Coffee grounds on your compost heap?

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Coffee grounds on your compost heap? Jun 18, 2023 19:07:57 GMT 1

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Post by Aardvark on Jun 18, 2023 19:07:57 GMT 1

You might want to rethink the common idea of coffee grounds being useful for the garden. A short article in New Scientist suggests its a bad idea.

Why used coffee grounds may be doing your plants more harm than good

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mangetout Girls Only Posts: 1,861	Coffee grounds on your compost heap? Jun 18, 2023 19:25:01 GMT 1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mangetout on Jun 18, 2023 19:25:01 GMT 1 I put my coffee grounds, and the unbleached filters in the compost bins. But then my compost bins are so large I doubt the coffee makes much of an impact.

gigi Member Posts: 1,933	Coffee grounds on your compost heap? Jun 18, 2023 19:46:53 GMT 1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by gigi on Jun 18, 2023 19:46:53 GMT 1 Gardeners’ World in May this year would take issue with that: www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/maintain-the-garden/coffee-grounds-for-plants/ I’ve always used coffee grounds in my armoury against slugs

Aardvark Non-gamer Living in soggy 22 and still wondering what's going on. Posts: 2,172	Coffee grounds on your compost heap? Jun 18, 2023 21:52:57 GMT 1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Aardvark on Jun 18, 2023 21:52:57 GMT 1 You are free to carry on as usual. I am only pointing out the latest information published in a trusted scientific source. Read it and make up your own mind. I don't care either way.
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cernunnos Non-gamer Posts: 2,111	Coffee grounds on your compost heap? Jun 21, 2023 7:56:20 GMT 1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cernunnos on Jun 21, 2023 7:56:20 GMT 1 I agree about coffee grounds , but then we don't make compost either . We don't put anything on the veg. garden that doesn't originate from our land.

Coffee grounds on your compost heap?

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