What do coffee grounds do for a garden?

Question

I've seen coffee places giving their grounds away for gardening... what does it do for the soil?

Answer 1

I put egg shells and coffee and all the garbage in my garden
GREAT for tomato plants...

Answer 2

Coffee grounds as a garden aid. Coffee can be used as a nitrogen supplement in your garden.

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Every day across America, Asia and Europe, millions of pots of coffee and tea are brewed, and the millions of pounds of wet grounds, filters and bags thrown in the trash. This is both wasteful and foolish.

Coffee by-products can be used in the garden and farm as follows:

* Sprinkle used grounds around plants before rain or watering, for a slow-release nitrogen.
* Add to compost piles to increase nitrogen balance. Coffee filters and tea bags break down rapidly during composting.
* Dilute with water for a gentle, fast-acting liquid fertilizer. Use about a half-pound can of wet grounds in a five-gallon bucket of water; let sit outdoors to achieve ambient temperature.
* Mix into soil for houseplants or new vegetable beds.
* Encircle the base of the plant with a coffee and eggshell barrier to repel pests.
* If you are into vermi-posting, feed a little bit to your worms

Answer 3

Coffee grounds and egg shells make your roses beautiful :) They provide excellent nutrients in the soil. I keep forgetting to put these in mine, oops!!

Answer 4

Aerates the soil a bit.

Answer 5

It add nutrients to the soil,and it also keep the soil loose,like mulching.