Hello, I just bought a Dwarf Red banana tree, an arabica coffee plant, a papaya tree and a pomegranate tree. I live in zone 5-6 (Maine) so I will be potting them and keeping them indoors during the cold months. I've found lots of info on repotting and feeding/watering the banana tree and was wondering if anyone has any helpful suggestions about the coffee, papaya and pomegranate. The coffee is about 4.5" and the pomegranate is 8" high right now. I haven't received the papaya tree yet but I might as well cover them all at once.

TYIA,
Renee

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Renee

Hi,
I live in a zone 3 and have a coffee tree and a papaya. They both hate to dry out. And they both like to be misted often. The papaya needs much more humidity. And they will both benefit from direct sun. I grew mine from seed both are a few years old now. I ‘ve herd they have difficulty adjusting to house plant from a green house, give me an update as to how yours are doing.

Thanks Julie

I have bananas, coffee and papaya plants too. I have found that without a lot of light, warmth and water they tend to go dormant/ lose leaves. Also, spider mites attack bananas and papaya in dry conditions, so misting would help. I take them into the shower if they are small enough, to keep the populations of these killers manageable. Avoid saoking the soil though, if the light isn't bright enough and warmth is lacking they will root rot. Use only well draining soil mixes since these like to be moist but not soggy. For me, the papaya has been the most difficult to overwinter of the three. Sorry I never had a pomegranate plant.

I recently purchased a coffee plant and this the info I was given to me, so this should help you. By the well my coffee plant is looking great !! <smiles>
Hope this helps....
Wayne :-)

“Arabian Coffee”
Coffea arabica
Origins: Ethiopia, Angola

C. arabica (Arabian coffee)

At the bases of their 4- to 6-inch-long, glossy green leaves, Arabian coffee plants bear clusters of sweetly scented, 3/4-inch white flowers intermittently throughout the year; these mature into pulpy, glistening red, 1/2-inch berries. Within each berry are two seeds, the “beans” from which coffee is made. Plants, which do not begin to blossom or bear fruit until they are three or four years old, grow upright to a height of 4 feet or more unless the tips of stems are pinched off.
HOW TO GROW
The Arabian coffee plant does best in curtain-filtered sunlight, night temperatures of 60° to 65° and day temperatures of 70° or higher. Keep the soil evenly moist; fertilize every two weeks from March to October, monthly the rest of the year. Try to avoid touching the young leaves, which are thin and tender. Propagate from seeds at any time or from cuttings of upright-growing tips. Do not attempt to propagate from cuttings of side branches, since they generally develop into poorly shaped plants.