Using coffee as a organic fertilizer

I've heard that coffee is a good source of nitrogen. Many people suggest you use it in when making compost. But, if my plants are nitrogen deficent would it be cool to use leftover brewed coffee as a liquid fertilizer to cure the deficiency, or would that not be suitible as in is it not in the right form? Because I've also heard that such things need to be broken down by microbes in order for it to be in the right form for plant uptake?
 

dew-b

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I've heard that coffee is a good source of nitrogen. Many people suggest you use it in when making compost. But, if my plants are nitrogen deficent would it be cool to use leftover brewed coffee as a liquid fertilizer to cure the deficiency, or would that not be suitible as in is it not in the right form? Because I've also heard that such things need to be broken down by microbes in order for it to be in the right form for plant uptake?
fallow the link in this thread. https://www.rollitup.org/organics/317324-composting-npks.html
 
So it does need to be broken down in order for it to be suitible for the plant. I would guess brewed coffee could be mixed with rain water in a bucket and left to breakdown outside.
 

Stonercool

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isn't coffee very acidic, could it mess the ph up?
At first, I have to admit, I thought this was the worst idea ever. It sounds like a recipe for a pH nightmare. But then I remembered that coffee shops give out the grounds to gardeners, so I decided to give it another look.

Here's what I found out about the coffee grounds idea:

*Yes, it is helpful. What it does is add more nitrogen to the soil, but it does so more slowly. This allows the plant to have what it needs, nothing more and nothing less.

What you do is put this until the soil before you water the plant, and then when the plant is watered, then it starts to get the nitrogen.

You can also use it as a fast acting fertilizer when you add the coffee grounds to a lot of water, diluting a half a pound of coffee into water and then letting it become room temperature.

This will cause the remaining liquid to be a great natural fertilizer, though add sparingly, just as you do with any fertilizer.

I know that outdoors you can add egg shells around the base of a plant to repel pests, but I'm not sure whether that would work indoors for MJ. Never hurts to try, I guess.

:peace:
 

naimad1234

Well-Known Member
At first, I have to admit, I thought this was the worst idea ever. It sounds like a recipe for a pH nightmare. But then I remembered that coffee shops give out the grounds to gardeners, so I decided to give it another look.

Here's what I found out about the coffee grounds idea:

*Yes, it is helpful. What it does is add more nitrogen to the soil, but it does so more slowly. This allows the plant to have what it needs, nothing more and nothing less.

What you do is put this until the soil before you water the plant, and then when the plant is watered, then it starts to get the nitrogen.

You can also use it as a fast acting fertilizer when you add the coffee grounds to a lot of water, diluting a half a pound of coffee into water and then letting it become room temperature.

This will cause the remaining liquid to be a great natural fertilizer, though add sparingly, just as you do with any fertilizer.

I know that outdoors you can add egg shells around the base of a plant to repel pests, but I'm not sure whether that would work indoors for MJ. Never hurts to try, I guess.

:peace:
interesting....might need to give it a try
 
That's pretty cool I think I may go ahead and try it as a fast acting liquid fert. You can't get much more organic than that. Naturally though you should probably keep a close eye on your soil acidity. Great Info!
 

Cali chronic

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That's pretty cool I think I may go ahead and try it as a fast acting liquid fert. You can't get much more organic than that. Naturally though you should probably keep a close eye on your soil acidity. Great Info!
oh yeah been doin it for a while now. get a filter full every other day and out to the garden. Bugs don't like it & gives off nitrogen. I use egg shells in the soil when Transplanting etc. Little extra Calcium in the soil (poor mans garden calcium lime ) I started to make a compost heap for everything as I have 4 garden areas full of 25 diff veggies and fruits. Plus the Girls too. But the heap draws flies so nix that idea.
When Nitrogen is depleted from soil the PH rises...Hmmm think about it. Nitorgen added to the soil can bring down the Ph. Ahh in concert.
 
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