Is Coffee and Coffee grounds really good for my garden?

I have heard that you can throw coffee grounds and egg shells into your garden and it helps with the soil.?

  • is it true that used coffee grounds and crushed egg shells help out your vegetable and fruit gardens? and what does it do exactly?

  • Answer:

    True. Known as composting.

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it is a form of composting,it enrich your soil

thomasl

It puts all knods of nutrigents in the soil, I do it all the time,

kanei

"juncogirl3" and "Steve C" are correct. Virtually anything organic from the kitchen (meat scraps, fat, grease, and the like being notable exceptions) is acceptable in the garden compost area. Putting organic material directly into the garden soil is OK - and I do it all the time - but, remember that unless you have abundant numbers of earthworms to break it down, you may change the PH of your garden soil and/or rob it of available nitrogen that would otherwise go toward plant and fruit production. It's best to let the stuff "cook" in a separate pile and then add to the soil after it has had the chance to full break down. However, if you want to just toss it into the garden and let it cook or breakdown there, I suggest adding some organic nitrogen-rich fertilizer to compensate for the loss of that nutrient in the composting process. (Emphasis on "organic" - chemical fertilizers high in nitrogen, such as ammonium sulfate, will chase away beneficial soil insects and worms). Hope that's helpful.

SafetyDancer

Composting is not indiscriminate adding of materials to your soil. You usually have a compost bin or pile that you are aging and which will turn into the compost you will add to your soil. Coffee grounds and eggshells are great to put into a compost pile. Crumbled eggshells are fine to put right in the soil but you have to be careful with coffee grounds. Too much coffee ground material can kill some plants.

juncogirl3

you heard right these add a lot of nutrients into the soil,i would the egg shells dry out a little bit and crush them up into small pieces so as not to stand out so much in the soil.

Steve C

My mil does this all the time. The following link goes more indept with the answer. If you use their side bar it has links for both eggs shells and coffee grounds. http://www.mamashealth.com/garden/eggshells.asp Hope this helps.

leigh33ca

I don't know about egg shells but coffee grounds make it acidey some plants like cucumber like that but most don't. earth worms like it though and thats a good thing

Larry m

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