Enrich Your Garden With Used Coffee Grounds and my 2013 Expenses

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1. Cool video.you look like the guy from Nickelodeon .
2. hi . you are very kind to share this useful information with the world. question : I have a big jar of expired instant coffee (maxwell h) that I found hidden in the back of my kitchen closet. can it also be used in the soil for the same purpose?
3. Hi, I have questions, can coffee grounds can be used in the fruit trees too? Not just vegetables? I started to plant four fruit trees in my backyard ( peaches, plum , persimon and cherries) . And I can get some SB grounds from my work. Do I need to mix it with other mulch or just add it to the trees
4. Why are you even buying seeds...people on freecycle can supply them, haven't bought one seed in 10 years
5. i have to tell you i did a test with Used coffe grounds...
   
   i had a container sitting around for several months with about 3-4 lb of gropunds
   
   at the time, i wanted to do a test on Home Depots cheapest top soil
   to see how it stood up for germinating seeds.
   so, 1 of the cups was the grounds mixed with %25 perlite
   for aeration and structure.
   the other cups were
   1) HD cheap top soil,
   2) HD cheap top soil, perlite + rock dust
   3) my mix (my compost, perlite, sand + rock dust)
   4) grounds + %30 perlite
   
   i planted 3 papaya seed in each cup
   
   i watered the cups once a day.
   
   in last place were the grounds
   a week after all the rest had come up
   not one papaya seed had germinated.
   
   i do not think it had anything to do with PH
   and no, its not a scientific study,
   and someone should do another to confirm the results.
   But...
   until then, i am not using grounds unless they are composted at high heat,
   or, for at least a year, and mixed in with lots of other stuff.
   
   i think it had to  do with soil contact with the seed.
   it seemed the grounds were wet, they were mushy
   and when they were dry, they  were completely dry
   and had no contact with the seed.
   
   #3 by the way, was the winner (my mix)
   and my compost was almost completely grass and leaves,
   with a small amount of fruit peels. (im vegan)
   and a small amount of other greens and weeds.
6. I add grounds w/filter to my garden compost bin. Spring time tilled in for general application.
7. great use of left over grounds. Thanks!
8. are coffee grounds good for all plants? or just certain plants? are there any fruits/veggies/plants that should not get coffee grounds? i just got a really good size bag from starbucks today , enough to cover all plants and still have lots left over. also wondering how to store the extra? should it be dry to store? or kept moist?
9. Dont bury the worms. Just put them on the soil. They will dig down themselves. They will die if you bury them. They don't have tunnels to move around in.
10. What about water costs?
11. What' bout tea leaves?
12. Great use of free resources!  I am absolutely going to use some of these principles in my garden this year and try it out! Thank you so much +OneYardRevolution for sharing!
13. hi. great video. I thought soil turns acidic after a while. so i add lime to bring the ph back to 7. so i am surprised that you add coffee grind to make it slightly acidic. The gardeners i talked to all said alkaline soil was better.
    
    would you please comment?
    
    thanks.
    
    Wendy
14. Hi Pat, great tip - thank you. Just have a quick question, I've started collecting coffee grounds from my local cafe, however due to the water content of the grounds, it has some mould on it and occurs faster if its not dry or used quickly. do you think that it is a good bacteria for the plants? Cheers
15. Great! The more organic matter you can get into the soil via compost and mulch, the better the pH will be, and coffee grounds should be especially helpful.
16. Yes, we have several local Starbucks that still bag them and set them out. Thanks for the great info and great videos!
17. Rob, if you have a source (like a coffee shop) for used coffee grounds, I'd also use them because they should help the pH as well, since they are slightly acidic. That way you could potentially add large quantities of used coffee grounds to the soil in the fall and winter, which would help bring the pH down.
18. Yes, unused coffee grounds would be great in your situation. Adding them directly to the soil would have the biggest impact on helping the pH. Just be aware that if you mix them into they soil they may tie up nitrogen while the coffee is decomposing, so you'd probably want to add some additional nitrogen. If I were you, I'd add as much as I could during the fall and winter, which will give the coffee time to decompose before the spring.
19. If un-brewed coffee is acidic, would it be good to add ground, un-brewed coffee to my compost bin and raised gardens? Our soil is so alkaline that when it dries in the fall, it looks like it's been snowed on.
20. Thanks for watching and commenting!