advice. PS The plant consists of over a dozen individual stems, 2 separate clusters. Are each of them capable of growing in their own pot or do they all need to be together? I will try to post photos of all of this. Also, I am located in Croatia where Mediterranean climate is present. Photos: [url=http://postimage.org/][img]http://s2.postimg.org/aekmfyypl/photo_2.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://postimage.org/]pic host[/url] [url=http://postimage.org/][img]http://s2.postimg.org/y304b8v95/photo_3.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://postimage.org/]free upload[/url] [url=http://postimage.org/][img]http://s2.postimg.org/49t42n6m1/photo_4.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://postimage.org/]image upload without registration[/url] [url=http://postimage.org/][img]http://s2.postimg.org/i61cej2ux/photo_5.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://postimage.org/app.php]how to screenshot on windows 7[/url]

I started mine from seed in May of 2013. Out of 6 seeds, ONE sprouted... My pride and joy! All I do is keep it in a north facing window where it gets bright shade, but no direct light. I have it potted in a soil mix of half sand, half cheapo potting soil to help with drainage. I water thoroughly when the top inch of soil feels dry- it seems to like water, just not to be sopping wet. The only other thing I do is I fertilize with every watering (after I have let the water drain through the bottom for about 30 seconds)- having said that, I dilute the fertilizer to a quarter strength so I can get away with fertilizing every watering. I just use the regular blue miracle grow fertilizer. One last thing, I placed two other small plants (golden hahnii) in the container with the coffee plant (my idea of helping the soil to dry out faster, who knows if there is anything to it...) I chose golden hahnii plants because I know they don't get a huge root mass, at least not quickly, and also because those plants stay very small so I don't have to worry about them aesthetically taking away from my coffee tree. And as for humidity- I don't do anything special! As a matter of fact, this tree has consistently been next to an air vent with a ceiling fan going 24/7. I have never had a browning leaf or any signs of distress. Personally, I don't see how people have problems growing this indoors... If I can do it under those conditions then so can you! :) Best of luck!!!