BEST PRACTICES: PRUNING PRACTICES-Notes updated 12/28/2022 (Bob Smith) Pruning is the start of the farming year. Coffee beans form on last year’s growth. Three years growth on the vertical gives the maximum crop. Remove suckers on bent over verticals if using the “Multi-vertical” method. The “Beaumont-Fukunaga” method prunes every third row to the stump, permitting…
Pruning Coffee by Bob Smith WHY: Coffee trees require yearly pruning to remove unproductive branches and to make space for new vigorous growth. Coffee verticals have a growth cycle of 3 years. Maximum production is achieved the 3rd year. Growth thereafter is on a biennial schedule with high yield/low yield in alternating years. Approximately 1/3…
The Independent Voice “Best Agricultural Newsletter in Hawaii” Newsletter of the Kona Coffee Farmers Association December 2022 PO Box 5436 Kailua Kona Hawaii 96745 USA www.konacoffeefarmers.org [email protected] Contents Kona Coffee Farmers Face Big Challenges 10% Discount at Captain Cook…
Aloha HDOA is announcing that the current funding needs to be spent as it expires on June 1, 2023. Please do all your organization can to get your coffee farmers to get their applications in. If you need outreach materials or Melanie Bondera to attend a meeting or event, please let us know. Please send…
Calling all Kona coffee farmers! Submissions for the 2022 Kona Coffee Cultural Festival Cupping Competition Coffee open Monday, October 10 and must be received by Monday, October 31 by 4pm. All coffee entered into the competition must be 100% Kona coffee grown in the district of Kona.
The Independent Voice “Best Agricultural Newsletter in Hawaii” Newsletter of the Kona Coffee Farmers Association October 2022 PO Box 5436 Kailua Kona Hawaii 96745 USA www.konacoffeefarmers.org [email protected] Contents President’s Report Local Coffee Farmers Brace for Reduced Yields…
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