This is another UA-cam video about coffee grounds that is wrong. Used coffee grounds do not lower Ph levels because they are not acidic. Once hot water is run through coffee grounds the acidity is in the coffee (and in your stomach) and no longer in the grinds. Just push a Ph meter in a jar filled with used coffee beans. Used coffee grounds have a ph of about 6.5 which is neutral. Coffee grounds increase iron levels in soil.
To add to this, the pH of used coffee grounds is further neutralized through the fermentation that occurs in the weeks after they’ve been added. The video doesn’t identify how much is being added when used as a mulch. A “thin zone” means how many ounces per square meter? Many gardeners think that the small amounts they’ve added will have an effect either way.
Depends on the amount of extraction of the coffee from the ground beans. "Robust" extracted coffee grounds will have LESS acidity ( higher pH); "Regular" taste coffee grounds will have higher acidity (lower pH). . Use a pH meter to monitor.
I save coffee grounds, egg shells, banana peels and chicken bones. I put the grounds straight into soil and feed it to my worm bin and compost bin. Then I separately dry out the other scraps on baking sheets in the oven on the lowest temp overnight, then pulverize then in a coffee grinder. The chicken bones turn into a phosphorous rich powder, the banana peels turn into a potassium rich powder, the egg shells turn a nice white calcium rich powder. I also pee into old water bottles and set them aside for three to six months in my shed and then mix that urine into compost teas to boost nitrogen, or I just pour it in the drip zone of my trees. It's a great source of nitrogen and all of the b vitamins my body didn't absorb once you let it "ferment" a little bit in sealed containers. Add some epsom salt for a bit of magnesium. If my plants still need nutrients after all that, then I think about adding a commercial fertilizer.
I do just like you I literally have hippie gardens. It looks like I need peace signs, but I love wildflowers lines, but daisies and black eyed Susie I had to move. They were just too much for the neighbors. I’m extending my garden another 50 feet. I always put in pals I live in the state of Maine next-door to Conway New Hampshire nothing more beautiful and hummingbirds my grandchildren, my first grandson saying good night moon and good morning Sun they send a lookout and then they come in the look on his face the amazement I hope I never forget it. I will chop up the ground, but the flowers breathtaking folks don’t buy seeds from Amazon they don’t grow I’ve wasted my last penny
Although coffee grounds look like dirt, they are just undecomposed plant material. They should be composted to break down their nutrients and get rid of residual caffeine, which stunts root growth. Add them to your compost pile.
Thank you for sharing this advice - We have definitely tried that and had success - I think there are a lot of ways to go about this and have it work for your garden, which is kind of cool!
I'm laughing at the comments. Yes, they were tulips not roses and I 100% agree that irritating music makes me leave. I want to hear what you have to say, I don't need music, not that I would class that as music. Sorry!
I am glad they made you laugh Margery! This video was posted four months ago - so we've already taken this feedback and adjusted the videos that came out after this. As I'm sure you know, when people start out doing something they often make mistakes. I am glad we have folks like you to point that out for us - hope it brightened your day to do so as well.
Testing the pH of your soil is always a good starting point - an NPK test is also great. If your soil doesn't need it, then definitely don't worry about going to the trouble!
We roast about 250 pounds of coffee beans a week at work. One of our chefs collects the chaff and feeds it to his worms. I just moved so I haven't reestablished my worm bin, but I would love to try out some of the castings made with green coffee bean chaff in a big five gallon grow bag and a good hearty marijuana clone. I already grow using dried and pulverized banana peels directly in the soil and the buds actually do give off a distinctly banana scent.
Absolutely. Grounds are rich in nitrogen content, one of the three essential macronutrients needed for cannabis plants to thrive. Used grounds may be dispensed directly onto the soil surface, around the base of the plant, or can be worked into the soil to offer time-released benefits.
We roast about 250 pounds of coffee a week at work. One of our chefs collects the chaff and feeds it to his red wiggler worms and sprinkles some in some of his beds.
Hi Becky - thanks for your feedback! I think you might be referring to the stock footage used? We sincerely apologize for placing an incorrect image and we assure you we do know the difference between tulips and roses. Happy gardening!
Glad I checked the comments.
I need to do more research now since this video appears to be somewhat misinformed.
I add the used coffee grounds directly in to my huge potted plants and flower beds. The results are as good as miracle grow.
That's amazing, thank you for sharing.
This is another UA-cam video about coffee grounds that is wrong. Used coffee grounds do not lower Ph levels because they are not acidic. Once hot water is run through coffee grounds the acidity is in the coffee (and in your stomach) and no longer in the grinds. Just push a Ph meter in a jar filled with used coffee beans. Used coffee grounds have a ph of about 6.5 which is neutral. Coffee grounds increase iron levels in soil.
To add to this, the pH of used coffee grounds is further neutralized through the fermentation that occurs in the weeks after they’ve been added.
The video doesn’t identify how much is being added when used as a mulch. A “thin zone” means how many ounces per square meter? Many gardeners think that the small amounts they’ve added will have an effect either way.
