View Single Post
  #2   Report Post  
Old 29-04-2021, 11:04 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Martin Brown[_3_] Martin Brown[_3_] is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by GardenBanter: Aug 2020
Posts: 49
Default mixing old coffee grounds in garden soil?

On 29/04/2021 06:09, bilsch01 wrote:
Some people say mixing old coffee grounds into garden soil makes it
better for growing plants. Is this actually a good organic enhancement
for the garden soil?


It is marginally effective at keeping slugs off softer plants and rots
down to organic fines with time. Caffeine is moderately toxic to slugs
and snails and the texture is not to their liking either.

Unless you have a serious coffee habit or access to the backdoor of a
coffee shop it would be a very expensive soil improver.


--
Regards,
Martin Brown