I left several bags of uncomposted Starbucks coffee grounds unopened for several months. I opened them up to use as mulch and found they were full of white wiggling things. I spread the mulch anyway.

Having subsequently read about white wiggling things which were bad news in gardens, have I unleashed a Pandora's box full of them into tbe garden?

Rachel

"hrafndot" wrote in message
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I left several bags of uncomposted Starbucks coffee grounds unopened for
several months. I opened them up to use as mulch and found they were
full of white wiggling things. I spread the mulch anyway.

Having subsequently read about white wiggling things which were bad
news in gardens, have I unleashed a Pandora's box full of them into tbe
garden?

I am totally ignorant of what this is about. What is "Starbucks coffee
grounds"?
Is it commercially available as a mulching material?
Is it cheaper than bark and suchlike?

Franz

"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
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"hrafndot" wrote in message
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I left several bags of uncomposted Starbucks coffee grounds
unopened for
several months. I opened them up to use as mulch and found they
were
full of white wiggling things. I spread the mulch anyway.

Having subsequently read about white wiggling things which were
bad
news in gardens, have I unleashed a Pandora's box full of them
into tbe
garden?

I am totally ignorant of what this is about. What is "Starbucks
coffee
grounds"?
Is it commercially available as a mulching material?
Is it cheaper than bark and suchlike?

Franz

Franz,

Starbucks is the name of a make of coffee. The grounds are what is
left after making fresh coffee. The grounds are very good for putting
round roses, rhododendrons, azaleas, etc.

No idea what the white wiggling things are though :-)

Iris McCanna

In article ,
Barry & Iris McCanna wrote:

No idea what the white wiggling things are though :-)

Probably the maggots of some fly. They will die when spread out,
from dessication. Completely ignorable, anyway.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 22:30:41 +0200, "Barry & Iris McCanna"
wrote:


"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
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"hrafndot" wrote in message
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I left several bags of uncomposted Starbucks coffee grounds
unopened for
several months. I opened them up to use as mulch and found they
were
full of white wiggling things. I spread the mulch anyway.

Having subsequently read about white wiggling things which were
bad
news in gardens, have I unleashed a Pandora's box full of them
into tbe
garden?

I am totally ignorant of what this is about. What is "Starbucks
coffee
grounds"?
Is it commercially available as a mulching material?
Is it cheaper than bark and suchlike?

Franz

Franz,

Starbucks is the name of a make of coffee. The grounds are what is
left after making fresh coffee. The grounds are very good for putting
round roses, rhododendrons, azaleas, etc.

No idea what the white wiggling things are though :-)

vestal virgins?
--
Martin

"Barry & Iris McCanna" wrote in message
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"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
...

"hrafndot" wrote in message
s.com...
I left several bags of uncomposted Starbucks coffee grounds
unopened for
several months. I opened them up to use as mulch and found they
were
full of white wiggling things. I spread the mulch anyway.

Having subsequently read about white wiggling things which were
bad
news in gardens, have I unleashed a Pandora's box full of them
into tbe
garden?

I am totally ignorant of what this is about. What is "Starbucks
coffee
grounds"?
Is it commercially available as a mulching material?
Is it cheaper than bark and suchlike?

Franz

Franz,

Starbucks is the name of a make of coffee. The grounds are what is
left after making fresh coffee. The grounds are very good for putting
round roses, rhododendrons, azaleas, etc.

No idea what the white wiggling things are though :-)

Blimey. At four tablespoons per day, it will tale a month to get enough
mulch for one rose bush.

Franz

In article , Barry & Iris McCanna
writes


Starbucks is the name of a make of coffee.

Or, rather, a chain of coffee shops which are gradually overtaking high
streets everywhere.

The grounds are what is
left after making fresh coffee. The grounds are very good for putting
round roses, rhododendrons, azaleas, etc.

Starbucks will give them away free to anyone who takes along a suitable
container, or so I understand.



No idea what the white wiggling things are though :-)

If about 1cm long and not much thicker than a hair, the resident
Oligochaetologist tells me they could be enchetraeids spelling??, a
type of oligochaete worm. Perfectly harmless.
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

Thanks, I thought I might have bred vine weevil.

The Starbucks grounds are quite a good mulch or compost material. The ph is about 6.8, not as acidic as one might think. I have a feeling this material may discourage slugs and snails tho time will tell.



Rachel

"Kay Easton" wrote in message
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In article , Barry & Iris McCanna
writes


Starbucks is the name of a make of coffee.

Or, rather, a chain of coffee shops which are gradually overtaking high
streets everywhere.

The grounds are what is
left after making fresh coffee. The grounds are very good for putting
round roses, rhododendrons, azaleas, etc.

Starbucks will give them away free to anyone who takes along a suitable
container, or so I understand.

Now that's a different proposition. I'll try it out on the nearest coffee
shop next time we visit something in the nature of a town.

Franz

"Kay Easton" wrote in message
...
In article , Barry & Iris McCanna
writes


Starbucks is the name of a make of coffee.

Or, rather, a chain of coffee shops which are gradually overtaking high
streets everywhere.

The grounds are what is
left after making fresh coffee. The grounds are very good for putting
round roses, rhododendrons, azaleas, etc.

Starbucks will give them away free to anyone who takes along a suitable
container, or so I understand.

Now that's a different proposition. I'll try it out on the nearest coffee
shop next time we visit something in the nature of a town.

Franz

"Kay Easton" wrote in message
...
In article , Barry & Iris McCanna
writes


Starbucks is the name of a make of coffee.

Or, rather, a chain of coffee shops which are gradually overtaking high
streets everywhere.

The grounds are what is
left after making fresh coffee. The grounds are very good for putting
round roses, rhododendrons, azaleas, etc.

Starbucks will give them away free to anyone who takes along a suitable
container, or so I understand.

Now that's a different proposition. I'll try it out on the nearest coffee
shop next time we visit something in the nature of a town.

Franz

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Thanks, I thought I might have bred vine weevil.

The Starbucks grounds are quite a good mulch or compost material. The
ph is about 6.8, not as acidic as one might think. I have a feeling
this material may discourage slugs and snails tho time will tell.

I doubt it. They like beer, so they might resort to coffee to sober them
up afterwards. If they escape.

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I remember reading a recent flurry in the newspapers about caffeine being a slug/snail deterrant?

"Franz Heymann" wrote in message ...
Now that's a different proposition. I'll try it out on the nearest coffee shop next time we visit something in
the
nature of a town.

No Starbucks in Hawes yet?

Rod

"Rod" wrote in message
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"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
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Now that's a different proposition. I'll try it out on the nearest
coffee shop next time we visit something in
the
nature of a town.

No Starbucks in Hawes yet?

Never came across the word till I saw it in this ng.

Franz