Still there will be a lot of acid after pass hot water
Depends on the amount of extraction of the coffee from the ground beans.
"Robust" extracted coffee grounds will have LESS acidity ( higher pH);
"Regular" taste coffee grounds will have higher acidity (lower pH). .
Use a pH meter to monitor.
That was my question 👍
Does coffee grounds prevent slugs and other bugs that eat vegetables.
I save coffee grounds, egg shells, banana peels and chicken bones. I put the grounds straight into soil and feed it to my worm bin and compost bin. Then I separately dry out the other scraps on baking sheets in the oven on the lowest temp overnight, then pulverize then in a coffee grinder. The chicken bones turn into a phosphorous rich powder, the banana peels turn into a potassium rich powder, the egg shells turn a nice white calcium rich powder.
I also pee into old water bottles and set them aside for three to six months in my shed and then mix that urine into compost teas to boost nitrogen, or I just pour it in the drip zone of my trees. It's a great source of nitrogen and all of the b vitamins my body didn't absorb once you let it "ferment" a little bit in sealed containers.
Add some epsom salt for a bit of magnesium.
If my plants still need nutrients after all that, then I think about adding a commercial fertilizer.
I do just like you I literally have hippie gardens. It looks like I need peace signs, but I love wildflowers lines, but daisies and black eyed Susie I had to move. They were just too much for the neighbors. I’m extending my garden another 50 feet. I always put in pals I live in the state of Maine next-door to Conway New Hampshire nothing more beautiful and hummingbirds my grandchildren, my first grandson saying good night moon and good morning Sun they send a lookout and then they come in the look on his face the amazement I hope I never forget it. I will chop up the ground, but the flowers breathtaking folks don’t buy seeds from Amazon they don’t grow I’ve wasted my last penny
Although coffee grounds look like dirt, they are just undecomposed plant material. They should be composted to break down their nutrients and get rid of residual caffeine, which stunts root growth. Add them to your compost pile.
Thank you for this advice! I hope it helps others as well :D Happy Gardening!
Has anybody done an actual npk test on coffee grounds?
I think diluting with soil might work best.
Thank you for sharing this advice - We have definitely tried that and had success - I think there are a lot of ways to go about this and have it work for your garden, which is kind of cool!
@@GardenBoundAnswers Ever heard of Manure Tea?
@@victorwadsworth821 Haha, yes! Can't say we've ever been brave enough to use it. The closest we've gotten is the Bokashi tea. Do you use manure tea?
Raw or roasted ?
Used grounds.
Coffee grounds or spent coffee grounds?
Unused is somewhat acidic. Spent is neutralized 6.8ph
I use on many plants. My roses love spent grounds
I'm laughing at the comments. Yes, they were tulips not roses and I 100% agree that irritating music makes me leave. I want to hear what you have to say, I don't need music, not that I would class that as music. Sorry!
I am glad they made you laugh Margery! This video was posted four months ago - so we've already taken this feedback and adjusted the videos that came out after this. As I'm sure you know, when people start out doing something they often make mistakes. I am glad we have folks like you to point that out for us - hope it brightened your day to do so as well.
I heard coffee grounds are NOT good for tomatoes cuz tomato 🍅 already is an acidic plant
Testing the pH of your soil is always a good starting point - an NPK test is also great. If your soil doesn't need it, then definitely don't worry about going to the trouble!
Dear brother if i need to listen to music i will somewhere else! I have to leave after 3 min I cant stand the music!
Heard! We have taken your feedback and changed the music in our latest videos. Thank you!
Those are tulips not roses. Coffee grounds have acid.. used not so much.
Used coffee grounds are not highly acidic.
I just add coffee grounds to my compost for the sake of adding organic matter, nothing else
We love coffee so there's never a shortage of grounds at our house, haha!
We roast about 250 pounds of coffee beans a week at work. One of our chefs collects the chaff and feeds it to his worms.
I just moved so I haven't reestablished my worm bin, but I would love to try out some of the castings made with green coffee bean chaff in a big five gallon grow bag and a good hearty marijuana clone.
I already grow using dried and pulverized banana peels directly in the soil and the buds actually do give off a distinctly banana scent.
What about birds and animals? Caffeine is toxic to many animals.
Does it help cannabis?
Absolutely. Grounds are rich in nitrogen content, one of the three essential macronutrients needed for cannabis plants to thrive. Used grounds may be dispensed directly onto the soil surface, around the base of the plant, or can be worked into the soil to offer time-released benefits.
I compost my coffee grounds…
We roast about 250 pounds of coffee a week at work. One of our chefs collects the chaff and feeds it to his red wiggler worms and sprinkles some in some of his beds.
Giving plant advice but don’t know the difference between tulips and roses🤦♀️
Hi Becky - thanks for your feedback! I think you might be referring to the stock footage used? We sincerely apologize for placing an incorrect image and we assure you we do know the difference between tulips and roses. Happy gardening!
Caffine kills of the faling coffee bean to limit competition. Compost them firs maybe.
Caffeine discourages some insects but it is not an insecticide. It doesn’t act as a herbicide.