Hi Mark! I have been watching your videos for 4 or 5 years now since I began my organic gardening adventures here in Australia. I just want to thank you for your content because watching your videos is always uplifting in some way. You have a great energy about you. Please keep doing what you do! I'm a big fan. Thanks!
🌟🌟 Congratulations on 50,000+ subscribers ! ! 🌟🌟 I started started adding ALL My coffee grounds when you posted your last "grounds" video. The earthworms got off the sofa and went into hyper-drive. 😊 And be careful -If you lose any more weight you might blow away with the leaves. Thank you for the video. It was a wonderful way to start Sunday. - KJ ❣️
WOW the worms are on the move. Nice to hear. THANK YOU for the 50K award. I am still the smallest garden CZcams channel for the length of time I been on. But my award is helping people to see gardening a different way. Which might be very helpful this year to garden for free. Happy Sunday.
I was thinking that too!…..I don’t need fertilizer because of the living soil! I’ve learned so much from your channel and I’m truly thankful for the time and effort you go through to help the YT community!!
I haven’t put fertilizer on my garden in a few years. I did use what was left of the organic fertilizer I had left over as a booster to my hot compost last year, but that was just I didn’t want that financial input to be completely wasted.
As soon as I started adding used coffee grounds to my garden as a soil amendment, I started getting wild mushrooms growing where ever I added it. I hadn't seen a single mushroom there for 25 years I lived there, so it clearly did and added *something* that my other soil amendments didn't.
Thank you! I have been using coffee grounds for many years; great to see how you address the topic. I always add the grounds to my compost piles; reading concerns on caffeine slowed me down on this abundant resource. It's already ground & heats up the compost nicely. Smells nice too.
I used coffee grounds in my homemade compost(wood chips, spent brewery grains, coffee grounds) for a long time and it seemed to have a significant benefit. Can't argue with 12+ foot tomato plants.
Yes as compost. Once its broken down etc. And then added to the garden. But i think some people confuse applying coffee grounds as fertilizer which is completely different.
Hi Mark, glad to see you back! My Grandmother buried coffee grounds in her flower, shrub, and garden beds for years along with leftovers and scraps. She had the most beautiful gardens I have ever seen. Thanks for the informative content!
@@ale347baker I have not had rodent problems when burying vege scraps and coffee/ tea grounds. I dig a hole 12 to 18" deep and fill about half full, cover. It doesn't take long for it to break down and the worms to turn it all into lovely compost and castings.
Great Mark! I found coffee grounds gets rid of the brown patches on my lawn too. I fill the coffee pot with water and pour straight on the lawn. Thank you for all your video's. I can't believe I haven't found your channel before now. I am going to subscribe and I am sure other people will subscribe too. At the moment you have 70.9k subscribers.
Thank you for the information on how to use the coffee groundsin my garden. I've been watching gardening videos for several years & I've only seen 1 other Gardner make a video about it. You now have a new subscriber!
Coffee grounds make a lot of sense to me, but we don't drink coffee and I never seem to remember to get them from anyone when I'm in town. That's the only reason I haven't tried using them yet - but I'll have to make a point of it. If my understanding is correct, pH really isn't much of an issue anyway unless there's something really messed up with the soil. It seems from what I've read (and videos of yours) that living roots and all that soil biology will tend to balance out the pH right where it needs to be in the actual root zone. The soil in my area is known for being pretty acidic, but I've never seen any pH-related problems in nearly ten years of gardening here. The info here about coffee grounds locking up pesticides and herbicides is really fascinating. That's very good news!
Thank you Mark for your video on this. They make commercial coffee machines that use compostable coffee ‘pods’ where once the coffee is brewed it is collected in a tray under the machine. I can get all the coffee grounds that I could ever use in a lifetime. You might check some businesses especially in a urban location. Office buildings, with multiple floors would be ideal. Just a thought.
had an Asian lady come in Starbucks to ask for our coffee. not sure if all of them will give it to you but we did. she even showed us videos of her beautiful garden.
In a previous video you recommended using C.G. instead of perlite. I just finished filling a new raised bed with a mix of soil and coffe grounds instead of perlite and put compst on top of soil. In this video you say to compost coffee grounds or just put on top of soil. Hope the way i did it will be okay.
Greetings from SE Texas. Can you post a link to the article please? I don't do Facebook but would love to read it. Thank you. I'm loving your channel and lo your detailed explanations.
