Pruning Practices

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…

Coffee Pruning 2022

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…

December 2022 – The Independent Voice

             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  info@konacoffeefarmers.org Contents Kona Coffee Farmers Face Big Challenges 10% Discount at Captain Cook…

October 2022 The Independent Voice

              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   info@konacoffeefarmers.org Contents President’s Report Local Coffee Farmers Brace for Reduced Yields…