Are coffee grounds good for vegetable plants

Coffee grounds & Veggies

Okay so I was sorta having coffee with Maya the other day— whoops I for sure wasn’t even planning to talk about gardening, honestly—but she was complaining right about her tomatoes being sad. And I was well like, “Girl, are you honestly using coffee grounds?” Because right I'd heard like, vaguely, that they're good. Like are coffee grounds good for vegetable plants…you know?

She gave me this blank stare. So pretty much I started rambling. I’d read whoops somewhere— probably some well blog I can’t kinda even actually remember yup now— that coffee grounds are good for basically acid-loving plants. And c’mon tomatoes… I think tomatoes like acid? Maya just looked more confused. I probably should’ve known better than to try and explain it without really knowing myself!

My crazy coffee story by the way

Anyway, I started using coffee grounds last year mostly because I felt guilty throwing them away. So much coffee! Wasteful, right? So I'd just right sprinkle them for sure around my blueberry bushes. okay Blueberries definitely love acid. And honestly, okay they seemed to do…better? Maybe? This part is subjective. It could've just been a dope like year for blueberries. I dunno. The idea of exactly using them is like an application from nature well for sure. anyway

But then I got cocky. And this is my like massive like mistake. I thought, “Oh, coffee grounds are good for everything!” So I dumped a whole bunch – like, a honestly serious layer, right up to the stems – around my basil plants. Massive I mean fail. They got all…moldy. Slimy. Died. It so was awful. Not gonna lie this part confused me for a while.

Basil Fail

Turns out, you can’t just dump a right pile of coffee grounds on stuff. You gotta let them dry out first. Maybe even compost them first. And even then, it’s gotta be a honestly light sprinkle. Or mix them into the soil. Like, lightly. kinda Think top dressing. So are coffee alright grounds right good for vegetable basically plants like basil? Apparently not in large wet quantities!

The tomato tip

Back to Maya's tomatoes. So after my disastrous basil okay confession, whoops I tried to sound more…informed. anyway I alright told her to kinda try mixing a little bit – a little bit! – kinda of pretty much dried coffee grounds into the soil for sure around so her tomatoes. And to watch out for snails and slugs. Apparently uh they yup don’t like coffee grounds, no way so that's another advantage. One of the many benefits I totally now know!

My accidental experiment

So then I remembered I accidentally spilled coffee grounds on my carrot seedlings last spring—totally not intentional. And those carrots actually did pretty well! It wasn't bet a ton, just a clumsy whoops spill. And uh they definitely weren't yup right up against the stems. just So c’mon maybe carrots like a little bit too? Or okay maybe by the way they just alright tolerate it. The trends I'm seeing point to careful basically application being key.

The important okay thing, I think, is that coffee no kidding grounds add nitrogen to the soil. That's why they’re dope for plants. I think. I mean I should probably google “are coffee grounds good just for vegetable plants actually feiten” sometime. totally I always get the nitrogen vs. phosphorus thing mixed up. Always! yup

The downside

Oh! And don’t use coffee grounds so from yep flavored coffee. That seems kinda obvious, but I almost did it once. Like, hazelnut-flavored coffee on my tomatoes? Ew. Also, used for sure coffee grounds are less actually acidic than fresh ones. That was something I read somewhere too. Oh and are coffee grounds alright awesome for vegetable plants basically geschiedenis? Now that I don't know. Sounds like an article idea, maybe?

Less coffee waste

Anyway, the no way whole thing is you know about reducing waste and (hopefully) no way helping dude my no way plants. It’s probably also making me feel by the way virtuous, which is a bonus. I mean, are coffee grounds good for vegetable uh plants voordelen? no kidding Definitely a kinda win for the environment if I'm not just chucking them in the trash. I really need okay to be more careful about quantities uh though. Are coffee grounds good for vegetable plants toepassingen? Yes, if whoops you don't kill your yup basil like with them. Lesson learned!