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Making Your Own Herb Garden: Facts About Coca Plants

The coca plant is one of the most misjudged plants currently being grown and harvested. Most commonly associated with being the plant which cocaine is derived from, it has the stereotype of being a dangerous plant. However, the coca plant has many medicinal and safe uses, which have been used by herbalists since the discovery of the species. That’s why it’s also beneficial for you to have these plants in making your herb garden.

The coca plant grows in South America, Africa, Ceylon, Taiwan, Indonesia and Formosa. However, it is most commonly stereotyped for its existence in the Andes of South America, where the majority of cocaine is produced. The first discovered documentation of the species was in 1783, but it was not classified until 1786, where it was given the name Erythroxylum coca. However, it is believed that the coca plant has been established as a domestic plant for over 2,000 years. There is proof within burial grounds of coca to support this idea.

Nurturing the coca plant needs diligence and effort. The life of the coca plant begins as a fruit, which is gathered when the drupes are almost ripe. These drupes are set within a container and left to sit where the flesh of the fruit becomes tender. Once this has occurred, the seeds are removed and the seeds are put under the heat of the sun in order for them to dry out.

Only once this happens, the seeds can be sown. It takes 24 days for the coca plant to germinate. Once the plant has sprouted 4 leaves, they are guarded by a lattice covering for a year.

Once that critical first year has completed, the plants are transferred to preparation fields. This transportation can only be done during the rainy season. Three years after this transfer, some leaves may be gathered. Once the coca plant is able to be gathered, they are harvested three or four times a year. A fully established acre of coca plants can yield 1,500 to 2,000 pounds of leaf per year.

While coca plants are annual, a field will be replanted once every twenty years, as the quality of the plant fades over time.

The most common use of coca plants is in the popular soft drink, Coca-Cola. While this soda no longer contains cocaine, it is still made directly from the coca leaf.

In starting your herb garden, as coca plants are so pricey, there are many procedures taken to protect the crops from natural predators and disease. There are a few varieties of insects that prey on the coca plants, as well as fungus that can cripple or kill the stalks, branches and leaves. Weeds can also be fatal to adolescent coca plants, as the weeds rid the soil of the nutrients that the plants need for basic survival. In making your own herb garden, it’s good to know that there are also some medicinal benefits with the coca plant. Contemporary medicinal uses of coca include use as a bactericide, as spinal anesthetics and as treatments for ailments such as eczema and shingles.

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