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misty07

Joined: 22 Jan 2010
Posts: 2223
Location: swindon wiltshire

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 10 12:05 am Post subject: coffee grounds.
i drink alot of coffee and OH bought me a coffee maker so have about 8 jugs a day give or take am composting the grounds but is it slugs dont like them? can i just put them straight on the veg plot then dig in as and when?

Ren

Joined: 27 Jan 2009
Posts: 1782
Location: southwesterly

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 10 12:52 am Post subject:
Ha ha - apparently slugs don't like coffee grounds, BUT, the ones in Leeds have been very determined over the years! I would still use it / them as you may have different soil and 'stuff' that works.

Went

Joined: 19 Mar 2006
Posts: 6968

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 10 6:55 am Post subject: Re: coffee grounds.

misty07 wrote:

i drink alot of coffee and OH bought me a coffee maker so have about 8 jugs a day give or take am composting the grounds but is it slugs dont like them? can i just put them straight on the veg plot then dig in as and when?

8 Jugs a day

Coffee grinds are very acidic and can be used on acid loving plants and for use as a continuous barrier around delicate plants against slugs but be careful as they will change the ph value of the soil in such quantities...although pages say otherwise - we have lost plants by putting too much on.
https://hubpages.com/hub/Coffee-grinds-in-your-garden
As for you....8 jugs a day....

I bet you're buzzing

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 10 9:03 am Post subject:
If you're drinking that much coffee, and still driving as much, you're going to kill someone.

nats

Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 2374
Location: Swindon but not a Swindonian

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 10 9:23 am Post subject:
My Dad always maintained they were cleansing for the drains....

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 10 9:27 am Post subject:
I use coffee grounds to deter slugs, it seems to work. Scatter them on the ground and, when they're dry, on the leaves.

Truffle

Joined: 07 Feb 2006
Posts: 526

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 10 11:12 am Post subject:
get some oyster spawn and grow oyster mushrooms on them

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Fri Dec 31, 10 2:53 pm Post subject:
I often pick up extra coffee grounds from Starbucks to use as a mulch around the garlic. Remember, they look brown but in composting terms they're very 'green', i.e. high nitrogen. But they compost fine.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8919
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Fri Dec 31, 10 2:55 pm Post subject:
They go in the compost and act as an accelerator(!) Also handy in the kitchen when you've been gardening or whatever, as a hand cleanser

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Fri Dec 31, 10 2:58 pm Post subject:

cab wrote:

I often pick up extra coffee grounds from Starbucks to use as a mulch around the garlic. Remember, they look brown but in composting terms they're very 'green', i.e. high nitrogen. But they compost fine.

Ditto, you get some funny looks in some stores.....

Mustang

Joined: 15 Jul 2005
Posts: 768
Location: Sunny Suffolk

Posted: Fri Dec 31, 10 9:51 pm Post subject:

Truffle wrote:

get some oyster spawn and grow oyster mushrooms on them

Any more details on how to do this? I also get through quite a few coffee grounds so this sounds an interesting use.

Goxhill

Joined: 27 Mar 2005
Posts: 245
Location: Lincolnshire

Posted: Fri Dec 31, 10 10:23 pm Post subject:
I think I heard that they're quite good in a wormery, but maybe not if they're so acidic.

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 11 10:52 am Post subject:

Goxhill wrote:

I think I heard that they're quite good in a wormery, but maybe not if they're so acidic.

They're fine in my worm bin. At least they seem so; got masses of worm. Avoid citrus peel and onion skins though.

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