Coffee grounds and grass

17 years ago

I have access (as I think many of us do) to tons of free used coffee grounds. Will spreading this periodically over my lawn help its growth?

Christine

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Kimmsr
17 years ago
They will, although how much depends on the level of organic matter already in your soil. Coffee grounds are one of many types of organic matter and any organic matter is good for your soil which supplys some of the nutrients your grass needs to grow.
tiffy_z5_6_can
17 years ago
Yes it will, especially if you have poor soil. In essence, if you feed the soil, you feed the plant even if it's just a blade of grass.

UCGs are the only things I have used in the last couple of years on our lawn. We had poor soil - no organic matter in it. DH dug 14 holes on the property first year we were here to get worms to go fishing. Not a worm in sight. Now he just has to go and gently jiggle the base of a perennial in the gardens (yes I also fling it in there) and the worms come pouring out. No kidding.

I'm sure others on this forum have seen this picture before, but I'll post it again to show you what our lawn looks like when our neighbours' lawns are brown in the heat of the summer. Just fling the stuff. If you get little piles, take a rake and spread it out. I do it when it's about to rain.

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david52 Zone 6
17 years ago
I routinely throw the grounds at the worst spots in the lawn. It all helps.
larry_c
17 years ago
I had a Starbucks saving grounds for me about 3 yrs ago. Spread it everywhere. Great stuff. The worst part was cleaning out the filters and trash that was mixed in. I quit because the smell and touch was making me naseus.I would suggest wearing plastic gloves during contact.

The one other thing is that my lawn smelled like a coffee house. I had to run off folks looking for donuts :)

CrAzY LaRrY

CrAzY LaRrY
tiffy_z5_6_can
17 years ago
I don't get mine from Starbuck, but from a gas station coffee shop. The buckets I use hold 25 lbs of wet UCGs and I pick up 10 to 12 a week. I dump one bucket in the wheelbarrow, remove the filters and place them back in the bucket. There's no garbage in it. I've trained the gas station workers well!

Do this until the wheelbarrow is full, then place it in the middle of the lawn and start flinging. Invite the kids to help. They love it. Last year they had a 'flinging technique' contest.

Buckets with just filters get dumped in the compost.
brdldystlu
17 years ago
I also use coffee grounds on my lawn. My lawn loves it. Up till a couple weeks ago I was doing the fling method, Worked ok. I found on the Internet a compost roller that works really great but I am a tool type person.
I get around 2.5 five gallon buckets of grounds/filters a day. I spread out the grounds, the filters go into the compost.
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