11-02-2010, 04:23 AM
Don't worry about "shallow soil" or lava and rain.
Coffee loves the lava.
As leilaniguy alluded, if there is any constraint, it is most likely the cooler temperatures (and that may not be a problem).
At Pahoa (500 ft elev) we have some ohia forest with coffee that has naturalized from plantings made there decades ago.
James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park
Coffee loves the lava.
As leilaniguy alluded, if there is any constraint, it is most likely the cooler temperatures (and that may not be a problem).
At Pahoa (500 ft elev) we have some ohia forest with coffee that has naturalized from plantings made there decades ago.
James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park