Re: coffee grounds vs. slugs

It may be more acidic before brewing than after--certainly has more caffeine. Some people say coffee grounds smell bad as they decay.


On Oct 12, 2005, at 4:19 PM, Libby Valentine wrote:

I drink tea not coffee, but I trash-picked a carton of expired-date
coffee machine packets from work some months ago. Haven't done anything
with them because everything I've seen references coffee grounds (after
brewing) and never ground coffee (before brewing). I need to clean up
that space and use them. Any opinions on using the coffee (as mulch,
soil additive, fodder for the compost pile, etc., etc.)? Can it do harm?
I'm inclined to think not, but ...


Libby
Maryland zone 6


james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
Only what I've been told by others, which makes it... um... not very
reliable. The only plant I mulch with coffee grounds in miracle fruit,
and it has no slugs. But I don't know if it would have slugs if I did
not mulch it.

On Oct 12, 2005, at 12:33 PM, James R. Fisher wrote:

james singer wrote:

Auralie, if you mulch them with coffee grounds, you'll probably get
rid of the slugs [unless you use decaf].

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Umm, not to be too contentious, but from what I've read, caffein
does kill slugs, but in *much* higher concentrations than could be
leached out of spent coffee grounds. The latter might get them a bit
on edge, but no more. Is their any valid/anecdotal evidence to be had
about grounds vs. slugs ?
-jrf
--
Jim Fisher
Vienna, Virginia USA
38.9 N 77.2 W
USDA Zone 7
Max. 95 F [36 C], Min. 10 F [-12 C]

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27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
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Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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