Coffee Grounds Overload?
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Comments (19)The heat in a compost pile is produced by bacterial activity, the more active your bacteria are the more heat is generated and there are at least three different species of bacteria active depending on the temperature, those bacteria that work to get the temperature to 100 degrees stop about there and another species takes over and gets the temperature even higher. The heat is an indication of bacterial activity but it has little do do with the bacteria that function in your soil aiding in disease prevention. Many bacteria, if allowed, will develop immunities, or a means of attacking disease pathogens. You find this happening in your garden as well as in the compost pile, indicating that the heat generated during the digestion process is not required for those immunities to develop. Once again, by the time you get the bleached paper what was used to bleach that paper has been washed out and is no longer in the paper....See MoreUsing coffee/coffee grounds on plants
Comments (2)Used coffee grounds (UCG) are what you want to use. Coffee itself can be toxic to plants. Work some of the UCGs into the ground around the plants seems to work best. Don't pile it on too thick as dried coffee can repel water. tj Here is a link that might be useful: The coffee scoop...See MoreStarbucks won't give coffee grounds Bay Area
Comments (23)The mold happens when they put the coffee into those foil bags and leave it out for too many days. This problem could be solved by only making the bags to order or storing them cold. The policy is they don't want people bothering them for grounds when it may interfere with the busy traffic of people buying coffee drinks. We don't pay for the grounds, so the grounds are moved to the low level of "unprofitable and therefore unimportant." This is what is wrong with the whole corporate model. The only way to change this would be for us to pay a small amount for the coffee grounds to upgrade them to a purchase. Right now, I am looking into independent stores rather then have to hassle argue and it all bend out of shape. If I find a good local coffee place that will give grounds. I will post it back here. The compost information sheet may be a good idea, but if they are really determined to never give them again such as the Westlake branch. I don't think showing the sheet will change their minds. The worse experience was at the Westlake branch. I went it there years ago, asked for coffee grounds. They said, they did not have any. I said, I would go to Walgreen's and come back so I did. When I came back, they said, we threw them out. I was so mad, I did fill out a complaint form and never heard back for corporate for such rude behavior. I used to buy a lot of coffee and mugs from Starbucks. I used to buy the black apron coffees, but they started to change a few year back and all the coffee beans were old, so I don't actually buy from Starbucks anymore. In the Starbucks hey day, I used to get coffee drinks, but now I am trying to cut down on caffeine and stomach acid caused from coffee. I used to like the Buena Vista Coffee from Costa Rico and the Coffee with the Elephant on the label that was grown in a special acid soil, and they don't have those anymore not for at least three years. I might buy them again if they would bring those back and if the beans were fresh. Pikes Place is horrible coffee. Sorry to go off topic, I just wanted to explain why I hardly ever buy things at Starbucks anymore....See MoreTea grounds instead of coffee grounds on the lawn
Comments (4)Coffee grounds do have some fairly good levels of nutrients but you need a goodly amount to have much affect on a lawn. http://www.lenawee.mi.us/departments/solid-waste-department/backyard-composting/composting-with-coffee-grounds I have not yet found comparable information on tea leaves. Recycling both in the garden or on the lawn is much preferable than tossing them in the trash. What would the cornmeal be used for? I have seen alfalfa pellets and cubes but not powder, at least not in quantities to be economical to be added to a lawn....See Morejoepyeweed
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