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  • From: Kevin Moore <aleguy33@yahoo.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] coffee grounds as compost
  • Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:28:23 -0800 (PST)

Coffee grounds are a high nitrogen feedstock for compost, but the caffeine is problematic. I find that growing oyster mushrooms in them first seems to alleviate the caffeine problem and provides an extra crop of delicious food while initiating the breakdown into humus.


From: "Jerrydana5@aol.com" <Jerrydana5@aol.com>
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:04:51 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] coffee grounds as compost

What do you guys think of coffee grounds as compost, particularly as an acid acidifier?  I have for a long time used ours but I just noticed our local Starbucks has them by the garbage bag full free for gardners and I would like to use them, particularly as I have a number of blueberry plants and my soil, despite all my attempts, is still not in the ph range it should be for blueberries.  jerry in southern Indiana


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