Re: Broccoli and Coffee Grounds

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• Subject: Re: Broccoli and Coffee Grounds
• From: "* D* C* <m*@pipeline.com>
• Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 18:40:11 -0500
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At 12:39 PM 1/12/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Coffee grounds lower soil pH rather quickly. Broccoli prefers neutral to
>slightly alkaline soil (or so I seem to recall). So I wouldn't add coffee
>grounds to by broccoli bed unless my pH were really high.
>
>Libby

Hi.  My pH varies from 6.8 - 7.0; I only correct it where I am growing
azaleas.
Would the grounds lower pH out of the neutral range, considering the
starting point?
Sheila Smith
mikecook@pipeline.com
Z 5/6

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