Comments on: The Truth About Coffee Grounds in Your Garden

By: Carol

Carol — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 18:35:26 +0000

Starbucks gives them away to anybody who comes in and picks them up. When I called them she said she would get 2 bags ready for me.

By: Michael Nolan

Michael Nolan — Sun, 07 May 2017 21:08:40 +0000

Yes. I would also recommend crumbled egg shells.

By: Vyvyan

Vyvyan — Sun, 07 May 2017 20:14:15 +0000

I have just planted some tomatoes, can I use coffee grounds around them as I do have a snail problem?

By: Annie Skarin

Annie Skarin — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 22:12:52 +0000

I wonder if coffee grounds can help keep soil from drying out by holding moisture in. Anyone think of that.

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 15:41:43 +0000

Good for you Michael in responding to her that way. I just came across your note about coffee grinds in the garden on Pinterest. Very interesting. I use Bridgehead coffee grinds in the spring around my hostas and mixed the grinds in with the soil. BTW my soil is blue clay. The reason I added coffee grinds was to get rid of slugs that feasted on my hostas the summer before. I was so pleased that it worked, my hostas are gorgeous this year and no slugs 🙂

By: Toby

Toby — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 19:37:06 +0000

I was adding coffee grounds to my garden and container flowers. and on potted tomato plant. my husband found little mites on One of the potted petunia baskets… so i stopped putting coffee grounds on the plants. the tomato plant is growing but the tomatoes have grayish rot on the bottom of them. The plant is supposed to be ‘disease free’ .(LOL) I had purchased fertilizer to put in the tomato plant . The flowers are doing fine. but not the tomato plant 🙁

By: Ann

Ann — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 00:28:13 +0000

The McDonald’s in my area give away free bags of coffee to use in gardens etc.

By: Michael Nolan

Michael Nolan — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 12:11:04 +0000

It’s so diluted that I wouldn’t be concerned. The only question I would have is how you are dealing with removing the grounds from the barrel when they build up.

By: Inez

Inez — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 11:59:20 +0000

Michael,
I collect rain water and in one of my barrels I had been throwing used coffee grounds. I only make a small pot each day (4cups) This made a light coffee mixture to the water. It’s 55 gallon container and using for garden plants only. The plants seem to love this mixture. But some of your comments have me worried. I did add manure and other ingredients depending on plants. Will this offset? They look great and producing well.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 10 May 2016 07:53:32 +0000

Glad to see some real input on the issue of “organic” food. To me it seems to have taken the exact same route as the introduction of chemical fertilizer and pest control. And you see exactly where that had led us.