Coffee grounds?

[YummyBuds]

My cousin works for Starbucks and tells me he has a regular bassis of customers that pick up their used coffee grounds for planting. Is there any sense to this.....is it some sort of fertilizer, and does it actually contain valuable nutrients?

He tells me they come in all the time carying out bags of the stuff......

 

[jackinthebox]

Yes sir! Coffe grounds conatain 2N 0.3P 0.2K Its highly acidic however, and is best used in alkaline soils : ) Good luck buddy

 

[CaptainHowdy]

Man, i heard the same thing. And I drink a lot of coffee. LIke, unusually so. 2 pots before i go to sleep ya know... will be helpful if its a natural freaking PESTICIDE

 

[Moon Shadow]

I would listen to jackinthebox and keep an I on the soil PH some plants need lots of acid

 

[matias2911]

I would listen to jackinthebox and keep an I on the soil PH some plants need lots of acid

Lol, and some men do too.

 

[matias2911]

 

[YummyBuds]

Wow, I woulda never guessed! Guess I'll try a little and see the response.

 

[daydrops]

Coffee grounds are best used in a compost pile. worms love it and the high N helps break down the Carbon in the pile into good soil.

 

[closet.cult]

Coffee grounds are best used in a compost pile. worms love it and the high N helps break down the Carbon in the pile into good soil.

true, day.

 

[FilthyFletch]

Growing up my parents always took thier grounds saved them and then tilled them into the outside garden soil.It gave the soil a boost attracted worms who aerated the soil and left casting enriiching the entire soil.Inside you d have to monitor the ph more though and you reap less benefits.

 

[Moon Shadow]

Very good post I learned alot

Thanks guys

As Video always says
Peace

 

[Grow-King]

am i just dumb? or isnt it coffe grinds not coffe grounds

 

[YummyBuds]

am i just dumb? or isnt it coffe grinds not coffe grounds

Grinds, grounds......potato, tomato

 

[planb1700]

Eggshells: 1.19/0.38/0.14 - thats an egg shells npk rating according to http://www.cannabis-world.org/cw/showthread.php?t=3124 that link also provides a list of products with n-p-k ratings

 

[planb1700]

crap, think my last post was for a different thread but any way that link can be very helpfull eaither way....

 

[MrMeagadam]

if your putting coffe grinds in there put washed cruhed egg shells in there as well it will help balence out the ph

 

[mattisreal420]

yea dude coffee grinds!! every spring when i do an outdoor crop i mix them in with my soil mix, my plants love it. i am not sure about mixing it with soil for an indoor crop, but if your outdoors then go for it.

 

[MrMeagadam]

indoors i think you would need your lil micro beastys to breack it down like what you have in nature