Absolutely! I make coffee every day in a french press and the grounds along with the rinse water go straight into a bucket which then goes either into the compost pile or directly into the plant beds. It's got a lot of potassium which promotes flowering among other things.
. Following year, the cats really enjoyed those squirrels.Thanks, I'll work it into the few roses I have. They're pathetic.Absolutely! I make coffee every day in a french press and the grounds along with the rinse water go straight into a bucket which then goes either into the compost pile or directly into the plant beds. It's got a lot of potassium which promotes flowering among other things.
When I first tried it, it was on tomato plants that were six feet high with not a flower on them (I was dense back then) two weeks after a few daily applications of coffee grounds/rinse water and left over coffee, they were covered in flowers. The squirrels really enjoyed those tomatoes.
I've heard that fermenting the banana peals with the coffee is very good too and I don't doubt it but haven't bothered much beyond throwing them in the compost pile.
It does really improve the soil, both the soil bacteria and the worm really seem to like it.
Picture of health! Marigolds do work! Chuck
I wonder if that would work for squash?
How much trouble is it to clear your arbor of all the beanstalks after the beans have been harvested? ................. Jerry (in Tucson)
It's a pain! I'll let it sit all winter so the stems break down and are easier to break off the panels, but still tedious. This year I may hit the vines with a dessicant herbicide when done with harvest to see if I get better breakdown of the vines.
Do you ever consider digging in the beanstalks? Heard they were beneficial to soil health. Chuck
If any friends have goats... Late fall is a great time to let them browse the panels clean. No other vegetation will be trying to climb it
I don't. When green, they are very tough and not a huge amount of nutrient value in the green material. Commercially, beans are tilled immediately after harvest to prevent white mold sclerotia from developing. The sclerotia are overwintering structures that are very stable.
That’s a lot of incredibly nice looking garlic! Will you use all of it? How do you process and/or store? Chuck
My grandfather had a old piece of woven wire fencing that he used for a pea fence. When the peas were done, he would remove what vines came off easy and roll up the wire with the vines still attached. He had an old machine shed and would put the wire inside. In the spring he would bring it outside and set the dry vines on fire. Worked great, I make my fence with cheap jute twine and just leave it with the vines to decompose.
