littlebit Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Hi I have access to coffee grounds and kinda hate seeing them going in the trash, can I use them in the garden/landscape without having to compost them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Pompeii Posted April 23, 2013 Administrators Share Posted April 23, 2013 20 ways to reuse coffee grounds, tea leaves It's unlikely that coffee or tea is growing in your garden, so after you finish that cup, put the grounds to work with these clever ideas. ByMelissa Breyer Photo: eclectic echoes/Flickr It takes a brave and hearty (and spartan) soul to give up coffee and tea in the name of food miles. Many do, but morning caffeine is the guilty pleasure that whispers in a voice too alluring for many to resist. One thing is for sure: it's generally a long journey for beans and leaves to travel from exotic climes to the kitchen counter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Sure, go ahead and dump them on the garden. The amount you probably produce isn't going to affect the pH of the soil. Even if you don't compost it doesn't hurt to put your vegetable peelings and other organic material in the garden. Put some soil over it to keep flies off and for neatness. All things in moderation, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmiline Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 A friend of mine recommended them to me for blossom end rot on tomatoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 The probably reason they may help improve blossom end rot is in holding moisture in the soil. Blossom end rot occurs because there is too little moisture to dissolve calcium in the soil. You can add a little calcium but the chief culprit is lack of water at critical times. Mulch your tomatoes to help solve the problem. Water deeply, maybe a trickle overnight, once a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezerwriter Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 We don't compost ... directly. All that stuff gets fed to chickens, including coffee grounds. They "compost" it for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Chicken manure is great for the garden. It is very "hot", has a high nitrogen content. Fresh it can burn plants but aged it is garden gold. Just thinking about it makes me want to get some chickens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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