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  • #1

    Using Coffee grounds

    Good for Ericaceous plants.

    Our local coffee shop have been handing out free bags of spent coffee grounds.
    I helped them out and took some home.
    They've worked wonders on all my acid loving plants.
    Their leaves are a rich deep green now and they're growing like mad.
    Blueberries definitely love the stuff

    Jury still out on the coffee grounds stopping slugs and snails
    crossing as I saw trails underneath my camellias where I had used it as mulch/soil conditioner. I know they dont nibble them but I thought they would turn around and find another way to travel!!! little beggars!!

    Mind you they all seem to have the hippy hippy shakes now!
    Last edited by veggiechicken; 28-01-2016, 11:43 PM. Reason: Mergeing thread/changing title
    Tags: coffee, nutrients
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    Right sounds like a trip to Costa.
    Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

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    • #3
      Thanks for this! I had no idea - I have lots of coffee grounds at home and a couple of plants that love acid soil so now I know what to do with the grounds

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      • #4
        agree. I started tipping the cafetiere sludge on one of my potted blueberries and it is looking exceedingly happy, more so than its caffeine-deprived neighbour (we use Brita water to make the coffee too. DH thinks I'm mad watering blueberries with filtered water).

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        • #5
          using coffee grounds

          does anyone use spent coffee grounds on there veg.

          ive just found a source and was wondering have gyo ers found it a beneficial addition to there veg plots.

          been reading that it deters slugs and ants, which would be a huge bonus
          acid loving veg and fruit also benefit from it.
          my plot march 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvzqRS0_hbQ

          hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is a whole lot better

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          • #6
            I mostly use them on my blueberry plants, they seem to appreciate it. Anything I don't use, I just put on the compost.
            A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

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            • #7
              Originally posted by hawthorns View Post
              it deters slugs and ants
              Not that I'd noticed, it doesn't.

              I use it as a general mulch, and I've just started cutting it with my potting compost, to make it go further. It works well
              All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by hawthorns View Post
                spent coffee grounds... been reading that it deters slugs and ants
                Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                Not that I'd noticed, it doesn't.
                One of those "received wisdoms" that's even adopted by the RHS. However they also point out that under EU law it's illegal and theoretically you could be Locked Up For A Very Long Time....
                Gardeners using coffee granules to deter slugs breaking EU law – RHS - Telegraph
                Then some bright spark pointed out that under the same law you could be locked up for watering a plant, so see you all in jail....
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                • #9
                  If you have a lot of it and add it to your compost make sure you add plenty of paper/fiberous stuff too. I didn't add enough and the grind made it too acidic. Lots of unwanted white worms and not enough red ones. All sorted now though.

                  My cabbages loved it last year but it doesn't keep slugs away. (I work in a coffee shop so did get to experiment with the stuff).
                  When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it.
                  If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by KittyColdNose View Post
                    I work in a coffee shop so did get to experiment with the stuff.
                    are we talking stiill about gardening?....(in a strong Dutch accent)

                    Loving my allotment!

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Newton View Post
                      are we talking stiill about gardening?....(in a strong Dutch accent)

                      Wel... being as you put it like that... I do put syrup in it when asked. Does that count?
                      When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it.
                      If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by KittyColdNose View Post
                        Lots of unwanted white worms
                        I saw some of those for the first time this year: enchytraeids

                        White Worms in Your Compost Bin - Should You Be Worried?

                        Enchytraeid worms. | Green Noise
                        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                        • #13
                          They didn't overly concern me. I put the compost on a diet for a week then added plenty of paper, card etc and gave it a good turning. Still one or two whities hanging around but now when I look at the heap there are red worms right at the top as well as all the way to the bottom. Looks healthy again
                          Last edited by KittyColdNose; 16-04-2013, 08:46 AM.
                          When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it.
                          If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

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                          • #14
                            I compost mine, only small quantities so not noticed any problem with compost. Was going to start putting some on blueberry plants as well.

                            Not seen any but what is the problem with the white worms?

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                            • #15
                              They like acidic soil if I understand correctly whereas red worms don't. They don't cause damage to anything and fish love em.

                              Composting small amounts of grind i.e. domestic use shouldn't cause any bother, I only got the white worms when I dumped about two days commercial grind in the compost. Silly me
                              Last edited by KittyColdNose; 16-04-2013, 01:13 PM.
                              When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it.
                              If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

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