Coffee Grounds

[overtime123]

My grandma always put coffee grounds into her compost pile, along with everything else she composted. She always had a beautiful garden, and the things she grew were always so tasty! Although I think my grandma could probably make dirt taste good if she tried.

 

[claudine]

It's not the first time when I hear that coffee grounds make a good fertilizer. I'll definitely use them next year. There is nothing more beautiful and addicting than the smell of coffee. I would be more than happy if the soil in my garden smelled like it

 

[gmckee1985]

Never heard of this. I'm a big fan of coffee and have a surplus of it around the house so I'll definitely give this is a try, if it does in fact work. It may just be a wives tale though. We shall see if it actually works for me as it has for some people on the forums.

 

[Chuck]

Never heard of this. I'm a big fan of coffee and have a surplus of it around the house so I'll definitely give this is a try, if it does in fact work. It may just be a wives tale though. We shall see if it actually works for me as it has for some people on the forums.

Oh, it works. Not so much as a fertilizer but as a soil amendment as it adds minerals and organic mater. Earthworms love it

 

[gata montes]

Never heard of this. I'm a big fan of coffee and have a surplus of it around the house so I'll definitely give this is a try, if it does in fact work. It may just be a wives tale though. We shall see if it actually works for me as it has for some people on the forums.

Oh it very definitely works - in fact if at all unsure - you could always check out the link I posted just a few posts up from yours - as not only does if tell you just about everything you could wish to know about using coffee grounds in the garden - but also sheds some light on some of the many myths regarding using coffee in and around the garden too.

 

[megankl]

Wow - I was so happy to come across this thread. I am a faithful coffee drinker of minimum 3 cups a day and I hate watching all those grinds being thrown in the garbage everyday wondering if there was something I could be doing with them. I love to garden so this was awesome to learn. Hopefully my plants will start thriving as I haven't had much success as I wasn't sure what to use for fertilizer other then typical compost.

 

[sammybe]

Do you have to do anything particular to use them? Do you dry the grounds out first or can you just dump them on the plant right after brewing?