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Anyone use coffee grinds for your garden?
Frank Miles wrote:
In article . com, James wrote: A local coffee house gives away free used grinds. How should I used them? I'm not 100% certain, but I'm suspicious about using with corn, whether composted or direct. My corn was really stunted last year -- with small but direct application to the soil; and less stunted this year with some that had been composted. Hopefully next year's garden will demonstrate whether this was due to the coffee or some other unintended circumstance. -frank One thing to remember about coffee grounds is that they are acidic. If your soil is already acidic you may need to add a little lime if you use a lot of grounds. George |
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Anyone use coffee grinds for your garden?
"George Shirley" wrote in message
... Frank Miles wrote: In article . com, James wrote: A local coffee house gives away free used grinds. How should I used them? I'm not 100% certain, but I'm suspicious about using with corn, whether composted or direct. My corn was really stunted last year -- with small but direct application to the soil; and less stunted this year with some that had been composted. Hopefully next year's garden will demonstrate whether this was due to the coffee or some other unintended circumstance. -frank One thing to remember about coffee grounds is that they are acidic. If your soil is already acidic you may need to add a little lime if you use a lot of grounds. George This is not true. Coffee are close to pH neutral. People assume that because coffee is acidic, then the grounds are as well, but that's not true. The acid in coffee beans is very water soluble, leaving the grounds with very little acid remaining. _________________ John Henry Wheeler Washington, DC USDA Zone 7 |
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Anyone use coffee grinds for your garden?
What's your choice between horse apples, cow pies, and used coffee?
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Anyone use coffee grinds for your garden?
"James" wrote in message oups.com... What's your choice between horse apples, cow pies, and used coffee? I vote for the coffee grounds. _________________ John Henry Wheeler Washington, DC USDA Zone 7 |
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Anyone use coffee grinds for your garden?
Agree, no weed seeds.
Steve "Compostman" wrote in message ... "James" wrote in message oups.com... What's your choice between horse apples, cow pies, and used coffee? I vote for the coffee grounds. _________________ John Henry Wheeler Washington, DC USDA Zone 7 |
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Anyone use coffee grinds for your garden?
Steve Peek wrote:
Agree, no weed seeds. Steve "Compostman" wrote in message ... "James" wrote in message groups.com... What's your choice between horse apples, cow pies, and used coffee? I vote for the coffee grounds. _________________ John Henry Wheeler Washington, DC USDA Zone 7 Agreed, too. And coffee smells a hell of a lot better. |
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Anyone use coffee grinds for your garden?
"Evelyn McHugh" wrote in message ... Steve Peek wrote: Agree, no weed seeds. Steve "Compostman" wrote in message ... "James" wrote in message groups.com... What's your choice between horse apples, cow pies, and used coffee? I vote for the coffee grounds. good all round fertiliser, mulch and soil conditioner. As far as I know there is no standing period for coffee grounds. Last weekend I fertilised my lawns at the start of the spring growing season. I have it sitting on gardens as a mulch to slowly work its way in to the beds, I have it mixed with mulch under trees and I have it added in to my compost to enrichen it. And its free. rob |
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