Re: coffee grounds and pumpkins
- Subject: Re: coffee grounds and pumpkins
- From: &* K* <J*@minco.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:41:06 -0600
I use the beer method myself. nothing gets you going in the garden faster
and it repels naughty critters when recycled I hear.
>>> <WSMPEACE@aol.com> 2/11/2009 5:21 PM >>>
In a message dated 2/11/2009 3:27:47 P.M. Central Standard Time,
shaberman@insmgt.com writes:
I told my Mamma that beer is no big deal!
Steve Haberman
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
Jim Kunde
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 4:16 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: coffee grounds and pumpkins
I would have to say most of the chemicals are in the coffee itself. brewed
out of the grounds.
Coffee itself contains......
water
caffeine
methanol
ethanol
butanol
methylbutanol
acetaldehyde
methyl formate
dimethyl sulfide
propionaldehyde
pyridine
acetic acid
furfural
furfuryl alcohol
acetone
methyl acetate
furan
methylfuran
and finally
diacetyl isoprene.
how about a good cup of Joe???
for some reason I do not drink it........
>>> Peter knop <peterknop@yahoo.com> 2/11/2009 2:30 PM >>>
Are coffee grounds REALLY beneficial for growing the biggies? We use a lot
of compost, but I would worry that there are "things" (chemicals) in the
grounds which would not make pumkins too happy. We have a sstarbucks next
door and probably could get LOTS.
Thanks, Peter
--- On Wed, 2/11/09, Mary <mwhitehead@pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
From: Mary <mwhitehead@pei.sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 10:23 AM
OK..now you all have to sit down and give me some serious tips on preparing
the ground. coffee grounds???? my soil is sandy and last year was a right
off but I am determined 09 will be our turn!
Mary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hatcher, John" <JHatcher@ciena.com>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 9:16 AM
Subject: RE: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #
> Great mail, Diana! I'm going to till the plot this weekend, work my
500
> pounds of Starbucks coffee grounds in one more time. I smiled
> picturing your husband at work and then chuckled out loud at the worm
> bin in the computer room. Thanks for sharing!
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:37:57 -0800 (PST)
> From: Diana Sigel <duchessofgladstone@yahoo.com>
> Subject: warm day and fertilizer
>
> Well, it's a warm day in Kansas, 73 degrees at 2:30 in the afternoon.
> It's brought out the craziness in the two of us. My husband,
who's
> delayed two years to put up a bird feeder in the yard, got excited
> about my goal to grow the first 1,000# pumpkin in Kansas, and has just
> finished putting 12,500 gallons (he says it's only 7,500 gallons, but
I
> can count, too) of liquid manure on my 1/4 acre pumpkin patch. Warm
> days in Kansas bring out the weirdo in all of us. All I did was get
> my seed out and fondle them a little. Calculated how big an area I
> was going to need. He got out the tractor and the manure. The wind
> is wafting in from the southwest, toward the house. Ahhh, the joys of
> country living.
>
> Good luck to you all. I think it's going to take about a million
> gallons of water when the temperature gets to 105 in August.
>
> My biggest thing until today was starting a worm compost bin in the
> computer room. This is really big.
>
> cheers,
> duchess of gladstone
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So, from what I have read, and sorta seem to understand...coffee grounds are
good for the worms, and maybe the soil texture, a lil bit? And Starbucks,
and Budweiser are good for gently spraying around the outside edges of the
patch?? Is this correct? Peace, Wayne
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