What can I do with my indoor plants? Anything to make them grow healthier, under the artificial circumstances they are in? I love your content! Thank you! :)
@@iamorganicgardening Do you mean WORM casting? 😃 I read about keeping worms in a bin to produce worm castings. We have a winter coming soon with below zero temperatures so there's no more time to do it outdoors, but perhaps they could be kept indoors over winter too?
ph of coffee is around 4 that is not neutral it is acidic and over time it can change soil ph if there is too much and even used coffee grounds should be boiled to remove any remaining caffeine and some other chems present in coffee that can actually stunt a plant.
Can you send me a link to where you get the fact tht it has a PH of 4 ? Thank you in advance. Never heard of that. Here is good info on them from a university extension.oregonstate.edu/news/used-appropriately-coffee-grounds-improve-soil-kill-slugs#:~:text=Using%20coffee%20grounds%20in%20the,the%20pH%20of%20the%20soil.
so mark are you saying that "leaching" contaminants from the soil to the plant does not happen??... for example someone growing potatoes in stacks of car tires you do not think the plants will take up any of the toxins?... is this true for all plants?.... they only take up what they need and nothing more?...
Can you use coffee grounds that have not been used. Example I have coffee grounds that I don’t like the coffee so I just saved the bag to maybe use in the garden but they’ve never been used to make coffee. Can it still be used?
Last year I started saving coffee grounds, I noticed what appeared to be mold, so naturally, I threw it out. What was that about? Why did white looking mesh appear? Was that mold?
would you be able to give me a easy process to compost the coffee grounds before putting it in my garden ? and i am assuming you can not put the coffee grounds directly in the garden
@@iamorganicgardening In fact I was talking to the manager of the Starbucks I normally go to, and he offered to stockpile grounds for me. As a result we came to an every other day pick up agreement. Starbucks especially, but most coffee companies, would rather see someone reusing the grounds to benefit the environment. As opposed to it ending up buried in a landfill creating methane and other “greenhouse” gases.
Hi Mark! I have been watching your videos for 4 or 5 years now since I began my organic gardening adventures here in Australia. I just want to thank you for your content because watching your videos is always uplifting in some way. You have a great energy about you. Please keep doing what you do! I'm a big fan. Thanks!
It is all do to you and all the other people that watch my channel. We are all in this together. THANK YOU.
Im also in Australia. We are so lucky these days to be able to watch and learn from Mark, he makes everything so easy to understand
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Congratulations on 50,000+ subscribers ! ! 🌟🌟
I started started adding ALL My coffee grounds when you posted your last "grounds" video. The earthworms got off the sofa and went into hyper-drive. 😊
And be careful -If you lose any more weight you might blow away with the leaves.
Thank you for the video. It was a wonderful way to start Sunday. - KJ ❣️
WOW the worms are on the move. Nice to hear. THANK YOU for the 50K award. I am still the smallest garden CZcams channel for the length of time I been on. But my award is helping people to see gardening a different way. Which might be very helpful this year to garden for free. Happy Sunday.
I was thinking that too!…..I don’t need fertilizer because of the living soil! I’ve learned so much from your channel and I’m truly thankful for the time and effort you go through to help the YT community!!
Wonderful! THANKS
I haven’t put fertilizer on my garden in a few years. I did use what was left of the organic fertilizer I had left over as a booster to my hot compost last year, but that was just I didn’t want that financial input to be completely wasted.
Worms love coffee grounds in the compost pile too.
You are so correct. THANKS.
As soon as I started adding used coffee grounds to my garden as a soil amendment, I started getting wild mushrooms growing where ever I added it. I hadn't seen a single mushroom there for 25 years I lived there, so it clearly did and added *something* that my other soil amendments didn't.
Great, Thank You for sharing. Enjoy
Thank you! I have been using coffee grounds for many years; great to see how you address the topic. I always add the grounds to my compost piles; reading concerns on caffeine slowed me down on this abundant resource. It's already ground & heats up the compost nicely. Smells nice too.
Wonderful! Happy gardening.
Love this one!! Thanks!! So many people tell me at plant clinics that they thought coffee grounds make soils acidic.
All Is good. Thanks
If the coffee is already brewed the acidity is substantially reduced
I used coffee grounds in my homemade compost(wood chips, spent brewery grains, coffee grounds) for a long time and it seemed to have a significant benefit. Can't argue with 12+ foot tomato plants.
THANK YOU for sharing this with us all.
