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Hi Gavin, I used it quite a bit last spring and summer. It definitely heated up my compost piles, I only have space for two, but I got lovely compost faster than in other years. I, once again, can only recommend looking at the oneyardrevolution videos on Youtube. Patrick Dolan has several videos about how and why he uses coffee grounds. You might have to go a bit back to find the specific coffee ground videos, but they are well worth the time spent watching them.
Hi. I have a memory of starting a thread on here a few years back. – try a search and it should come up.
Unfortunately the Starbucks shops in our city now can’t be bothered to bag the spent grounds up 🙁
Hi Gavin,
Its hard to say what is too much but as with any quantity of a particular ingredient, leaves, grass, etc., you have to use your own judgement. Not too much of any one ingredient. For the home gardener composting is not an exact science.
Don.
Oeyardrevolution video for coffee grounds.
I have about two to three tablespoons a day of coffee grounds, and I just randomly hurl them on the flower garden, especially the roses. I am too mean to put compost on the flowerbeds, just copious quantities of leaves in the autumn, and the coffee grounds.
I reserve compost for the vegetable garden. BUT, to heat up my compost I use 24 – 36 hours worth of urine in a watering can, (donated by my husband, or any male visitors, who have the correct apparatus!) to pour over the heap, about every four or five days when I “do” the compost. I have done this for over 40 years. And now that I have given the compost heaps insulated covers , my compost is now VERY hot.
Deborah, thanks for sharing your great tips.
I have a friend who collects grounds from the local cafes, 3 buckets/week and he puts them in an insulated bin to keep a hotbed running at 35-40C through winter, in his greenhouse.I do know that you can use upto at least 25% of composted coffee grinds. I must put 40-60kg on my plot every week to 2 weeks with No problems. I must have put 100kg in my fresh horse manure bins just a few weeks ago and boy does it speed up the process.
If you do put lots on the ground watch out for crusting as it will prevent water getting to the roots so I lightly rake it in after spreading. Plus SLUGS hate it
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