[USCC] application rates for coffee grounds -- Google search

[Len Walde]

I suggest " much ado about nothing".  Do a simple google search on "Coffee 
Grounds Mulch' as key words and you will see what I mean.  I use it on all 
of my acid loving plants and they love it.

Have a good holiday.

Len

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Goldstein" <David.Goldstein at ventura.org>
To: <compost at mailman.cloudnet.com>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: [USCC] application rates for coffee grounds


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> In Ventura County, the recommended amount is 0. It is illegal to put
> coffee grounds into mulch, compost, or to directly apply it to crops.
>
> The only way to use coffee grounds is to mix it into windrows of raw
> material before the material becomes compost at the single facility
> permitted (temporarily) to accept food waste.
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> I am trying to change this, so if you get any data on safe or effective
> application rates for coffee grounds, please let me know.
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>>>> pjenk999 at msn.com 05/24/2007 4:17 PM >>>
>
>   I would like any information on the recommended amount of coffee
> grounds to use for mulch.  That is,  pounds per square foot or 10 square
> feet or depth around plants.
>
> Thanks.
> Jerry
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