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    Used Coffee Grounds

    Hi

    Our office is offering free used coffee granuals from the costa coffee machine. Now I know there good for going round roses etc but are they any good on veg or fruit trees? Does it need diluting etc and what would the volume to water ration be.

    Thanks
    James
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    Hi James, This might help you http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...nts_66252.html
    There are several threads on here about using coffee grounds as fertiliser - have a search for "coffee".
    It seems to be used as grounds, not diluted with water.

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    • #3
      Hi James

      Anything you put on the ground this summer would soon be diluted naturally by the amount of rain we have all been having recently.

      It's been almost tropical in its intensity here.

      Andy
      http://vegpatchkid.blogspot.co.uk/ Latest Blog Entries Friday 13 Mar 2015 - Sowing Update

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      • #4
        I don't know if it's coincidence or not but shortly after I put coffee grounds around my rhubarb it started to go bananas.

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        • #5
          Wow, redser, that's incredible. I've always wanted to grow bananas

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          • #6
            I know! Who would have thunk it. Going to put some round my bramley, might get pineapples.

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            • #7
              I going to put some round my runners and see if I can grow coffee beans.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                Wow, redser, that's incredible. I've always wanted to grow bananas
                Just read this and I can't stop laughing. Going to put some round my blueberries now in the vain hope that I get coconuts
                Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

                Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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                • #9
                  You'll get mangos for sure

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by redser View Post
                    You'll get mangos for sure
                    Damn it, I don't like mangos. I really love coconuts.
                    Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

                    Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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                    • #11
                      Hmm you got me wondering.....what about unused coffee?

                      I've got several bags that I was given about 5 years ago, but not having a coffee machine and also not liking coffee, they're just sitting in the cupboard....??

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                      • #12
                        I think they are quite acidic. Brewed ones have lost acidity. Never used them fresh do to speak
                        Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

                        Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by northepaul View Post
                          what about unused coffee?

                          I've got several bags that I was given about 5 years ago
                          Give to a food bank? Or your local Teacher's Staffroom?
                          All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                          • #14
                            We have a regular and almost unlimited supply of coffee grinds and have been adding it to our compost bin.


                            Should we be adding it directly to the beds instead?
                            Quanti canicula ille in fenestra ?

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by out in the cold View Post

                              Should we be adding it directly to the beds instead?
                              It tends to go mouldy if you leave it too thickly, or in lumps, on the beds.

                              Me, I sprinkle it lightly on the lawn, the beds ... I also use it as a covering layer in my dog poo dalek, and I find it works really well as an accelerator if used to cover dog poops on the ground: they disappear quicker with a covering than if they're left bare
                              All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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