PERLITE vs Used COFFEE Grounds A Must Watch. Coffee grounds in the garden.
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My understanding is coffee grounds are considered greens and should be composted like any raw green organic matter before adding to the soil so they do not rob nitrogen? Are you saying they can be added just like an inert substance like perlite, in any quantity?
Mark you are so much more than a farmer you are also a fantastic teacher you explain everything in a way that we can all understand and that is a special thing thank you
I usually dry my coffee grounds in the sun and put it in a container. Should I rather use them wet
Coffee grounds are dangerous for dogs
thanks Mark great explanation now I know why I Have used coffee for years cb
Great info, thanks for taking the time to share.
Your garden worms and other beneficial creatures in the soil don't care for spun glass either.
Very interesting!
Great info! How much of coffee grounds can I use ratio wise compared to other amendments? Since they are green compost, then I need to supplement with brown material as well, right?
I GREW UP WATCHI G MY FATHER USE COFFEE GROUNDS IN OUR GARDEN AROUND MY MOTHER ROSES AND Hydrangea plants and even the couple of fruit trees….so I use coffee grounds and add crunched up egg shells also…thanks for you informative Video..
Just wondering,, is there any effective difference in used decaf coffee grounds and used nondecaf coffee grounds?
Thanks for the great information on the use of coffee grounds in the garden…!
Hey Mark, quick question…I have a perennial bed of asparagus and strawberries growing together. Currently, both are doing great. The only thing I'm doing is top dressing with compost. Is there anything else I should do going forward? I've heard that asparagus are "heavy feeders". Your thoughts? Thanks!
Mark; I have the local coffee shop saving coffee grounds for me starting about a week ago. I pick up a 5 gal pail about 3/4 full every couple days and put it in my compost pile. It is adding up quickly. Is it possible to over do it with coffee grounds?
Thank you! I recently been collecting the used coffee grounds from my dad. This is video is right on time for me.
I've been studying about growing edible mushrooms at home, Mark. Actually, used coffee grounds are used by some mushroom growers to grow mushrooms. Used coffee grounds are a fungal food.
That being said, when you made coffee with your grounds (or starbucks, coffee shops did), the grounds were basically sterilized of all or nearly all microbes (fungal and bacterial). However, fungal spores and bacteria are floating in the air all around us, waiting for right environment to thrive. So a fungal spore or a few landed in your used bin when you had it open and colonized the pile. That's what happened. you would have to investigate the pile to determine whether it had any competition (somewhere the fungi just wouldn't expand to.
So you basically grew a fungal/mushroom culture dominated by one strain of fungi. It would also be a native fungi, most likely so that is positive. If it's a good guy fungi, you could spread it widely in your field or mulch, etc for good results ๐
5:20 not sure those kind of funghi are the same that are IN the soil. I would not aim to have the food scrapes or anything mouldy. A little mould likely wil not hurt except that you should not breathe them in, so be careful when handling mouldy material. the mycel that grow in the soild are most likely from other fungi.
This was far more interesting and educational than I was expecting. ๐ The part about the fungi and how it loosens things up was the critical bit of information for me. Could you answer a question about peat humus? I keep reading the same statement that peat humus is "good for the soil structure". But no one explains what "good for the soil structure" means – it's like they all copied the same text. Does peat humus do something similar to the coffee grounds – and improve structure because it allows fungi to grow and be in balance? (I bought a bag of it accidentally – it's very hard and clumpy. Takes a lot of work to mash it up by hand and mix it into container mixes) I neglected to say: THANK YOU! ๐
I love it you explain everything perfectly not too long not too short but just right and understandable thank you very much
Hi Mark, what about vermiculite?
Very nice
thank you. how do you determine an approximate amount of coffee grounds to add to your soil? (eg. 1kg per square meter?). so as not to overdo it.
Those white fungi !!! Wow ! I think that could be some good stuff to inoculate wood chip pile or add to compost tea !
Very informative video, sir. One thing you didn't cover. The paper coffee filters. I'm told that the paper filters also break down when composted, is that correct ?
Mark gets it and explain it in a way that other gardening videos simply can't or don't. Thanks Mark. Please keep it up. Even for us gardeners in other climes — I'm in Zone 10 — there's always something to learn, to try, and to think about.
Excellent info, thanks. But I can't figure why you are showing the difference between perlite and coffee…. I would think comparing coffee to vermiculite makes more sense, seeing as they both absorb water? As perlite is used for air?