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     Here is a updated pic of my little coffee plant which I am discreetly growing in my apartment.  It is still pretty small, but it is pushing out some new growth at a nice and steady pace.It might even be growing a little too fast.Those top two pairs of leaves appeared in just under a month and I can see another set forming already. I am wondering if I am maybe giving it too much light. On the left you can just make out the Aerogarden (in which i am growing some basil and oregeno) . I placed Cherry (the name I gave my coffee plant) next to it thinking that it would benefit from the plant light of the Aero Garden. The only thing is that this lamp has a 17 hour light cycle and coffee plants like to thrive near the equator. Perhaps finding a way to give it a steady 12/12 light dark cycle would be more optimal.Anyways, I am no longer afraid that cherry is going to wither away, but I still need to be careful if I want her around long enough to give a crop in five to six years. Of course, if it keeps growing like this, I am either goingto have to  build a green house on my little balcony or take some Bonsai classes. 

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