How to grow a Kentucky coffee tree from seed.
The female Kentucky coffee trees (Gymnocladus dioicus) are bare in the winter.They rot under the tree in April, revealing the sweet, sticky layers that glue the seed inside.The hard-as-rock, dark brown, quarter-sized seeds are hard to grow in nature because extinct mammals, such as giant sloths and mastodons, ate them.The seed coat needs to be scarified in order for the seed to take up water.Coffee trees grow in the U.S.
The female Kentucky coffee trees (Gymnocladus dioicus) are bare in the winter.They rot under the tree in April, revealing the sweet, sticky layers that glue the seed inside.The hard-as-rock, dark brown, quarter-sized seeds are hard to grow in nature because extinct mammals, such as giant sloths and mastodons, ate them.The seed coat needs to be scarified in order for the seed to take up water.Coffee trees grow in the U.S.
The water should equal at least six times the seeds' volume.The seeds should be placed in a heat-proof container.After the water is removed from the stove, pour it over the seeds.Stir with a spoon.
Any seeds that have begun to swell should be planted immediately.Leave the seeds in the water.
The pots should be filled with the mix.Put the pot against a hard surface to settle it.If necessary, add more.
The hole should be 1 to 2 inches deep and one-half inch wide.Drop a seed in the hole.The water should come through the drainage holes.
Put pots in the shade of a tree.The mix should be kept moist for two to four weeks.