The coffee plant is quite easy to care for, but it should be watered regularly. So that the plant doesn't get its feet wet, test the moisture of the soil before watering. It should be slightly dried on top.
How should you water a coffee plant?
In order to water a coffee plant properly, the soil should be tested regularly and slightly dried. Avoid waterlogging, do not allow the substrate to dry out and occasionally spray with lime-free water. Brown leaves indicate too much water.
Give your coffee plant too much water and after a while the leaves will turn brown. However, the root ball of the Coffea arabica must not dry out completely, this means the end of your coffee plant. You can also spray this tropical plant with lime-free water or rainwater from time to time, it's very good for it.
Water the coffee plant properly:
- water regularly
- Test the soil's moisture with a finger sample
- don't allow waterlogging to occur
- Do not allow substrate to dry out completely
- brown leaves due to too much water
- spray occasionally with lime-free water
Tip
Before watering, test whether the soil is slightly dry, only then will your coffee plant need water again.
