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Whats the verdict with coffee grounds ?
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They are one of the staples of my worms' diet.
I put mine on top of the soil.
Just do it.SavinaRed said:
I have about 0.15m³ of active compost here. But I do not use it, it is not trusted (many inorganic garbage in there).SavinaRed said:
I will be scrapping the timbers around the area to gather humus this year and see how it goes.Lots of calcium from a very boney compost i got from a farm confinement last year.I want to put another layer on it.A couple skulls ended up outside my daughters window that dogs were kind enough to recover,What the dogs left I kicked out with the tiller.The rest is ferts. 
i have 3 containers in my kitchen: coffee grounds, egg shell and vegetable scraps.
the vegetable scraps go directly into the compost bins or bokashi bucket, the egg shells get ground up and put into the compost bin or directly onto my soil, even if frozen. the coffee grounds container when full goes into the composter bin or again like ground egg shells directly onto my soil...again even if the ground is frozen.
so, i have no verdict other than i compost and reuse everything. does it help, i don't know, what i do know is my landfill garbage bag is 1 bag per week and lacks products that would benefit my soil. i would even cook my animal bones and grind them up but with ground hamburg and turkey, boneless beef, pork and chicken, i have less of that to process.
processing foods that naturally break down, just seems logical to me and that's why i do it.
the vegetable scraps go directly into the compost bins or bokashi bucket, the egg shells get ground up and put into the compost bin or directly onto my soil, even if frozen. the coffee grounds container when full goes into the composter bin or again like ground egg shells directly onto my soil...again even if the ground is frozen.
so, i have no verdict other than i compost and reuse everything. does it help, i don't know, what i do know is my landfill garbage bag is 1 bag per week and lacks products that would benefit my soil. i would even cook my animal bones and grind them up but with ground hamburg and turkey, boneless beef, pork and chicken, i have less of that to process.
processing foods that naturally break down, just seems logical to me and that's why i do it.
As I mentioned before I rely on my worms (Red Wigglers and Earthworm) for my fertilization. Coffee grounds I regularly give to my worms to snack on. I amend it directly into the top soil layer in my beds.
I realized I consume about 1kg of coffee each month... As I found out yesterday coco coir is more expensive than coffee here, I'll just save and use my coffee waste instead.
Food for thought.
Food for thought.
I make a plunger of coffee every morning.
I strategically placed a Kale plant outside my kitchen window, so everytime I chuck the coffee grounds out there into the garden I throw it onto the kale plant..
Kale plant (tree) is about 1.5 meters tall now, lol...
Does it work? I dunno, I would not think of it as a fertilizer by itself..but I think it probably adds a little bit of goodness..I would not use it by itself and expect miracles though. I dont think it will harm anything though.
I strategically placed a Kale plant outside my kitchen window, so everytime I chuck the coffee grounds out there into the garden I throw it onto the kale plant..
Kale plant (tree) is about 1.5 meters tall now, lol...
Does it work? I dunno, I would not think of it as a fertilizer by itself..but I think it probably adds a little bit of goodness..I would not use it by itself and expect miracles though. I dont think it will harm anything though.
I throw mine on the top of the soil around the base. Not sure how well it works.
An good read: http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/FS207E/FS207E.pdf
In short, they're great when composted, OK as a top mulch, but not so hot as a direct soil additive.
My experience from last year bares this out. I used ~20% coffee in several soil batches. These produced distinctly runty plants. I don't know if this was due to a PH shift, or some mildly poisonous chemical that was leftover. but the results were bad.
Q: Can coffee grounds help my plants?
A: Yes. When they are used properly, coffee grounds supply
nutrients and provide other benefits that increase plant growth
(Yamane et al. 2014). In general, only composted coffee
grounds should be worked in as a soil amendment, while either
fresh or composted grounds can be used in a mulch layer.
Fresh grounds are more likely to be phytotoxic (Wakasawa et
al. 1998), so keeping them away from direct contact with
desirable plant roots is recommended.
In short, they're great when composted, OK as a top mulch, but not so hot as a direct soil additive.
My experience from last year bares this out. I used ~20% coffee in several soil batches. These produced distinctly runty plants. I don't know if this was due to a PH shift, or some mildly poisonous chemical that was leftover. but the results were bad.
Q: Can coffee grounds help my plants?
A: Yes. When they are used properly, coffee grounds supply
nutrients and provide other benefits that increase plant growth
(Yamane et al. 2014). In general, only composted coffee
grounds should be worked in as a soil amendment, while either
fresh or composted grounds can be used in a mulch layer.
Fresh grounds are more likely to be phytotoxic (Wakasawa et
al. 1998), so keeping them away from direct contact with
desirable plant roots is recommended.
