Will Coffee Grinds Hurt Any Vegetables?
My boss told me that she puts used coffee grinds in her garden, so I have been trying to research the internet and this forum, and I can't find if there are any vegetables that they will hurt? I did find that the coffee grinds can ward off slugs, which my garden has plenty of since it's like a swamp, so I would put them in for that reason alone! But before I do (well, I haven't even started my garden yet this year), I wanted to make sure it won't HURT any of my veggies? Are there any it would hurt? Or herbs or flowers? Any info is appreciated!
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Coffee grounds only slightly low ph and it takes a lot over time, so unless you plan to put copious amounts on it should hurt anything. As for slug control, most gardeners I know haven't had much luck using coffee grounds for that. The idea is that they don't like to go over rough suffaces much. Note, I have slugs that cross small jagged pea gravel on a regular basis.
Well, I guess if it won't hurt any of my veggies, I'll give it a try and see what happens. We use three K-cups a day, so if I start saving them now, I'll have quite a bit in a month or so! I'll see if it makes the plants better at all...or worse. But the slugs......or, I don't even know what these things were.....but last year, these things were gigantic and stuck all over my peppers and tomatoes leaving this slime. I should have taken a picture. Okay, well they weren't "gigantic," but they were like these big mounds like almost the size of an egg completely stuck to my plants. So, I will try anything this year!
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