Coffee grounds

I've heard they're decent for plants, so I've put some in my soil, but I can't say if it really made a difference or not.
 
If you raise worms, they make good worm food
 
Dry them out...sprinkle lightly in chocolate pudding.
 
Great for gardens. Especially tomatos. If you need more goto Starbucks and they will give you it in 10 lb bags for free
 
Catfish;n75648 said:
I use them for compost. Ive heard they are good to soak up bad smells similar to baking powder.
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If you're going to store a fridge or freezer for a while, put coffee (ground) in a stocking and put it in there. I will keep it from smelling.
 
Inglis;n75633 said:
Not in my house, yuck.
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I hate chocolate and coffee mix that stuff tastes like crap. If the coffee is not hot you can keep it. To many years eating freeze dried coffee from MRE's to stay awake for anymore of that s@#$.
 
I sprinkle it in my soil when I am trying to grow grass in patches that have died, not really sure that it helps or not but, the grass always comes in healthy.
 
I throw spent coffee grind on the lawn. Makes it greener. More nitrogen? I dunno. Read it somewhere and it seems to work.
 
Catfish;n75648 said:
I use them for compost. Ive heard they are good to soak up bad smells similar to baking powder.
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In the ER we would take coffee grounds and put them in a couple cups in rooms in which the patients stunk.
 
Short Fuse;n75949 said:
I hate chocolate and coffee mix that stuff tastes like crap. If the coffee is not hot you can keep it. To many years eating freeze dried coffee from MRE's to stay awake for anymore of that s@#$.
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I never drank that stuff, but I would put it between my lip and gum, like a chew. The caffeine buzz was incredible.
 
I take all I can get. Till it in the garden along with the leaves I gather up in my leaf vacuum.

In 1995, Starbucks Coffee Company launched its Grounds for Your Garden campaign, which offers customers a complimentary five pound bag of used coffee grounds for the garden or compost pile just for the asking. Not only does the program reduce landfill waste, coffee grounds are a valuable source of nutrition for the garden.

So just how good are those coffee grounds for your garden? The folks at Sunset requested a lab analysis on Starbucks’ coffee grounds from the Soil and Plant Laboratory, Inc. According to the report, the grounds provide 0.06 percent phosphorous, 0.6 percent potassium and 2.28 percent nitrogen. And if tilled into the soil at a depth of 6 to 8 inches, the grounds will “substantially improve availability of phosphorous, potassium, magnesium and copper” improving the soil structure over both the long and short-term.
 
Others have mentioned it, but they make a great compost or fertilizer. If you have houseplants, sprinkle some in the plant pots. Or toss them out in your garden. Old coffee makes a good plant food too. Instead of pouring it down the drain, pour it in the garden.
 
Tanning hides but its best to use fresh. Most of the tannins are get drank.
 
I have a 5 gallon bucket I put my coffee grounds and filters in along with other natural food/kitchen waste, I leave the bucket out side to heat up and I am making some home made compost. I fix one bucket up and then usually have another by that time. If o keep it up I will put them in a plastic rain barrel type device and let it do its thing. Since we moved last fall and I didn't get my soil right here at the new house, I didn't do a garden this year. I am going to compost this summer and fall and prepare it for next year to have me a good garden.
 
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I dump my coffee grounds into a bowl, which I periodically empty out. Noticed that after several days, there is a mold growing on the grounds; makes sense I guess, nutrients + moisture = something will feast on it.
 
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