☕️ Don't drink your coffee until you see this!

• Our coffee trees, Coffea arabica, are growing in 7-gallon pots, and after months of waiting, the cherries are fully ripe!
They bloomed in May, set fruit in August, and now in winter the fruit has turned red and ready to harvest.
• Coffee is one of the easiest fruiting plants you can grow at home. It does well in containers, loves shade, and can be grown indoors or outdoors in warm climates. With regular watering and a little patience, you can grow, harvest, roast, and brew your own coffee right from your home garden.
• We are harvesting now, and the next video will show the full roasting process step by step.

• 👉 Coming up next: Roasting video coming soon - stay with us!

🛒 Start your own coffee harvest

📚 Learn more:

• Coffea arabica in Plant Encyclopedia

• Homegrown coffee - the journey begins!

• How to make your own coffee from homegrown beans

• Coffee trees in bloom

•  Brew Your Future: Grow Your Own Coffee

•  What is coffee made of?

•  Why Coffee tree is the best gift plant

•  Top 10 fruit you'll ever need for your health benefits: #2. Coffee Tree

•  What is the most popular and the easiest tropical fruit tree grown as a house plant?
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⭐️ Is it Star Apple, Star Fruit, Cainito or Caimito? Are you lost? Here is the truth:

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🍴 Caimito creamy scoop: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

• 🔴Chill star apple halves, then scoop out the jelly-soft pulp.
• 🔴Stir gently with cold sweet cream for a tropical dessert cup.

⭐️ About the fruit:

Caimito, also known as star apple, is a classic tropical fruit tree native to the West Indies and widely grown throughout the Caribbean, Central America, and other warm regions. It thrives in USDA zones 10-11 and can handle brief dips into the low 30s. The fruit has a mild, grape-like flavor and a soft, jelly texture, and is a good source of vitamin C and minerals. Traditionally eaten fresh, caimito is also used in desserts, drinks, and preserves.

🌱 In the garden:

Beyond its fruit, caimito is highly ornamental. Its large, glossy green leaves have a striking coppery-rust colored underside, giving the tree a dramatic two-tone effect when stirred by wind. It prefers full sun and regular watering and grows well in the ground or large containers. In cooler climates, container-grown trees can be moved indoors for winter protection, making caimito both a productive and visually stunning addition to the garden.

🛒 Plant exotic Caimito Star Apple fruit tree

📚 Learn more:

Caimito Star Apple (Chrysophyllum cainito) in Plant Encyclopedia

Starry fruit and rusty leaves: the tropical tree full of surprises

Why is it called Star Apple?

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🏃‍♂️ One day in Jacque's adventurous life

"What came first - the chicken or... Jacques? That is the question!"

🐈📸 Repeat offender Cat Jacques, guilty as charged again - see paper towel incident. at TopTropicals PeopleCats.Garden.

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🍈 Cutting into a 37-pound Jackedak Jackfruit with Chiane and Ashley

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