Used coffee grounds, egg shells
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Topic: Used coffee grounds, egg shells
Posted By: Lars(wi)
Subject: Used coffee grounds, egg shells
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2023 at 4:36pm
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Been saving used coffee grounds and egg shells all winter. Want to start a vegetable garden(currently lawn), our soil in this area of town is surprisingly dark and heavy. Also plan to rip out bushes on south side of house, between foundation and sidewalk for veggies. My question, what veggies benefit the most from coffee grounds and egg shells incorporated into the topsoil? TIA ------------- I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science. |
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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2023 at 4:46pm
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.......internet......So what about the effect of a few tablespoons of coffee grounds placed into each planting hole too? It just so happens that coffee grounds contain nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus and other vital minerals. All of which are vital to growing strong, healthy, productive plants..... and EggShells are Calciium. so just about ALL plants will benefit from coffee and egg shells.. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2023 at 5:31pm
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you can add darn near anything but NOT Black Walnut tree parts !!! It'll kill tomotoes and peppers...... I add new cutoffs of drywall (calcium) too ! ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2023 at 6:17pm
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i tore a couple dozen sheets of drywall out of a house... not sure how to get rid of it... ended up breaking into 2 x 2 ft pieces and throwing out in the corn field.. Let it set all winter and breakup with rain / snow... then disc it in the next spring.. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: bigal121892
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2023 at 7:52pm
| My mom tried to grow several Dieffenbachia plants, without luck. Until one day she happened to be in an implement dealership, picking up parts, and they had a very healthy Dieffenbachia. When she inquired as to what they did, the parts guy said all they did was dump the left over coffee, and coffee grounds in the pot each day. That's what mom did with her next one, and she was finally able to grow a healthy Dieffenbachia. |
Posted By: wjohn
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2023 at 8:49pm
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What's the pH of your soil? ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |
Posted By: Lars(wi)
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2023 at 11:04pm
Great question, don’t know(yet). Potential garden area has been a lawn for 90+ years. Area close to house has had bushes probably since that addition, my guess 40 years. ------------- I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science. |
wjohn wrote:Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2023 at 6:51am
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A few years ago, I started a compost pile, putting in all household food wastes except meat and fish. I also added lawn clippings, weeds pulled from the garden and flower beds, some leaves and plants from the garden at the end of the year. I had a little patch of lawn where there were two big stones sticking out, that I had to mow with a string trimmer, so that is where I put my pile. I turned it a couple times a week with the loader on my compact tractor. I ended up having skunks and my said she wife saw a rat. End of compost pile!!!
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Posted By: wjohn
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2023 at 9:12am
Not sure what the cost is in your part of the world, but Kansas State Extension charges something like $10-$15 for a fairly complete soil test battery. It's worth it to know what you're starting with. Might even find out your phosphorus or potassium needs help. I am in a part of our state that has limestone all over, and my soil pH is high (alkaline), so you don't want to add egg shells, wood ashes, etc. that would raise it even further. Not that a few egg shells probably make much of a difference, but things like strawberries really struggle with high pH. Otherwise, if you're in an area where people are generally liming the soil, then odds are the egg shells would be beneficial... But soil types can vary wildly within a few hundred feet or less, even. ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |
Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2023 at 9:29am
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I save all my eggshells and coffee grounds and put them in the garden. Have for years. Used to make a big brushpile and burn it in the spring, didn't do that this year. Really should pick up a ph test kit someday. My garden does pretty well, I have no complaints other than the walnut trees on the East side. I would love to cut them down but have lost so many trees I kind of hate to.
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Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2023 at 3:50pm
| “Don’t forget to pee on your lemon tree.” Burt Munro’s daily chore each morning in the movie, “Worlds fastest Indian.” |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2023 at 7:59pm
| coffee grounds outside in your yard or garden will attract earth worms too. great bigguns for fishing or to chew thru and poop out gooder soil! also...the drywall additions put boron in the soil, good plant food. we used to place drywall chunks in the plow furrows on lite ground, really made a difference. |