Coffee as compost?

Voyager2002

I have always composted my used tea-leaves, but I thought that coffee grounds contained toxins and so have thrown them away. Now I see (elsewhere on this board) that people are taking coffee grounds from Starbucks to use on their compost heaps. Have I been wrong? Please let me know your experiences with composted coffee-grounds.

Scouse_Mick

I've read somewhere that coffee grounds are ok on compost heaps.

Dead_Eye_Jones

Its fine, and a good thing.

http://www.compostguide.com/

sneekymum

Tea bags were a bad idea though

- we're still finding them in the flower beds after five years...

donna-j_2

Rather than composting it, I often just dilute it down with loads of water and chuck it all on the garden or the house plants. It seems to work well.

Tahiti

Plants must like the caffeine hit as much as I do!

samstables

You can use coffee grounds straight on the ground as a slug repellant / deterrent as well as a mulch that will help retain moisture. I have a separate pot in the kitchen for coffee grinds and put them around the base of plants the slugs go for. Seems to work fine. Have also composted them with no side effects (that I've noticed!)