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    Starbucks ground coffee

    helo to everybody, a friend of mine gave me a bag of this stuff, my question is, if ive been using my fox farms soil for about 5 rounds now, using botanicare hydroponic nutrients, did i killed the bacteria and fungi in the soil necessary to decompose and make available the nutrients in the ground coffee? it says it provides nitrogen but im sure it need further decomposition. someone could please enlighten me (:

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      #3
      Needs to be composted, you need some worms. They love coffee grounds.
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        thats what i feared... thanks (:

      #4
      If you have a garden veggie/flower you could just put the grounds on top and let nature take its time. But for our plants the coffee grounds need some digesting first.
      "Life is not about being dealt a great hand but playing a poor hand well"...

      •Roots Organics over kindsoil in 5gal fabric pots

      •600w hps supplement w/Kind LEDs during flower

      •4" can-fan w/can-filter(carbon)

      •14,000btu air conditioner

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        #5
        Did you want to use it immediately? You could compost it in buckets w/lids and some bagged compost and the soil you would grow with. Then use that to amend transplants, top dress, mix in with new soil, etc.
        If there is synthetics in the nutes I would think your microbial life is dead by now.
        I use those same bags for my garden compost pile
        "Be an artist of consciousness, your picture of reality is your most important creation, make it powerfully profoundly beautiful" Alex Grey

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        5 Star Killer 1 Terp-n-Pine "manifolds", four 7 gallon, two 5 gallon fabric, super soil, water, molasses, occasional tea or root organics HPK tea (started modified nute program beneficial waterings/amendments (no bottles) at week 3
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        Water, molasses, occasional tea or root organics HPK tea
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        Canna nutrients line with boost - dwc, Terpinator - dwc
        ​​​​​​botanicare calmag plus and GH silica, pH up/down

        Super soil - mixed myself
        13.5x14 grow room divided, 13.5x6 flower 6" can fan pro max/can-lite carbon filter, 13.5x8 veg/work room passive intake

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          #6
          Thanks I will add to the back yard

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            #7
            Coffee is not just a portion of caffeine enclosed in a small cup. Most people, after drinking espresso or cappuccino, get rid of the grounds by throwing it in the trash. According to statistics, every person drinks 300-500 cups of coffee a year. Assuming that for 1 cup we put a teaspoon with a slide of coffee or 10 g, everyone throws out 3-5 kg of grounds annually. Before throwing away the grounds next time, it's worth thinking about how it can be reused in the garden, vegetable garden, for fertilizing plants. That's exactly what I do, often even using Starbucks products.
            Last edited by alycewonder; 05-30-2022, 11:35 PM.

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              #8
              The caffeine is the biggest issue, it is an herbicide and must be completely washed out.
              Easy way is toss it in the compost for use next year.

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                #9
                See this thread : https://forum.growweedeasy.com/forum...-anyone-try-it

                click found out the hard way that even a small amount of coffee grounds can have lasting detrimental effects.

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