How to Grow CHOCOLATE Indoors in Containers - Complete Growing Guide

Ever want to grow your own chocolate? Now you can. These plants are amazing house plants and while a bit tricky they are so rewarding and fun to grow. We will be growing chocolate (Theobroma Cocoa) and showing you just how easy it can be.
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[@tylermiddaugh1515]

Houston Texas 100% humidity 80% of the year I'm gonna grow chocolate! 🤩

[@AbnerVibes]

@@XenoYume I don't think it worked 😅

[@joyaustin6581]

Did you?

[@justvideos2245]

@Gibson Damian ur a bot 😭

[@justvideos2245]

@Reece Apollo ur also a bot 😭

[@joshuahicks4621]

How’s it going?

[@Madib2222]

Now do a vanilla growing guide!!!!! I love watching your videos, you’re voice is so calm and you stay on topic and most youtubers jump around! I love it so much and can’t wait to visit your store!

[@nicholashoffnagle2396]

Growing vanilla indoors outside of the tropics is not hard if you know what it needs. Grow it in sphagnum moss only. I have found that potting soil and even orchid potting mix does not provide enough air circulation and leads to root rot. You can buy sphagnum moss in bricks from garden stores and online. Because it is a vine it needs something to climb up. I used a sphagnum moss pole for that initially but have now switched to hygrolon . You need to secure the vanilla plant to the pole in the beginning but eventually the aerial roots will cling to the damp support and it will climb on its own. Water once a week during winter and only a couple times a week during summer. Make sure the moss is starting to dry out before watering to prevent root rot. Keep temps at 60 or above at all times, as rot is prevalent below those temps. It can go outside during the summer on warm days. Rot can happen during the winter anyways. I just cut off the rotted portion of the stem and growth tip and it grows back in spring. Nice bright window works fine, just not too much direct sun all the time. In terms of fertilizing I add 10-10-10 osmocote balls in the moss maybe once a year and then use a balanced orchid fertilizer every other week. I went to a vanilla plantation in Hawaii and the guy who works there said I should add a enzymatic formula called slf 100 on the weeks I don't fertilize during the summer to prevent root rot and create a healthier plant. I am going to using it this year for the first time and see if it really makes my vanilla plant healthier. Really not too difficult to grow indoors outside of the tropics. Pollination is the hard part.

[@erenyalnahal7860]

Madi Barlow thank

[@christoferseakey555]

I'd rather have cinnamon. Cinnamon is a tree. Vanilla is not a tree is it?

[@JackPitmanNica]

I would also love to see a vanilla video. I have a black pepper plant that a friend gave me and it sounds like cocoa likes the same conditions as the pepper plant. I live in Nicaragua, the pepper plant is totally happy in almost full shade underneath a mango tree. I have one black pepper plant in the ground and one in the container. Whats interesting about the container is that it only needs water maybe once a month. There is a layer of cardboard on top of the soil which seems to do wonders keeping the soil moist. I don't have access to perfect soil mixtures so I have to make the best of what I can find and... it seems to be quite beneficial to cover the soil with something that traps some air (this makes a cushion that water doesn't easily pass through) I've noticed that sawdust does not seem to work as well as cardboard, the sawdust seems to "leech" the moisture out of the soil underneath when in direct sunlight, while the cardboard just seems to dry up and protect the soil under it. Cardboard looks nasty, but seems to be better....

[@JackPitmanNica]

@@nicholashoffnagle2396 This comment is awesome and incredibly informative thankyou!!!

[@eodum7223]

I’m growing these in Southern California. I keep them in partial shade in the spring, summer and fall and then bring indoors in winter. They have grown amazing and look beautiful and have tiny white flowers right now!

[@coatichingon7650]

What growth zone are you at?

[@doedeerie4391]

how are you dealing with this particularly rainy cold april weather? i see low fifties so often overnight mine is permanently indoors

[@asabagrendel]

Luke, you know way more about tropical plants than I do and I've lived in Hawaii all my life. I love this series you're doing on caring for tropical plants! Thank you so much! Aloha and Mahalo!

[@froginprogress8510]

I recently ordered two tiny cacao plants from a seller in Hawaii, and they're coming today! Two days earlier than I expected! So I'm in a slight panic over not having their space fully set up. This video cleared up some concerns I had. There are a lot of videos on growing cacao, but they either assume you're growing from seed or that you're caring for established plants.

