Cutting back old trees

35. When coffee trees in a plantation get too old they no longer yield many berries and do not bring in much money.

To make your coffee trees young again, cut them back:

· Leave on the trunk only one main stem; cut off all the others.

New stems will grow in the place of the stems you cut off.

· When the new stems have grown, cut off the old stem you have left on the trunk.

The tree becomes young again and bears a lot of berries.

Cutting back should be done at the beginning of the rainy season.
After cutting back, apply fertilizer.

New stems grow