A Guide to Intensive Coffee Culture (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Jose Vicente-Chandler

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0428670369 ISBN 13: 9780428670368

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Learn how to grow high-quality coffee trees with intensive, science-based methods. This practical guide covers the key practices needed to boost yields and keep plantations productive. It draws on field experience from Puerto Rico and related research to explain how to manage soil, nutrition, and pruning for steady, high-quality crops.

The book outlines how coffee trees respond to fertilization, liming, and minor element management, and why soil health matters for long-term productivity. It explains how to select and manage pruning and shading to maintain even production and reduce the risk of overbearing and dieback. It also covers adapting care after weather events, such as hurricanes, to help plantations recover more quickly.

- How to design a nutrient program that includes nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus, plus magnesium and other minor elements.
- When and how to lime soils to maintain pH and calcium availability for better uptake of nutrients.
- Pruning and training techniques that balance bearing wood with vegetative growth for consistent yields.
- Practices to protect and rehabilitate plantations after droughts, floods, or hurricanes, including shade management and weed control.

Ideal for readers who want practical, field-tested strategies to improve coffee yields and tree health through disciplined management.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0428670369
• ISBN 13: 9780428670368
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 61