[@benfergusondonaldson7855]

I'm growing a chocolat tree in my greenhouse and I also tried very hard but failed many times but after I watched this video it made it a lot more easy. Thank you so much for the video.🌿😀

[@catblacksuperstar]

I have 4 cacao trees in my backyard in Hawaii. They are 10 feet tall now and can handle full sunlight but in the beginning I had to shade them with a tarp . A lot of burned leaves :(

[@artbyrobot1]

you can spray them with hydrated lime mixed with water to give a sunblock to the leaves and also paint the bark with this mix

[@ckj324]

I live in Hawaii which is the only State that one can successfully grow Cacao trees because it is located on the outer edges of the “ Southern Hemisphere”. The first farm was started in 1996 on Oahu. All Islands today ( 2021) now have some form of commercial cacao farming. FYI. You don’t grow chocolate trees. You grow cacao trees and process the beans to make chocolate. Informative video. Thank you.

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

Hawai'i is in the northern hemisphere tropics.

[@jordanlake1778]

Hey Luke, I just got my seedlings yesterday. Can you do an update on how well your Cacao (or coffee) tree is doing?

[@algonzalez6853]

Did you plant them?

[@firefoxkitty3]

I bought 2 cacao pods from Montosa Gardens, I'm in the Phoenix Arizona area and it was a previous project with our Rare Fruit Growers Club. First time I had like `4 seedlings but didn't know they didn't like to be below 60 degrees. So I'm trying again, 3rd try. Glad I watched your video, I didn't know about the better soil for them. In AZ we have very alkaline soil like 8.5 so the idea of putting some sulfur in is good, too, Thanks for the tips.!

[@hannahspencer739]

I FOUND A CACAO POD IN MY LOCAL GROCERY STORE!!!! I'm so excited to try my hand at this!!!!

[@MountainMama06]

Hey Luke! Do you think you could do a growing guide for ginger and turmeric?? I’d love to hear your thoughts on growing them.

[@aztecdragon4313]

Can you do vanilla orchid plant

[@Madib2222]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5uvZ413bM2Fd7s He did but not for his channel

[@nicholashoffnagle2396]

See my comment above for the rundown on growing vanilla indoors.

[@jayspell179]

I used to have orchids, which are equally temperamental to grow. I used sheets of plexiglass and 1.25" square stock milled from a cedar 2×4 for framing to build an enclosure for my orchids, so I could create a microclimate of warmer temperatures and higher humidity than the rest of my house. I installed a grow light in the top of the case with a programmable timer, dressing everything up with humidity and temperature gauges next to the timer controls on the marine plywood crown piece that housed all those components. I was going to add automatic watering, but I got an offer on the case and orchids I couldn't refuse. You could probably build something like the case I built just for your jungle tropicals, like cacao and coffee trees. It's essentially like building an aquarium, but with a door, and made for plants, not fish. I prefer plexiglass, because I have a menagerie of clumsy family members, so glass is kept to the minimum, but you could use glass, if you prefer. You could also build the frame easily from 80/20 aluminum, in which case, there's companies which could sell you all the components precut, so it could be assembled like an IKEA piece of furniture. Sorry for my verbosity, but I am a fellow Midwesterner, a few states south, so I can relate to some of the challenges you're facing. If I ever get around to building another growing cabinet like the one I described, I will create a video for it.

[@artbyrobot1]

you can use cling wrap instead of plexi glass = cheaper

[@PatriciaJoy]

I've had my tree for two years and it's still basically a seedling. I'm going to try giving it fertilizer and maybe that will help lol thanks for the tips!

[@XoroksComment]

Repot it if the roots have reached the bottom of the pot. There always has to be a balance between root mass and top growth

[@reillyminecraft3949]

did it ever grow up?

[@PatriciaJoy]

@@reillyminecraft3949 yes! It's doing great

[@almeding4000]

Is it still alive

[@palmsquad4]

I’m getting a small cacao plant from a neighbor, here in Washington. She grew it from seed. My plan is to bring it to work where it I’ll get south facing daylight and all day sunlight (when the sun is out) in front of large floor to ceiling windows. I’m worried about it getting dried out being in A/C. It will have plenty of sun and won’t be too wet. But the bag over the soil seems like a good idea.

[@yahsomeacres7816]

I am in South Texas, I am doing research on growing cocoa trees here. Your video is the first I saw.

