folks,

i have a new house, about 20 rose bushes, a few rhodies, and a
hydrangea.

i have found many references to using coffee grounds as a natural
fertilizer for roses, hydrangeas, and the rhodie.

however, i make cold press coffee. this involves putting roughly 1
pound of coarsely ground coffee into a special container, filling with
cold water overnight, and draining.

thus about once every month and a half, about perfect timing as far as
i can tell from web research, i have a pound of coffee grounds, BUT
these are not what would come out of a percolator or even a drip
maker. they've not been exposed to hot water, only cold soaked
overnight.

thoughts and advice appreciated.

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folks,
i have found many references to using coffee grounds as a natural
fertilizer for roses, hydrangeas, and the rhodie.

I haven't heard of coffee grounds as fertilizer in about 35 years
But back-when, as I recall the idea was that coffee grounds attract
earthworms more than do most compostable materials, and earthworms are
helpful to soil conditioning.

~REZ~

I put used coffee grounds in my compost pile, filter and all. BTW, I think
the grounds are acidic, but I don't know whether roses like that (as opposed
to azaleas & rhodendron).

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC


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folks,

i have a new house, about 20 rose bushes, a few rhodies, and a
hydrangea.

i have found many references to using coffee grounds as a natural
fertilizer for roses, hydrangeas, and the rhodie.

however, i make cold press coffee. this involves putting roughly 1
pound of coarsely ground coffee into a special container, filling with
cold water overnight, and draining.

thus about once every month and a half, about perfect timing as far as
i can tell from web research, i have a pound of coffee grounds, BUT
these are not what would come out of a percolator or even a drip
maker. they've not been exposed to hot water, only cold soaked
overnight.

thoughts and advice appreciated.

"Anne Lurie" wrote in message
. com...
I put used coffee grounds in my compost pile, filter and all. BTW, I
think
the grounds are acidic, but I don't know whether roses like that (as
opposed
to azaleas & rhodendron).

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC

Yes, roses do like acidic. They like tea leaves too.

JimS.
Seattle

"user" wrote in message
m...
folks,

i have a new house, about 20 rose bushes, a few rhodies, and a
hydrangea.

i have found many references to using coffee grounds as a natural
fertilizer for roses, hydrangeas, and the rhodie.

however, i make cold press coffee. this involves putting roughly 1
pound of coarsely ground coffee into a special container, filling with
cold water overnight, and draining.

thus about once every month and a half, about perfect timing as far as
i can tell from web research, i have a pound of coffee grounds, BUT
these are not what would come out of a percolator or even a drip
maker. they've not been exposed to hot water, only cold soaked
overnight.

thoughts and advice appreciated.

"JimS." wrote in message
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"Anne Lurie" wrote in message
. com...
I put used coffee grounds in my compost pile, filter and all. BTW, I
think
the grounds are acidic, but I don't know whether roses like that (as
opposed
to azaleas & rhodendron).

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC

Yes, roses do like acidic. They like tea leaves too.

JimS.
Seattle

"user" wrote in message
m...
folks,

i have a new house, about 20 rose bushes, a few rhodies, and a
hydrangea.

i have found many references to using coffee grounds as a natural
fertilizer for roses, hydrangeas, and the rhodie.

however, i make cold press coffee. this involves putting roughly 1
pound of coarsely ground coffee into a special container, filling with
cold water overnight, and draining.

thus about once every month and a half, about perfect timing as far as
i can tell from web research, i have a pound of coffee grounds, BUT
these are not what would come out of a percolator or even a drip
maker. they've not been exposed to hot water, only cold soaked
overnight.

thoughts and advice appreciated.




I put both coffee grounds and eggshells in my rosebeds. Because my Mother
did! And she grew beautiful roses...
Sherman.