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this is used coffee
or coffee before use
as compost
Ben cyber used coffee grounds
Yes as compost. Once its broken down etc. And then added to the garden. But i think some people confuse applying coffee grounds as fertilizer which is completely different.
Hi Mark, glad to see you back! My Grandmother buried coffee grounds in her flower, shrub, and garden beds for years along with leftovers and scraps. She had the most beautiful gardens I have ever seen. Thanks for the informative content!
Wonderful! THANK YOU for sharing
Do the scraps attract mice?
@@ale347baker I have not had rodent problems when burying vege scraps and coffee/ tea grounds. I dig a hole 12 to 18" deep and fill about half full, cover. It doesn't take long for it to break down and the worms to turn it all into lovely compost and castings.
Great Mark! I found coffee grounds gets rid of the brown patches on my lawn too. I fill the coffee pot with water and pour straight on the lawn. Thank you for all your video's. I can't believe I haven't found your channel before now. I am going to subscribe and I am sure other people will subscribe too. At the moment you have 70.9k subscribers.
Great helpful advice. THANK YOU for the sub also.
Glad to see you back, thank you for the information. I have been adding to my compost also.
Wonderful! So great to hear. THANK YOU.
I love hearing a fellow Garden Stater say “cawfee” ☕️
Outstanding. Thank you for all your efforts. God speed in Jesus name.
THANK YOU .. May all be well for you.
You are one of the first channels I watched. Keep up the great work and content.
Wow, THANK YOU. Happy Gardening.
Oh it’s so nice to find someone in NJ. Thank you
THANK YOU for finding me.
Thank you for the information on how to use the coffee groundsin my garden. I've been watching gardening videos for several years & I've only seen 1 other Gardner make a video about it. You now have a new subscriber!
Thank you for another fabulous and informative video!!
Any time! I am always fascinated by the facts. THANK YOU.
Coffee grounds make a lot of sense to me, but we don't drink coffee and I never seem to remember to get them from anyone when I'm in town. That's the only reason I haven't tried using them yet - but I'll have to make a point of it.
If my understanding is correct, pH really isn't much of an issue anyway unless there's something really messed up with the soil. It seems from what I've read (and videos of yours) that living roots and all that soil biology will tend to balance out the pH right where it needs to be in the actual root zone. The soil in my area is known for being pretty acidic, but I've never seen any pH-related problems in nearly ten years of gardening here.
The info here about coffee grounds locking up pesticides and herbicides is really fascinating. That's very good news!
THANK YOU for sharing this with us all. It is always a pleasure to learn from other gardener experience's. And YES the soil and plants help the PH.
Thank you Mark for your video on this. They make commercial coffee machines that use compostable coffee ‘pods’ where once the coffee is brewed it is collected in a tray under the machine. I can get all the coffee grounds that I could ever use in a lifetime. You might check some businesses especially in a urban location. Office buildings, with multiple floors would be ideal. Just a thought.
THANK YOU for your suggestion. Amazing. Thank You.
had an Asian lady come in Starbucks to ask for our coffee. not sure if all of them will give it to you but we did. she even showed us videos of her beautiful garden.
Hay Mark. I mix coffee grounds with wood ash to balance out the cons of each. What do you think? Great to see you back in action.
I do not see how it can hurt.. THANKS
What a great idea!
Welcome back! Great video!
Hey, thanks!
Thanks Mark, great video.
Glad it was helpful! THANK YOU.
Thanks Mark!
My pleasure! THANK YOU.
I guess this would also work with leftover tea grounds ??? Tea drinker here. Another great video Mark!
I use tea leaves too. Make sure no staples and I cut the bags open too
Excellent information...Thank you for sharing.
Great.
In a previous video you recommended using C.G. instead of perlite. I just finished filling a new raised bed with a mix of soil and coffe grounds instead of perlite and put compst on top of soil.
In this video you say to compost coffee grounds or just put on top of soil. Hope the way i did it will be okay.
All OKAY, the way you did it. I just do not want people to till their soil to add them.
Ok great, thank you so much!
Thank you this was very helpful
I'm so glad! THANK YOU.
This is great information, thank you.
My pleasure! to share with you all. Thanks
I use coffee grounds as a mulch cover seems to work great.
Greetings from SE Texas. Can you post a link to the article please? I don't do Facebook but would love to read it. Thank you. I'm loving your channel and lo your detailed explanations.
www.uwyo.edu/barnbackyard/_files/documents/magazine/2017/summer/plantsperk0717.pdf
I’ve used them for years. I always tip the Starbucks baristas $2 for their trouble.
