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    From RJH@patchmoney@gmx.com to uk.rec.gardening on Wed Oct 22 14:07:54 2025
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    I've been chucking my coffee grounds on flower beds for the past couple of years to no apparent harm. And hopefully some benefit:

    https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/maintain-the-garden/coffee-grounds-for-plants/

    Any group opinions?
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  • From N_Cook@diverse@tcp.co.uk to uk.rec.gardening on Wed Oct 22 16:29:03 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.gardening

    On 22/10/2025 15:07, RJH wrote:
    I've been chucking my coffee grounds on flower beds for the past couple of years to no apparent harm. And hopefully some benefit:

    https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/maintain-the-garden/coffee-grounds-for-plants/

    Any group opinions?


    Does any rainfall runoff go into the public drains?
    Then a 150 squid on-the spot fine, that'll do nicely
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  • From Jeff Layman@Jeff@invalid.invalid to uk.rec.gardening on Wed Oct 22 16:39:17 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.gardening

    On 22/10/2025 15:07, RJH wrote:
    I've been chucking my coffee grounds on flower beds for the past couple of years to no apparent harm. And hopefully some benefit:

    https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/maintain-the-garden/coffee-grounds-for-plants/

    Any group opinions?

    It's no different from putting any crushed seed or nut material on the
    soil. It'll all eventually rot down. As for deterring slugs, I've never believed it. <https://laidbackgardener.blog/2019/06/29/garden-myth-an-eggshell-barrier-will-protect-against-slugs/>
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    Jeff
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  • From Jim Jackson@jj@franjam.org.uk to uk.rec.gardening on Wed Oct 22 20:07:19 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.gardening

    On 2025-10-22, RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
    I've been chucking my coffee grounds on flower beds for the past couple of years to no apparent harm. And hopefully some benefit:

    https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/maintain-the-garden/coffee-grounds-for-plants/

    Any group opinions?


    I have a friend that collects used coffee grounds from coffee shops and composts them. It helps make good compost ...

    https://compost123.com/index.php/input-waste/input-waste-constituents

    this is his composting web site.

    He has experimented with using coffee grounds and shredded autumn
    leaves, aprox. 3-5 parts Autumn leaves to 1 part coffee grounds by
    volume. He finds the resultant compost good for seed germination,
    or in general purpose mixes with soil.

    I've seen a draft of his, showing results of experiments using coffee
    grounds, but I don't think he's put it up on his web site yet - he might
    be waiting for more results.

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  • From Janet@nobody@home.com to uk.rec.gardening on Wed Oct 22 22:23:50 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.gardening

    In article <slrn10fiebn.54e.jj@iridium.wf32df>,
    jj@franjam.org.uk says...

    I have a friend that collects used coffee grounds from coffee shops and composts them. It helps make good compost ...

    https://compost123.com/index.php/input-waste/input-waste-constituents

    this is his composting web site.

    He has experimented with using coffee grounds and shredded autumn
    leaves, aprox. 3-5 parts Autumn leaves to 1 part coffee grounds by
    volume. He finds the resultant compost good for seed germination,
    or in general purpose mixes with soil.

    I've seen a draft of his, showing results of experiments using coffee grounds, but I don't think he's put it up on his web site yet - he might
    be waiting for more results.

    What a great site, thanks for that composting link.

    Janet
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