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Gardening

CottonBear

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1. Coffee grounds can repel moles.

Reply to Ruby Reason (Original post)

Sat Feb 18, 2012, 08:17 AM

Feb 2012

At the botanical garden in my area, the horticultural staff use coffee grounds (from locally roasted beans which were freshly ground right before brewing) and tea leaves as an organic method of repelling moles which have damaged shrubs and bulbs in the display gardens.

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Just read about coffee ground use in the garden and had some questions... [View all] Ruby Reason Feb 2012 OP

Coffee grounds can repel moles. CottonBear Feb 2012 #1

I don't think of them as a fertilizer so much as good for the soil structure - NRaleighLiberal Feb 2012 #2

I throw them off the deck into the yard randr Feb 2012 #3

+1 ge26252se Feb 2012 #8

Compost them. Nightshades don't like them directly applied. As for rabbits... HopeHoops Feb 2012 #4

Coffee grounds are acidic, Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #5

Thanks for all the great ideas and information. Ruby Reason Feb 2012 #6

Coffee grounds are the only source of nitrogen and potassium for my vegetable garden Kolesar Feb 2012 #7

Kolesar, is your soil high or low PH, alkaline or acidic? JDPriestly Mar 2012 #9

We over-limed it and it became alkaline, pH = 7.5 on the last test Kolesar Mar 2012 #10