Cocoa Tree Chocolate Tree 3 plants
3 plant bulk buy
Rated 5/5 based on 2 reviews.Who doesn't love chocolate ?
Cocoa is tropical plant native to South America, although it is grown in parts of Central America, Africa, India, and the South Pacific. It is a plant that needs a hot and wet environment to flourish. Prefers a protected part shade position for the first few years.
The tiny pinkish flowers appear in cauliflorous clusters at former leaf axils that in previous seasons sprouted leaves. The flowers are rather short-lived, lasting only for a day and their fertility lasts only from sunrise to sunset of that day.The seeds are the most valuable part of the plant as they provide the source material for what eventually is to become chocolate. Mature trees start to produce fruit after about five years.
After the beans are removed from the pod, they are left to ferment for 7 days. Fermentation kills the seeds and enhances the development of the chocolate flavor.
We also have wholesale numbers on cocoa available.
You are purchasing 3 small trees
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| Growing Conditions | Cocoa is a crop of warm humid climatic conditions requiring a well distributed rainfall of 1250mm – 3000mm per year and an annual precipitation of 1500 – 2000mm per year. However, it can be successfully grown by supplementing rainfall with irrigation during prolonged dry periods. Prefers a protected part shade position for the first few years. |
| Flowering Season | summer |
| Max Size | 5 m generally pruned to stay small for harvesting |
| Origin | Amazon |
| Temperature | deal range of temperatures for cocoa is minimums of 18-21°C and maximums of 30-32°C |
| SKU | 5482 |
Cocoa Tree's
4 May 2020The trees arrived in good condition, i already had the area prepaid for planting and they will in time look amazing in my garden.
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elarishtropicalexotics.com Response
Hi Chris, you may need to spray them with seasol and put a little shadecloth over them when it gets colder. They are ultratropical but some people have been getting surprising results by babying them through winter.
Excellent experience
11 April 2018My experience with El Arish Tropical Exotics has been excellent. Ordering was easy and the plants arrived safely and alive, which we all know is a concern when buying living plants online. They arrived healthy and bigger than I was expecting. It is now 2 weeks after re-potting and they are thriving. I am one very satisfied customer and I will be returning in the future to buy more plants. Thank you El Arish for making this experience so easy and painless!
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