Coffee grounds

[JackTheGrower]

Coffee is a BASE. Has anyone actually tested it. It is bitter and slippery. 2 of the properties of a BASE.

No I don't own a useful for that pH meter.. Is it BASE the brew?

That would make sense.. The brewed coffee I assume you are talking about.


Do tell!

 

[guest2012y]

I have heard that plants grown near things that have an "essence" of whatever they are,(chocolate,coconut,oranges,etc.)so if this were true, (which is open to debate) then wouldn't using composted coffee grounds do the same thing,not to get off topic but if our noses and taste buds pick up what we grow with,then coffee grounds might provide a flavor of sorts...hhmmm??? Also realizing that they are broken down in composting of course creates a question of if this is a valid theory or not.

 

[jwm]

compost.

 

[JackTheGrower]

I have heard that plants grown near things that have an "essence" of whatever they are,(chocolate,coconut,oranges,etc.)so if this were true, (which is open to debate) then wouldn't using composted coffee grounds do the same thing,not to get off topic but if our noses and taste buds pick up what we grow with,then coffee grounds might provide a flavor of sorts...hhmmm??? Also realizing that they are broken down in composting of course creates a question of if this is a valid theory or not.

I sorta-agree but I am still learning. I did top dress with coconut powder so..

I use a program of my own and I have consistent results with different strains. I would like to think I found a way to impart qualities.

I would think Organic Food is another example. Foods grown in organic soil are purported to have a higher quality and higher nutritional value.
I assume that means the plants are healthier than non-organic soil plants.

That would explain how there is better taste, Now how to add something and get a result in a produce? That's where my curiosity is.
I'd love to understand how differences in organic soils and climates effect the final produce.
I will say that in the future the popular cannabis produce will be flavorful rather than really strong in my opinion.

Imagine a consistently ultra smooth berry flavor smoke. Maybe some spice and that too is ultra smooth..

 

[treewizard]

I thought that I would mention this: http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/2283143/fpart/1/vc/1
At anyrate I think coffee, when used in conjunction with benificial microbes, is perhaps an untapped goldmine. It seems to make microbes go crazy and has a bit of N as well. Why not?

 

[daydreamer]

the problem with coffee grounds is that it is usually very acidic. so too much may affect the soil PH.

 

[treewizard]

Too much of anything is bad though. Also on the first page of this thread it stated:
Starbucks commissioned a study in 1995
to better understand the make up of the
organic matter we call coffee grounds. The
following is the result of the analysis
performed by the University of Washington,
College of Forest Resources:

Primary Nutrients
Nitrogen 1.45%
Phosphorus ND ug/g
Potassium 1204 ug/g
Secondary Nutrients
Calcium 389 ug/g
Magnesium 448 ug/g
Sulfur high ug/g
Terms: ND = indicates sample is below
detection limit
ug/g= microgram / gram

Most of the acidity in coffee is removed
during the brewing process. Used grounds
have an average pH of 6.9. Use your
grounds within 3 weeks to capture the
most nutritional value."

So that would seem to not be a problem. Also lime is cheap. Besides alfalfa for an example is acidic. Hell for that matter rainwater is acidic. So within context.

 

[quadracer]

Some of the best compost I've made was when I was getting hundreds of pounds of ground, used, beans from the coffee shop.

I would also use it as a mulch, and a failed experiment at making an oyster mushroom bed with coffee (it can still work though).

At any rate, go to your local coffee shop and talk to them about it. They saved everything for me, would hook me up with free fresh coffee, and there were some cute girls in there too

 

[Hank Hemp]

I always compost my grinds.

 

[mad librettist]

I do not doubt the plants feel like family.

science agrees with you

 

[moonie]

I've always used a little coffee grounds in my soil, worms love it, good extra medium, not to mention it helps to not allow soil to get as compact either. Also if you're having high PH problems you can work in a couple spoonfulls of coffee grounds into the top layer of soil before watering, it helps lower the PH pretty quick, dont use to much or yuo'll drop the PH to quick.

 

[JacuzziSplot]

never used em for mj but I have with shrooms and my veggies. Used coffee ground are much better. Fresh is too acidic to be useful imo but otherwise if you drink coffee its a great cheap source of nitrogen

Edit: I have years of experience growing shrooms and know a good deal about molds and fungus. Coffee grounds are very selective for Trichoderma and mushroom mycelia. Left to natural progression Trichoderma will beat out any other molds in your coffee grounds and is a beneficial as I understand.

 

[moonie]

Coffee grounds can mold very easily, if you are going to use them I suggest after drinking your coffee, dump the grounds on a tray, flatten the grounds out evenly ad let em dry out side.