Need Coffee Grounds for your Compost?

[Kidbruv]

Agreed. We have one near us that makes truly excellent coffee, has a great atmosphere and is truly committed to sustainability, fair trade products, community etc etc. The only problem is that they are so good that they compost their own grounds to use in community gardens! So none left for me.

 

[greasemonkeymann]

Seems to be a lot of conflicting info out there. Your article states that coffee grounds are very acidic while others say it is PH neutral. In any case I'm ok with acidic since I'm probably balancing that with the alkalinity of my wood ash.

heres a good PDF on it

http://extension.oregonstate.edu/lane/sites/default/files/documents/cffee07.pdf

 

[greasemonkeymann]

the nitrogen content of the grinds has conflicting info, some are saying the grinds sequester nitrogen rather than adding it.
I personally use grinds in my compost pile, but NOT the pile I have made for my cannabis.
one pile for the environment, one for my plants.
the "environment" pile gets ANYTHING compostable, the one for my plants is more of a leaves, grass, nutrients pile.

 

[Richard Drysift]

I always add a ton of crushed eggshells to my coffee grinds & add to the worm bin along with any fruit/veggie scraps which is gobbled up fairly quickly. I like Starbucks coffee too but hate paying 4 fuckin dollars for a cup of joe so I grind & brew my own. Fair trade beans or folgers the worms don't seem to care. For any organic mj grows a worm bin is the best investment you could make and a super cheap one that.

 

[Kidbruv]

I always add a ton of crushed eggshells to my coffee grinds & add to the worm bin along with any fruit/veggie scraps which is gobbled up fairly quickly. I like Starbucks coffee too but hate paying 4 fuckin dollars for a cup of joe so I grind & brew my own. Fair trade beans or folgers the worms don't seem to care. For any organic mj grows a worm bin is the best investment you could make and a super cheap one that.

Yeah ...wormbin is next on the organa-list. I also make my own coffee but it's one cup a day which provides a negligible amount of grounds. That's why I love getting free compost material frim Starbucks. Helps me feel better about all the overpriced coffee I've ever purchased

 

[greasemonkeymann]

I always add a ton of crushed eggshells to my coffee grinds & add to the worm bin along with any fruit/veggie scraps which is gobbled up fairly quickly. I like Starbucks coffee too but hate paying 4 fuckin dollars for a cup of joe so I grind & brew my own. Fair trade beans or folgers the worms don't seem to care. For any organic mj grows a worm bin is the best investment you could make and a super cheap one that.

just remember that the wormbin is only supplying the bacterial microbes though, we do need a good amount of fungal microbial life as well.
that's why I like having both the wormbin as well as the compost.
that and the compost tend to not be as THICK as the fruit-scrap castings

 

[iHearAll]

ill use pails and pails of spent grinds. local shops carry them by the 5gal pail and leave them outside. just bring the pails back. i make my bokashi from spent grinds and peat. well until i moved. now im using beer grains after brewing and biochar. goood stuff with the grinds. been doing it for a while!

 

[GreenSanta]

I always add a ton of crushed eggshells to my coffee grinds & add to the worm bin along with any fruit/veggie scraps which is gobbled up fairly quickly. I like Starbucks coffee too but hate paying 4 fuckin dollars for a cup of joe so I grind & brew my own. Fair trade beans or folgers the worms don't seem to care. For any organic mj grows a worm bin is the best investment you could make and a super cheap one that.

I told my coffee grounds supplier that it was totally fine to mix eggshells with it, now I m getting eggshells mixed with the grounds... an awesome feed for the worms. My experimental outdoor windrow worm farm is thriving right now... starting to raise worms like a champ.