Coffee waste - how much and how to use?

[Bulls]

Hello Growroom420.

Since I bought coffee machine I've got a lot of waste. Remember reading it can be used in garden when growing veg or with household plants?
I'd appreciate any output

[weedabix]

I'm interested as well - starts moulding super quick in my kitchen, when I fill up a little pot with it, the stuff at the bottom is mouldy so I chucked it out most times. Happy to hear successful uses for what seems to be valuable organic matter!
Bump!

[TommyT]

Hello Growroom420.

Since I bought coffee machine I've got a lot of waste. Remember reading it can be used in garden when growing veg or with household plants?
I'd appreciate any output

I've been saving mine also. I was going to mix a bit in with my soil. Not sure how much.
P.S. I know worms love the stuff.

[TommyT]

I'm interested as well - starts moulding super quick in my kitchen, when I fill up a little pot with it, the stuff at the bottom is mouldy so I chucked it out most times. Happy to hear successful uses for what seems to be valuable organic matter!
Bump!

I dump mine on some newspaper in a cake pan and spread it out a bit. The newspaper absorbs the water and then everything dries quicker.

[Bulls]

Yeah it does go mouldy very quickly. Be good if it can be used but if it can't...bin is the answer

[Captain Beefheart]

I know nothing about using it on the garden apart from slinging it on the compost heap! But I reckon if you got one of them few gallon hoover vac packed bags with a valve on! Sling it in there with a gallon of water and half a dozen mashed apples it would make a brew that sets ewe rite off after 2 weeks fermenting .

Great Googly Moogly ¡¡¡

[Captain Beefheart]

Burp the bag a few times a day ffs

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[flip]

I always chuck it on the compost heap - seems to rot down well

[TommyT]

Some more info on coffee grounds.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/compos ... dening.htm

Then this one scares me.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... via%3Dihub

[Mafooo]

I incorporate all my grounds into my organics pile that I bury twice a year into the garden trench compost style.

I dont recommend using the waste directly as it can acidify soil REAL quick. So unless your water is basic AF like mine it would be a bad idea to use it in potted plants directly unless u really know what youre doing