01-20-2010, 04:27 PM
A century ago, there was a lot of coffee grown in upper Puna. I found some old trees in the forest that were still hanging on, and even found a few trees small enough to transplant. I'm now planting seedlings from those trees as an understory in the Ohia forest (after hand clearing the waiawi); so far, so good. This is at 1900' in Glenwood, and in dirt, not rock.
One of the trees I found has yellow berries.
One of the trees I found has yellow berries.