[@gunslingorgunslingorsadf8150]

Nothing like the smell of a hot cup of chocolate with a coffee bar in the morning.

[@Gingersweets1]

Yes I absolutely have wanted 2 grow Chocolate. I just haven't gotten seeds yet. I have however grown Papaya. I absolutely Luv growing everything from seed.

[@juliarroberts1621]

I just got my hands on 3 cacao pods ( I am not sure the type) and seeds have sprouted. I pray I can keep them alive. Wish me luck.

[@pertinasmith8183]

So happy to hear your from Michigan, all the other videos everybody from somewhere warmer and I live in Detroit, so this actually encourages me.

[@aprilsweb]

Thank you so much for this video! I've recently bought a chocolate tree, and it's struggling! I may not be giving it enough light. This whole video was super helpful as there is limited real-experience articles on the internet about growing them indoors in containers. Thank you!

[@jeanwoodall1523]

Haven't thought about it. The main tropical plants I want to grow is Tamarind and Calamansi trees. I'd likely need a really good and the right size greenhouse due to the extensive canopy on the Tamarind.

[@jkirk]

I know this is an older video...but is there any follow up video? I'm trying to grow some trees indoors and they seem to be doing pretty well...but I'd really like to see how yours are doing now that they should be around 3 years old.

[@jameshaskins4071]

Hows your cacao tree doing now? I've grown one many years ago, had it branch and put out flowers. It was until I found out cacao is not self fruiting and I didn't have another one so I chopped it down. Fast forward to yesterday when I received a cacao pod in the mail. This time I will be keeping at least two but I'm thinking I'm going to try grafting two or more trees onto one.

[@jelatinosa]

You don't need land in Hawaii. Come to Puerto Rico. Still part of the US, same growing conditions(minus volcanoes) and it's much cheaper 😁. Can grow all the tropicals you want and longer growing season, meaning you can grow most veggies outdoors all year long.

[@jelatinosa]

Well, maybe buy land here, don't raise your family here. I almost forgot you had a kid. I wouldn't want to raise a child and have them go to school here 😔 But for vacation in the winter months with land for growing👌

[@JustMikeA]

Hey bro, your channel has grown alot... I remember when you was below 10,000 😎 good job bro..

[@MIgardener]

Thanks!

[@JohnKJV-rm6zy]

Good video and informative. I live in Northern Florida and am exploring the possibility of growing a cacao tree. Question..... What are your plans for continued growth of your cacao tree once it reaches 4 ft tall? Do you plan on leaving it indoors at all times? I'm thinking in Florida it would work in a greenhouse.

[@bettinagrange]

How is your chocolate tree doing? Has it grown enough to flower? We've had one tree indoors for a few years and it's starting to flower, but I can't find anywhere online how to hand pollinate it. I would love some help from you in this.

[@JackPitmanNica]

The flowers are usually polinated by those annoying gnat bugs that bite us, on the farms and in the wild there is usually a rotten pile of cacao full of them. The cacao needs to be polinated from a different cacao tree, so you need access to a second tree to successfully polinate it by hand

[@stuarthanneman2823]

The sun issue is most likely do to your northern position in the tropics the sun is more directly over head so I would think the sun coming through the leaves as an under plant is stronger that what would be in your area.

[@jakep8678]

Is there any kind of replacement for the basalt powder like azomite or something because I can't find any basalt

[@lisamuse574]

so cool! thanks for your expertise!

[@kumipermaecovillageghana]

I wish all Ghanaians watch this video. Great way to grow cocoa. Thanks for this free info.

[@tobeyh6878]

Could we see an update video if the chocolate is still alive? (Maybe a general growing guide update for a bunch of plants and some things you've learned? )

[@ashleeboivin4338]

Thank you SO much for this video! I got a cacao pod in my miamifruits.org box and wanted to try my hand at growing it

[@bobbiwest6625]

I had a theobroma.6 foot.was beautiful. I got it to flower, then some reason died. But i wanted to mention that the leaves also at the leaf stem joint will move. One day mine moved so fast it scared me.i could hear it and feel it beside me. It will tip its leaves like a solar tracer for the best sun. Take care.enjoy your cocoa.

