Arabica cultivation techniques: soil management

weeding, mulch

Young coffee garden, weeds are easy to breed, especially in the rainy season, should be weeded once a month. If there is sufficient labor, remove the weeds first. Adult coffee gardens can be weeded once every 2 to 3 months. Such as the use of herbicides should be careful not to spray coffee leaves, in young coffee garden use more important caution.

Coffee root shallow, vulnerable to high temperature and drought and other adverse climatic conditions, therefore, should do a good job in the coffee garden or root circle coverage work. According to local experience, coffee garden grass cover can increase production by 60%~80%; dead cover can increase soil organic matter, promote soil microbial activity, and reduce soil temperature and increase soil moisture content in high temperature and dry season. Covering materials can be adapted to local conditions, local materials, straw, fallen leaves, weeds and so on can be used. The thickness of the cover is preferably 10~15 cm, and the width depends on the material. If the material is sufficient, it can be covered to the row.

deep tillage

It can improve the physical and chemical properties of soil, especially in lean soil. Deep ploughing and fertilization are more important. Under general soil conditions, the lateral root growth was 3~4 times more than that of the soil without deep turning, and the aboveground growth also increased greatly. Deep turning, depth 40~50 cm, length 60~80 cm, width 40~50 cm, once a year. It is best to press 10~15 kg of green manure into the bottom layer of deep turning holes, and apply 200 g of calcium superphosphate on the green manure under two layers of pressure. In the upper layer of the hole and then compost or pig, cattle manure 10~15 kg, finally covered with soil.