Re: [CH] Coffee Grounds V6 #359
Luke Speer (lukasz@midcoast.com.au)
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 18:20:51 +1000
FWIW:
8 - 9 years ago here in Oz I was working on the construction of a
large resort and was told by the landscapers that some of the best growing
medium they ever got their hands on was coffee grounds. Now i'm talking
serious quantities, truck loads (18 wheeler), from memory they said it
wasn't quite composted but checked out ok. So that was good enough for me
and I have been adding grounds to my chile plants ever since, matter of fact
I have a bowl in the kitchen that my wife reminded me of this morning. Get
those ( ^&$%^@ ) grounds out of the house now was along the lines of the
message I got.
On the landscaping: These guys were amazing, it was a $6 mil contract and
they budgeted for 30% loss of plantings. They only had about 5%. They
dropped the plants into the holes from about waist high, placed boot on the
side of plant to settle it in and threw handfuls of slow release fertiliser
around. They also had a chef working as a landscaper so the friday afternoon
BBQ's were damm good.
Luke in Oz