Coffee grounds for planting medium?

[Tag]

Hi,
Vft's love acidic medium, so has anyone ever tried coffee grounds? We use them for roses and other plants so I was wondering if they might not work for Vft's. Just a thought!
Tag

 

[joseph]

hmmm...I wonder if that would help my blueberries?

 

[Parasuco]

Every organism on earth likes coffee, lets not kid ourselves...

 

[alandallas]

That's an interesting thought, Tag, because someone told me years ago that you could grow cp's in coffee or tea grounds and I didn't believe it so I never tried it. Think I'll stop by Lowe's tomorrow and negotiate a cheap price (it works sometimes) for one of their improperly-cared-for Venus Flytraps or Sarrs and give it a try. I like to experiment with plants, and this sounds like a good one.

Maybe a mixture of sand, peat, and coffee grounds. Hmmm

Thank you for reminding about that idea.



Alan

 

[unknownclown]

I wouldnt imagine it'd work, but of course Ive been known to be wrong sometimes.

One thing though I dont think its good to keep coffee grounds damp. I dont know about any one else but I  have seen quite a few moldy coffee filters from being forgotten and left in the maker, and we all know that it has plenty of drainage so it cant be that. I did throw some in a pothos pot and it got moldy as well

I wonder if it would work with a fungicide...

 

[alandallas]

Good point, unknownclown, under damp warm conditions, coffee grounds do tend to get moldy. I don't know the chemical make up of coffee grounds except that they release
tannic acid, but since they mold so easily, I would think there
are nutrients and minerals within them.
But I think that it is still worth a try just to see what happens. Tag might be onto somthing here. I'm going to try it and If I lose the plant, well, being in the hands of some of the pseudo nursuries around my neighborhood, they would have died anyway. You never know until you try.
I have lots of VFT's coming out of dormancy on my patio but in no way would I try this with any of them

 

[Khai]

OF COARSE there are nutrients in coffee Its a seed !
So lets think about this now, would you ever consider growing your carnivorous plants in cracked corn? how about hulled sunflower seeds? No? well let me know how it works out

 

[Travis]

I wonder if you could drink it after it sits in the pot for a day

. Mmmmm, that is some good coffee!...what is your secret? O' some Cp's, fine coffee grounds, and a tray that is all

.

Travis

 

[lavenderdawn]

Hey, I went hunting & just found this old thread similar to one that was just up a while.  A bit interesting...  

 

[BigCarnivourKid]

It's called recycling.  Just doing our part to not waste topics

 

BCK