[@ferne9090]

Love your videos, I've learned soooooo much feom them. It is amazing how knowledgeable you are and you explain stuff very well. My question is, where can i buy coffee and chocolate seeds? I've been looking for those for about 3 years and no matter where i search I can't find any (and people are looking at me like I'm crazy when I mention it) and maybe living in Canada has something to do with it. Who know? Can you help me?

[@groundedapproach]

You can get a cacao fruit mailed to you from miamifruit and then try using one of those seeds. Good luck

[@jasmynesartstudio]

High 50s and low 60s is your july temperature? *Laughs in Floridian*

[@Toomuchbullshitt]

Polar bears be like it’s free real estate!

[@bldroflight]

So want to try to grow some for the grands. thank you Luke.

[@MichaelVanecekAuthor]

I have grown cacao in containers for nearly 20 years. I have killed a LOT in my learning process. My latest project is to take air-layers off my criollo cacao and put them into dutch-bucket hydroponics. The ICQC in the UK grows cacao like this and even fruits them. I've had fruit develop here in Texas, but like you said, cacao is extraordinarily finicky. I also grow coffee and have harvested. The Texas Freeze with the brown-outs killed my older coffee trees, but I have some saplings indoors so they are my new crop. Vanilla orchids too - my mature vanilla was scorched to oblivion by 7f temps so I've started over with young starts. Eventually, all my tropicals will go into hydroponic systems to better manage their nutrient and moisture availability and give me more control over their overall growing environment. Chocolate naturally branches by forming jorquettes, as you have no doubt figured out by now. Lopping their top can inspire the trees to form suckers that become branches, however. I let mine grow tall so I can air-layer them more easily and as close to the jorquette as I can. Different trees will form jorquettes at different levels, however. It all depends on genetics. Some branch very low. Others can grow 8' or more before they branch. Another option is to graft scions from desirable trees onto the trees with tall-growing tendencies. Cacao is actually very easy to graft.

[@kinremnant4616]

All these interesting trees are going to be fun to watch. ^ ^

[@OwenGrove]

This is great! I had a peripheral interest and you made this so accessible and cool. Great video! I appreciated the topics and editing pace.

[@FlipsterFlipinoy]

it's july 2020. What does your cacao plant look like now?

[@naomilong562]

I just put my cocoa plants on pot saucers with gravel and water the tray every two days roughly, occasionally with some Baby Bio in it, nearish a window and they grow like crazy without much fuss. They live at the back of my computer monitor and I think they like the UV light it has at night, but they were happy on other window sills too. I live in the UK so they just stay in the room in the shelter of the other plants around them.

[@user-rg7zf7ko2m]

This doesn't answer how to grow chocolate from seed, but thank you for the rest of the information which I will keep in mind once I get one started.

[@jgardengirl50t43]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 you don't grow Chocolate.... IT'S CALLED A CACAO Tree.... 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@jonandjessicacunningham7466]

I see a dragon fruit back there! 🐲 Great video luke, now I know what I'm growing next!

[@MIgardener]

that video is coming up soon!

[@MSMAXIALE]

Love it! I like chocolate and coffee!

[@brzwigard2513]

I have 7 Chocolate trees in South Florida as an outdoor tree.

[@CustomGardenSolutions]

Luke I really like what you are doing with growing guides.,😎😎😎

[@matthewmaxcy1574]

Excellent video thank you.

[@DjBolin-pe1zm]

That was next on my list I got banana limen lime I wasn't sure about move to cholicket but now I will thank you

[@daliaknetge9936]

Hi great video, thank you for putting this information out there. I Have one question, how much slow release sulfur do I need per let’s say a 6 inch pot and how am I placing it in the soil? Should I only have it right at the bottom? Does it get fully mixed in? I raised 50 cacao plants from pod, unfortunately I lost a lot of them, I now have about half. I’ve had some that were super healthy then one day out of nowhere completely dried up with leaves on it and all. I’m going to take your advice on the potting mix and hopefully that should help the ones I have left thrive 😊

[@TheLegitAlpha]

Defying the odds and growing a tropical plant wherever? I call that a win.

[@eduardoochoa1786]

Can a succulent & cactus soil mix work instead of sand ?

[@georgespencer1755]

How do I get the cacao seeds to sprout?

