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this question has vexed the profession for many many years, and although it has yet to be satisfactorily answered what is agreed is that the used coffee grounds send slugs into caffeine heaven before they explode. (much in the same way that beer does, but without all the empty calories)
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∙ 13y agoCoffee grounds are good for vegetable gardens if they are first used inside a compost pile. Egg shells, coffee grounds, fruit rinds...all organic items that work very well towards producing your own organic compost to then use on the garden
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∙ 13y agoYou will find that corn plants respond very well to coffee grounds that have been composted. This coffee compost will assist the soil to provide a healthy and productive environment for the corn plants to mature.
From the Ground to Ground website, which is a good authority on the use of coffee grounds for compost and fertilizer:
This is amazing, rich, vibrant new soil. It was created with coffee grinds, food scraps from the kitchen, leafmould, and woodchips. The cost for me - $0, the benefit for my garden - Priceless.
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∙ 14y agoCoffee grounds exclusively will not nourish a plant, but if you add coffee grounds to good soil, it enriches the soil, and your plant will grow better.
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∙ 9y agoYes, coffee grounds can help herbs grow. They deliver nitrogen, which is a macro-nutrient necessary for healthy soil and soil food web members (such as herbs and other plants).
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How does coffee grounds help pea plants grow?
They use the coffee grounds as nutrient.
Do coffee grounds help plants grow?
Yes, coffee grounds are good for citrus trees.Specifically, coffee grounds have about twice the nitrogen content that it has of phosphorus and potassium. They improve soil fertility and encourage soil food web life. For example, they repel slugs but attract earthworms.
Are coffee grounds good for dog wood trees?
Used coffee grounds are a great soil amendment. High in acid they are fine for dogwood trees. Most insects do not like coffee grounds and will avoid them, so spreading coffee grounds around a dogwood will also help rid you plant of over wintering leaf eating insects.
Can you ask a convenience store to hold onto their used coffee grounds for gardeners to pick up?
Starbucks in our area holds coffee grounds for gardeners. You can ask the convenience stores and they may be able to help.
How do daisies help the forest?
Daisies stems grow from forest grounds
How does coffee help garlic grow?
they acidify the soil
Does eating coffee grounds help stay awake?
Coffee grounds would have caffeine, but why would you want to eat them?! Just drink a cup of coffee!
Does coffee help pants grow?
it helps cause of its beans
Have had diarrhea for 3Y's chronic and some times it looks like an oil slick and just yesterday it had coffee grounds in it well it looked like coffee grounds can any one help you?
You have what looks like coffee grounds in the bm,well this is blood that has dried therefore you should see a physician to be thoroughly checked out. You could have ulcerative colitis.Good luck
Do coffee grounds or sugar help sunflowers grow?
sunflower growers go for the real nutrient for them such as phosphorus and potassium. for your part if you are not growing a field and stick to home gardening, in your local store you will find an apropiate fertilizer for your sunflowers.
Coffee grinds on maple trees?
Coffee grounds is a popular additive to mix with soil when planting and caring for many non-indigenous trees. If a maple tree is planted in a yard, coffee grounds can help to correct the pH level of the artificially modified soil necessary to growing yard grass.
Can you add coffee grounds to the soil in Clark County NV?
Coffee grounds contain nitrogen. They have an acid pH. Both can help the soils of Clark county. In that county, the soil is called caliche or desert. It has an alkaline pH. It lacks sufficient nitrogen.
