Coffee grounds lots of them!

[Nightshade]

I have vegetable raised beds 8 Metres X 8 Metres and I put a lot of coffee grounds onto the beds in May. There is a Starbucks coffee house near where I live and the staff save sack loads of coffee grounds for me as no one else wants them + it saves them refuse charges. I had about 50 large sack loads and ended up covering the entire veg bed to about 6 inches (15cm) deep. I dug the lot in as I couldn't plant seeds in just coffee grounds on top of the soil.

Can I expect wonderful crops or did I overdo the coffee a bit?


Nightshade

P.S. I can get lots more coffee grounds the supply is never ending. or should I hold back?

[alldigging]

My friend swears the slugs don't like the grounds...

I'd go with plants rather than seeds.

And compost any more you get. You could use it on other beds as a mulch?

You should check the soil pH too if you can scrounge a meter off someone.

[Ranger Smith]

I would expect decent results with that. The grounds really make for a light, fluffy soil. But of course it's not really a source of plant nutrition in itself, so you'll still need fertilizer. I made a planting mix high in coffee grounds. It did grow some fungus on it for many months.