VERY NICE. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing ❤️
No problem 😊
What can I do with my indoor plants? Anything to make them grow healthier, under the artificial circumstances they are in? I love your content! Thank you! :)
Add Worn casting. They contain healthy microbes.
@@iamorganicgardening Do you mean WORM casting? 😃 I read about keeping worms in a bin to produce worm castings. We have a winter coming soon with below zero temperatures so there's no more time to do it outdoors, but perhaps they could be kept indoors over winter too?
@@ruthm1384 Ys, Worm casting. You can Buy them already done from the worms already in a bag online from Amazon
Nice one Mark!
Many Thanks! Have great weekend
Hey Mark, great video. How much sawdust do you think should be mixed with coffee ground, if thts a good idea to make coffee-sawdust compost?
10 % green ( alfalfa or grass ) 30 % coffee grounds 60 % saw dust.
What would be the best way to utilize ash for our soil health?
You really do not need it. But you can mix it in the top 1 inch of soil very lightly.
ph of coffee is around 4 that is not neutral it is acidic and over time it can change soil ph if there is too much and even used coffee grounds should be boiled to remove any remaining caffeine and some other chems present in coffee that can actually stunt a plant.
Can you send me a link to where you get the fact tht it has a PH of 4 ? Thank you in advance. Never heard of that.
Here is good info on them from a university extension.oregonstate.edu/news/used-appropriately-coffee-grounds-improve-soil-kill-slugs#:~:text=Using%20coffee%20grounds%20in%20the,the%20pH%20of%20the%20soil.
I guess all the benefits of coffee grounds could be said the same for spent tea leaves also 🙂
Yes, and all other organic matter.
so mark are you saying that "leaching" contaminants from the soil to the plant does not happen??... for example someone growing potatoes in stacks of car tires you do not think the plants will take up any of the toxins?... is this true for all plants?.... they only take up what they need and nothing more?...
Can you use coffee grounds that have not been used. Example I have coffee grounds that I don’t like the coffee so I just saved the bag to maybe use in the garden but they’ve never been used to make coffee. Can it still be used?
Caffeine is a natural pest-deterrent. Coffee plants at higher elevation contain slightly less caffeine than lower elevation varieties. Same for tea.
GREAT to Know, Thank You kindly.
i wonder how well it works on crape myrtle trees
… QUESTION … can coffee grounds be used as a soilless seed starter … all by itself … ?
I have tried it. Large seeds - Yes. Small seeds No.
Hello Mark . I use coffeegrounds as a mulch. I that good ? I see a lot of wormactivity unbeneath the coffeegrounds thank u for the video
If the the coffee grounds dry out on top , sometimes it could stop water to flow through. Thanks
yes indeed if that happen i rake it a little in the ground
Last year I started saving coffee grounds, I noticed what appeared to be mold, so naturally, I threw it out. What was that about? Why did white looking mesh appear? Was that mold?
That white stuff that was growing was Fungi. Helpful to your garden soil.
would you be able to give me a easy process to compost the coffee grounds before putting it in my garden ? and i am assuming you can not put the coffee grounds directly in the garden
Good News, you can add them directly into the garden. Just mix them in into the top 2 inch of the soil. Thanks
Can I use my coffee grounds for kitty litter?
I don’t have a garden, but I do have a cat and I do drink a lot of coffee
Sorry NO.
I should be embarrassed by My caffeine addiction.
If My brain ever slows down I might give it some thought.
Smirk - KJ
GREAT Sharing. It keeps my legs moving all the time.. Thanks... smirk
I’m in 7a
THANKS.
I'm trying to use it as N source amongst my leaves lol
Very Nice. Thanks.
Are there plants that we should not use coffee grounds?
All good, some people say beans but I never had a problem with them or seeds of any types.
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@@iamorganicgardening no problem thank you for the vids and the info it is always appreciated
Starbucks will give you all the spent grounds they have if you ask.
Yes. 100%
@@iamorganicgardening In fact I was talking to the manager of the Starbucks I normally go to, and he offered to stockpile grounds for me. As a result we came to an every other day pick up agreement. Starbucks especially, but most coffee companies, would rather see someone reusing the grounds to benefit the environment. As opposed to it ending up buried in a landfill creating methane and other “greenhouse” gases.