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coffee grounds
I was the recipient of a HUGE bag of coffee grounds, about 25 lbs, this
week. Since my garden is a very small balcony I don't have anywhere to compost. Can I just mulch the pots and empty window boxes, using it as a top dressing. I went into a cleaning frenzy last weekend and pulled, clipped, trimmed and spiffed up everything. Filled three large trash bags, this sort of hurt since I long for a compost bin, oh well. I then filled all my planters and pots with spring and summer flowering bulbs. It looks very bare but sure lets a lot more light into the living room. I'm going to be scouting the nursery nearby for some deep shade perennials on sale that I can tuck into a few of these planters. I'm trying to figure out a place for a worm bin. I'm sure it would be too cold outside this winter, even if I figured out where I could tuck it, but there is NO place inside. I only have two closets and they are a Rubik's Cube of storage engineering. Val http://photos.yahoo.com/valkyriemi |
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I've been getting Starbuck's used grounds for my plants for a long
time. They do make good mulch but use sparingly. I also find that they tend to contain flies (maggots) and gnats so you might want to bake it before spreading it on indoor plants. Vermicomposting is great indoors. I kept a stack of 5gal rubbermaids under my kitchen sink without any troubles. To prevent smells, make sure your brown:green=3:1 by weight. You have to take the whole thing outside once a month and to pour out the drip tray and let the bottom tray breath. Worms love coffee grounds. |
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Why would the grounds contain maggots? You must be going to an unusual
Starbucks. I also pick up coffee grounds from Starbucks and either use it as mulch or in my compost. Never have seen one maggot. -- Compostman Washington, DC USDA Zone 7 "Pen" wrote in message om... I've been getting Starbuck's used grounds for my plants for a long time. They do make good mulch but use sparingly. I also find that they tend to contain flies (maggots) and gnats so you might want to bake it before spreading it on indoor plants. Vermicomposting is great indoors. I kept a stack of 5gal rubbermaids under my kitchen sink without any troubles. To prevent smells, make sure your brown:green=3:1 by weight. You have to take the whole thing outside once a month and to pour out the drip tray and let the bottom tray breath. Worms love coffee grounds. |
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Same here. Every fall I collect 100 sacks of leaves and 10 pounds of
coffee grounds. Never had that problem in Houston. = JK Compostman wrote: = Why would the grounds contain maggots? You must be going to an unusual= Starbucks. I also pick up coffee grounds from Starbucks and either use= it as mulch or in my compost. Never have seen one maggot. = -- Compostman Washington, DC USDA Zone 7 "Pen" wrote in message om... I've been getting Starbuck's used grounds for my plants for a long time. They do make good mulch but use sparingly. I also find that they tend to contain flies (maggots) and gnats so you might want to bake it before spreading it on indoor plants. Vermicomposting is great indoors. I kept a stack of 5gal rubbermaids= under my kitchen sink without any troubles. To prevent smells, make sure your brown:green=3D3:1 by weight. You have to take the whole th= ing outside once a month and to pour out the drip tray and let the bottom= tray breath. Worms love coffee grounds. -- = Celestial Habitats by J. Kolenovsky 2003 Honorable Mention Award, Keep Houston Beautiful =F4=BF=F4 - http://www.celestialhabitats.com - business =F4=BF=F4 - http://www.hal-pc.org/~garden/personal.html - personal |
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