[@gabbysgoods827]

That is absolutely amazing 😍!!! That would be so fun 🤩 to grow chocolate 🍫!!! That would really be doing something not to many people do !! So cool 😎!!! Awesome 👏

[@karenbreeze1543]

I live in Ohio and I have 3 in a pot largest about a foot and a half tall was searching how to keep it alive in the winter and came across this video. You answered a lot of the questions I had so along with my Icecream bean trees here's hoping I can keep them alive over winter

[@randalljohnson5594]

I would love to know how you made out in winter with your chocolate tree as I live in Kansas and I am trying to sprout my seeds . It is now September here. Hope to here from you . Thanks 🙏

[@karenbreeze1543]

@@randalljohnson5594 they ended up dieing

[@randalljohnson5594]

@@karenbreeze1543 Oh no 🙈 I am sorry. Will you give it another try with a humidifier ?I am going to try with small grow light and humidifier. I been told that the germination process can be tricky . Maybe I should try in the spring since winter is just around the corner .

[@karenbreeze1543]

@@randalljohnson5594 I might one day but for now I have so many other plants that take up my time. I wish you luck with yours.

[@randalljohnson5594]

@@karenbreeze1543 Thanks 🙏 & I wish you luck too my friend . I enjoyed the chat 💬

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

I kinda want to do this (grow T. cacao indoors) to get the seeds and plant them outside, mostly to study the failure mode of young cacao under full high latitude sun, drought (Prince George is on the arid side of coldest humid continental, formerly subarctic, in its climate) and cold stress (...).

[@ginnysummers7018]

If you moved to Hawaii, you'd be HIGardener! Lol

[@MIgardener]

I will always be the MIgardener wherever I go ;)

[@jamestropicals8262]

How to grow chocolate trees at home: Plant a Hersey bar! LOL🤣 Water is with chocolate milk and fertilizer it with chocolate powder! 🤣

[@aquaqueen2874]

I got a cacao tree it's a baby, growing chocolate from MN..

[@LacedAceX]

How’s that plant doing rn?

[@offgridsweden]

Awesome. I would like to try it. Have to see where to go to get some chocolate seeds. Have an amazing weekend, Andreas from Off Grid Sweden 🇸🇪

[@pedepy]

Hey MIGarderner quick question I see the leaves of your cocoa plant look alot like the leaves of my container avocado, it made me wonder if both plants are somewhat related, especially considering they more or less originated from the same region of the world? Also side question sorry if it's a tad off topic but do you have or are you planning a video on fabric pots in your container garderning series? I'm planning my setup for next summer and have experimented with home made air pruning pots made from buckets with holes and landscaping fabric, but i'm wondering if actual fabric pots might work better than landscape fabric? ... Also pros and cons, esp. since I will be gardening on a rooftop this year with full sun throughout the day! Thanks :)

[@BudgetPlants]

Absolutely fascinating!! Been loving these vids! Super inspiring for my own channel. Well done :)

[@Eagle-Mit-YT-Lucas]

Me And My Mom Are Growing A Chocolate Tree As A School Project In Zone 9 B

[@mindybranch4783]

I just got my and I'm in Michigan

[@newcanadian]

And I’m going to be the first cacao farmer in Texas

[@newcanadian]

I am also in Texas I have some cacao trees that I have germinated and they have six leves on them

[@jbrowne2088]

This was my child hood all I ever did was go to the coco fruit trees pick till my stomach full 😄

[@GraceBautista7]

Thank you for sharing all your tips. I’m exited to attempt. ✍🏻👍🏼👋🏻

[@mrunalmhatre9295]

Well m in india Mumbai and I planted cacoa plant last yr now it's growth to 5 feet. And show flowers

[@killuminatepeacefulness3948]

Do one on grapes and blueberries

[@nmc398]

Will it grow in Florida? Lately our temperatures go down to the mid 40's

[@karenbredt6658]

Love your videos, i was wondering if you sell the chocolate seeds and how many years does it take to flower out ? I am going to grow one :)

[@erdiaz13]

I was interested too however seeds are very hard to come by and he's probably a few years off from getting any from that plant, it takes 5 years for the plant to produce fruit as long as it doesn't undergo too much stress. I hear it's incredibly difficult to get the flowers pollinated when they do finally bloom too since they are so tiny. You can purchase more mature plants online but still tricky to care for. Good luck!

[@corysimpson8899]

I'm planning on having a fish room that is sealed properly for high humidity so maybe I'll grow chocolate sometime.

[@PracticalPrimate]

Really liking the indoor grow room :)

[@LindaPenney]

Going to be trying to grow one when the postman brings ?

