Coffee Grounds as Plant fertilizer?

[Uabassoon]

Aparently, if you go to Starbucks and some of the tea stores in the mall, you can get all the coffee grinds and tea leaves you want for free

I've never used coffee grounds for my garden, but I work at a coffee shop and we never seem to have enough used coffee grounds to go around! We have at least 5 customers a day come and clear us out of our grounds.

[Giselle]

Yes! Coffee ground and eggshells are *wonderful* for compost heaps. The only downside is how long it takes to decompose them, but that depends a lot on the individual compost heap and how "hot" it is (that relies on how well you compost). You have to keep a proper ratio of browns and greens, though, so just throwing a bunch of coffee grounds on your plants won't necessarily be the optimum

[Jessika]

There is a gentlemen at work who takes used coffee grounds and takes them home to use as fertilizer. He SWEARS by it!

[trayi52]

My husband has been putting coffee grounds on my flower beds. I really didn't understand why he was doing it though. Now I know why. LOL, I have a lot of coffee grounds, I drink lots of coffee, I love the stuff!

Willie

[BitsyNaceyDog]

I was just talking about that with my husband the other day. My husband was telling me about the compost and garden that he and his cousin had when they were kids. He told me that they used coffee grounds in it.

[pitc9]

A few years ago a cleaning lady here at work was putting coffee grounds in the plants we have inside and I asked her was she was doing. (I thought she had lost her mind!! )

She told me that they like caffeine and plus the grounds hold moisture and helps disperse water when the plant needs it.

[Bengalz]

A few years ago a cleaning lady here at work was putting coffee grounds in the plants we have inside and I asked her was she was doing. (I thought she had lost her mind!! )

She told me that they like caffeine and plus the grounds hold moisture and helps disperse water when the plant needs it.

This is a good thing to know - especially for those times when you're away and the houseplants don't get watered on time Thanks for the tip

Betty

[Catsnclay]

I am not a gardner by any means, as a matter of fact I do believe my thumbs are brown (from clay!! )


But I have been putting coffee grounds on our Gardinia plant for years now, and every spring it produces big beautiful flowers.

Coffee grounds are not for every plant though - beware - I was told to use coffee grounds on acid loving plants only. And what those are I haven't a clue!!

I have never heard of eggshells..........