Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Theombroma Cacao , 1 by Metrosideros

Metrosideros wrote:
It is best to get the plants into the pots that you plan to keep them in fairly soon. I germinate the beans together in a community pot, and after they have hardened off their first leaf, put them in gallon pots till they produce a couple more leaves, then put them in the ground.
If you can grow them in large pots (20 gal) they should get large enough to produce pods.
It takes about five years for them to start producing.

Aloha, Dave