Coffee grounds

 There was a long, detailed article today in Dave's Garden about using
coffee grounds to feed one's plants.

Anybody have extensive experience with this?  Mine is limited to
dumping the grounds on Friday (when I make coffee for the gardener)
on  nearby plants, mostly the two side-door plants, Azalea and Hebe,
as well as Roses in m rose path.

My question now relates to long-term, systematic use of coffee grounds
on roses.  I can pick up grounds from coffee shops (as mentioned in
Dave's Garden article), but am looking for your real-world experience.

I live in So. Calif coastal. Soil is/was alkaline (adobe) but has been
modified over many years by me and previous owner, so I think it's
neutral (but should verify just for info).

So, if you're into coffee mulching, would  you pls share your
experience.

Tx

HB

 On Mon, 8 Nov 2010 14:09:44 -0800 (PST), Higgs Boson


All coffee grounds go into my composter.

 

Work fine as a thickish mulch over fallow gardens. Fine coffee grounds are
fine to spread across the lawn as fertiliser in the same manner you would
any other fertiliser, just spread evenly and finely.

rob

 
I've heard they can be very good for plants, and it's a good idea to put
them in your composter as it'll mix the goodness in with the rest of the
compost!




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Higgs Boson;904722 Wrote:

A useful property of coffee ground mulch is that it is anti-gastropod.
So my coffee grounds go around my Lapageria rosea, which is otherwise
the favourite food in the garden for the local snails.




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