Fertilizing
a. Fertilization dose of coffee per tree is:
• Age 1 year: 50 g Urea, TSP 40 g and 40 g of KCL.
• Age 2 years: 100 g Urea, TSP 80 g and 80 g of KCL.
• Age 3 years: 150 g Urea, 100 g of TSP, and 100 g of KCL.
• Age 4 years: 200 g Urea, 100 g of TSP, and 100 g of KCL.
• Age 5-10 years: 300 g Urea, 150 g of TSP, and 240 g of KCL.
• Age 10 yrs and above: 500 g Urea, 200 g of TSP, and 320 g of KCL.
b. Fertilizer given twice a year is the beginning and end of the rainy season each half dose.
c. How to fertilization by a deep trench around the tree ± 10 cm, with the distance tree canopy project (± 1 m)
a. Pests
• Powder Fruit Pests
The cause is a type of ladybug
Attacking the young and old fruit
Control of mechanically Collecting the fruit is attacked, the technical culture in the shade and plant spacing, while the 50 SCW chemis with Dimecron INSECTICIDE, Tamaron, Argothion, Lebaycide, Sevin 85 S at a dose of 2 cc / liter of water.
• Powder Branch (Xyloborus moliberus)
Attack small branches and twigs from 3 to 7 from the top of the coffee.
The leaves turn yellow and fall off the branch will then dried.
Control the same as powdered fruit pests.
b. Disease
Leaf Rust Disease
The cause is a kind of Cendawan.
sign attack was rash at the bottom of the yellow leaves, while on the surface of the leaves have yellow spots. Then the leaves fall, the end of young branches and fruit dried black coffee becomes dry and not good quality then the plant will die.
Control of technical culture by planting of Arabica coffee types resistant as S 333, S 288 and S 795 and keep the condition Fungi Dithane M-45 at a dose of 2 g / liter of water.
c. Harvest
• Arabica Coffee started fruiting at the age of 4 years.
• Cite the correct Ripe red fruit, old to produce quality coffee.
• At the time of harvest (harvest) to be careful so that no part of the tree / branches / twigs) are damaged.a