As a rule, cocoa is not grown from seeds, but propagated by cuttings, so trees on the same plantation are often clones of each other.
Using cuttings has a great advantage: when all the plants in a plantation have the same genes, the crops ripen almost at the same time.
Where is cocoa grown
The largest areas of land under Theobroma Cacao are in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Indonesia.
Other countries - Nigeria, Cameroon, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Dominican Republic, Malaysia, Togo - have also established supplies of cocoa beans from their plantations.
How to grow cocoa
For cocoa in a pot format, you need to recreate difficult conditions - secluded lighting and very high humidity.
Chocolate trees are more suitable for growing in greenhouses or warm winter gardens, flower collections of tropical plants than for ordinary living rooms.
How long does cocoa live
The cocoa tree begins to bear fruit at the age of 5-6 years and reaches its maximum productivity by the age of 12-15.
The chocolate tree lives (depending on conditions) from 30 to 80 years.
