Hi All,

New poster here. I wanted to post a thank you to everyone at this forum for all the great information. I bought this tree from gurneys back in June. It came as a tiny little thing with the three small leaves at the dirt level, and four big ones up on the trunk. The trunk was just a stick with one fork sticking out of it.

I potted it in a mix of coconut husk chips and ground coconut husk that I bought at a local orchid supply store, and have been watering and fertilizing according to instructions I found here. I think it took off pretty well over the summer.



My question is, how do I know when it is time to move it to a bigger pot? I have it in a 6" one now.

I'm in Minnesota so I'm planning on keeping it inside in a window sill over the winter. It won't get much light, but it should get some. I'm not sure what temp it will stay at in that window, but I think I should be able to get it to live in the temps mentioned in the sticky post at the top of the forum to keep it growing over the winter.


Another side note ... I liked tending to this tree so much over the summer that I bought another plant just a bit ago ... a coffee tree:

Anyone have experience with these? Would the same coconut husk potting mix be good for this guy too, I have enough left over for another pot.

I can't wait to get a bigger house. I have visions of myself sitting in a plant room with a boatload of fruit trees, drinking bad tasting coffee brewed from my home grown beans.


Thanks,

Dave

Here's a picture of what it looked like right after I potted it in June:



This is the first time I looked back. The leaves are quite a bit lighter in color now. Is that a bad sign?

Your tree looks fine--new leaves are always lighter green and darken with age. Be sure to read about WLD if you are going to put the plant indoors in a sunny window--soil can be several degrees cooler than the air temp.

Thanks. I have read about leaf drop here. I'm searching around for a heating pad of some type to set it on since the window is a bay window with a curtain that seals it off it can get a little cool I keep the house at 70 in the winter but near the window it's a little cooler.