[@jamestropicals8262]

2:20 coffee 😂

[@striker9136]

Hey one question, where do you get the ground volcanic basalt. I cannot find any anywhere.

[@Pedro-rl8ww]

If you're in the US maybe visit an area that has had volcanoes in the past and search for porous brown gravel-like soil or just order it online or at a gardening store, it's often times refered as french drain.

[@leninightrose8041]

I just planted one of these, no idea where I'm going to get volcanic basalt, though. 😅

[@Tommy-zg1yd]

Azomite

[@hannahelsenheimer9291]

DUDE!!! I JUST STARTED LOOKING INTO THIS AND I LIVE IN MI!!! So glad I found these videos!!!

[@sadia938]

Should I look at the tree or you🥲

[@matthewmaxcy1574]

My seedlings just sprouted should I put them under 11 hours of my grow light now? Or should it be more?

[@devbachu7072]

Can thar grow in containers its a huge tree

[@dalami9271]

Could you do a dragon fruit guide next?

[@MIgardener]

Coming right up! :)

[@jamestropicals8262]

Your the very best gardener :)

[@fishinwoman428]

Where do I get a chocolate seed? I think you should've mentioned that. It would have helped us out.

[@Zeroui9]

He did put a link in the description for the seedling he got off amazon, but if you're looking for an actual seed pod, look up Montoso Gardens, they're based in puerto rico and they've got a handful of different varieties to pick from, plus they sell grafted seedlings(normally march-april, might be a bit late for them now) but as long as they've got what you want on hand, they ship very fast, only took 3 days for my pods to arrive, and I'm in Ohio. I'd also recommend emailing them to find out if the type you want is self pollinating or not, bc you'll need to get 2 pods if not(they should make sure that those pods are from two different trees). If you're growing indoors, I'd suggest their smaller pods, or the grafted seedling.

[@dpowell1699]

Will chocolate grow well outside in Northwest Georgia? It is hot and humid here during the summer.

[@RiverReeves23]

Nice coffee tree.

[@freedomhomesteadky]

That’s so awesome!! On a field trip, the family and I saw a demonstration on how they make chocolate- pod to hot cocoa. It was awesome!

[@MIgardener]

One day that is the goal!

[@EccentricNature]

Cool video....don't think I'll be giving this a shot anytime soon, but great info to know. :)

[@Stan_Merrill]

My wife and I want to grow coffee, cacao, and vanilla on our eventual farm here in upstate South Carolina. I should be able to figure out how to simulate the growing conditions in a large building easily enough

[@rocki_bb]

Any luck getting your setup running? I'm in the Midlands

[@Stan_Merrill]

@@rocki_bb not yet. It's gonna be a while, especially with COVID-19 right now. Our goal is to research grants and other subsidies for farming/homesteading as the year progresses and hopefully be able to make a move forward before the end of next year...hopefully.

[@rocki_bb]

@@Stan_Merrill I just ordered two cacao pods from a botanical garden in PR. I don't have anywhere near enough space for that many seedlings if they all manage to sprout. Feel free to dm me on Twitter, I use the same name there, if you would like some. No strings or anything. The pods cost me about what you would spend on one or two plants

[@lisak9013]

@@rocki_bb I'm curious how your seedlings turned out, I'm in the midlands too and am mulling around the idea of giving it a go here.

[@nomacehualpoyohuanv6075]

Cocoa is from latin America , chocolate is sacred to native Americans from there ( mayan,mexica )

[@superlucylu1231]

If your house is that humid, any wood or laminate floors are going to expand and possibly buckle. Most building materials specify 40%-70% humidity.

[@mercedesdacmeg6257]

Are we lucky to have planted chocolate trees and didn't have to worry about humidity and the such?? We just planted it and left it to grow on its own and now, we've harvested a lot.... Just wanted to share😊 And I used to water the seedlings everyday when it was still a seed😅

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

What conditions do you live in (minimum temperature in winter in the space the tree grows in)?

[@RacheaHolliwaySINGER]

Thanks so much!

[@tyrenasmith80]

Yes I would like to grow chocolate just see if I can get it to fruit from the tree

[@bygsmuv5820]

Can we get a reputable link for buying cacao seeds?

[@Enonymouse_]

All spice growing guide please? :D I have one plant and will get another soon but I hate guessing.