I played a blueberry bush recently and it hadn't really done anything after being planted. It wasn't dying or anything, but it wasn't growing either. I decided to water it with a full pot of coffee (diluted with water) and two days later, it started sprouting like crazy! I've been watering it regularly with coffee every since, and it's been growing a lot, thanks for the tip!
Thank you so much! It works. My blueberry plant was doing nothing and now it’s growing and the berries are turning blue and there are New once popping up every day.
@Marsha - I wasn't sure from the video what stage the coffee grounds are. Can I use the grounds after making coffee? (I was thinking of asking a restaurant for their discarded coffee grounds since I don't make much coffee at home.) I have three "baby bushes" that I'm prepping an area for - a Patriot, a Sweetheart , and a Chandler. I'm totally a novice at this. My soil is PH 7.0 with a lot of clay about 1 foot down below a layer of good topsoil. As per my garden store's advice, I'm digging down 2 feet, loosening the soil, and removing clay clumps. I'll be adding sphagnum (sp?) peat moss around the bushes, and a couple of inches of pine needles in the garden bed. Also I have some special fertilizer that's made especially for low PH plants like Hydrangeas and Blueberries. Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
I know that it is nowhere near the season to prune the blueberry bush but the thought jumped into my thoughts while I was transplanting the plants. Thanks for educating us. I appreciate it.
Really it depends on what kind of soil you are growing in. In Arizona even in pots because of our water I have to use distilled vinegar every week or two. I have a video showing a bit about soil acidification. I suggest getting a PH meter and monitoring it regularly till you get to know your situation. A good indication that they need more acid is the stems or leaves will start going from green to yellow or reddish colored.
I second the peat moss as soil . I grow my blueberries in 100% peatmoss with nothing else added except azalea fertilizer and a pine bark mulch on top . Water them regularly and they will thrive . Mine already have 5’ canes after only one growing season . Southern high bush variety.
My plants look the same,I bought six of them that way. Igot the plants for$1ea.from bid store on clearance rack. I figure listening to you I could revive the plants. If successful my reward will be knowledge I gained from you, and a bowl of berries in the future.. Question: how often do I use this coffee mixture on the plants?...Very helpful video thank you!
just planted my blueberrie!! Thanks for the coffee watering tip! I like your younger more natural self. You've gotten a little UBER smiley lately. But great info, so Thanks!
Wow what a difference. I'm going to start saving my coffee grounds for my blue berry plant. I usually put them in my compost. Maybe i shouldn't since it messes with the ph.
So much contrasting info in comments I suspect if u are watering all yr round w coffee water and you're plants are kicking butt then u know what u are talking about Sir thx for great tips and happy gardening to u🍀
Excellent video. You can also get a nitrogen boost using old tea bags ... just place the used bags around the soil at the base of the plant, and every time you water the plant gets fed. Not very beautiful, but it works.
Sphagnum peat moss/pine bark mulch and rainwater are about all you need for healthy blueberries. Wood chips, tap water, coffee grounds, all these other crazy recipes, just arent the way to go. I only have 40 blueberry bushes, but that's all I do and they are amazing. Keep it natural, Keep it simple.
Great video Luke! I put my blueberries in their permanent home the other week. I was reminding myself to ask you what do you do at the end of the season with the blueberry plants. Do you prune the plants or just leave them alone? I will be doing a video in the next week or so hopefully. They are starting to grow.
I heard somewhere that when you prepare fresh coffee all acidity and flavour and all that stays in the water and old coffe grounds are preety much neutral etc.
Awesome! Now i don't have to drink that stale coffee. My blueberries will. Thanks for the showing the difference between your uncafinated vs coffee watered one after 2 weeks. Wow what a diff! I just bought 3 bushes and was wondering when it's safe to plant them out? They have little green leaves so would those freeze now? Should i wait till it's warmer out?
Could we mix the unused fresh coffee ground to the soil blueberries plants when we plant them instead, will this help keeping the ph low? Or if we watering with coffee how often should we do it, and i wonder why you didn't dump those ground together to the plant for additional nitrogen? I'm new in gardening and Thanks for your response.
Always good to try different things. For me long term PH for my blue berries is achieved using Ag grade Sulfur. Considering my soil is around 7.5 it is a challenge. Three applications of 1/2 to 1 cup a year.
I like the idea of using coffee instead of standard acidifier/fertilizer. But how do we know that the coffee water doesn't have too much or too little acid?
i would mix the grounds with compost/peatmoss then top dress.. if solely grounds are used u will most likely encounter Mold!!! rut-roh! lol just my few cents thrown into the muck pile ha ha... happy gardening!
***** Thank you for your answer. As far as instant coffee goes, will 2 cups still be enough or should I add a bit more.I think instant coffee may not be so strong if we compare it to ground coffee.
Tried it on a 2year old blueberry that was very slow growing. Works fantastic! I have a new growth after 4 weeks that is as tall as the whole plant! Psyched. My question is, I used the coffee grounds afterwards as a top dressing so that when it rains, the bush would keep getting what it needed. Will that practice hurt the bush? Tried this on my azaleas too because they love acidic soil. Anyways, thanks for the tip.
coffee groan's work great with tomatoes I put 4'' down below where I will plant then cover with durt then in a few day plant my tomatoes the are great big juice not woody at all and with 4 plant I get a bout 125-140 tomatoes so it work great.
Unfortunately I do not have any blueberry - yet :-) But the method seams simple enough - are there other plants where this could be used, or would that just be any plant that would like to have a low ph value ?
I wonder if old coffee would work the same then. I often have half a cup left in the pot that gets dumped down the drain. If I saved them for a week I would have enough to dilute.
For everybody asking questions: you must use the coffee itself. One you make the coffee all the acidity leaves the grounds. Also don’t do this too often because even though the plants love the lowered ph the caffeine isn’t good for them in high doses
Migardener,friend!, i like coffe my self, and use it, but can i also use fish fertilizer,, with out burning them?. always appreciate your return response, to my comments, take care, Sincerely Rick.
imho i wouldnt.... blueberries are not heavy feeders and have sensitive root systems i suggest seaweed if u live by the coast, or purchase (kelp). blueberries do love their potassium, and this feed will supply micro nutes and growth regulators.. and best of all organic!
quick question... Did you use unused coffee, or used coffee grounds? I get about 5 gallons of used coffee grounds from my local shop, and have a brand new blueberry plant in the pot. Thanks!
UNUSED cofee grounds!! Once the grounds are used, they lose thier acidity so it does absolutely nothing for lowering the ph for blueberries. I used instant cofee and it also does the trick!
Oh my gosh! This is an old video.. I always wonder what RUclipsrs that have been around for a long time feel about their old content. Any updates or revisions you would make to this video, would love to hear!
My blueberry plants look dead. It’s November 10 in south Texas and the super hot weather is over. We are about to start our cold/freezing season. Are they supposed to look dead right now??
Yes. I'm in Texas as well. In fall the leaves start to turn red and fall off. They should pop back up in spring, which in my opinion, is the best time to start watering them with coffee.
So I just want to make sure I have this right. Old coffee not old coffee grounds. Or as in the comments here you can add coffee grounds to it for a nitrogen boost. Correct?
City water is ALWAYS neutral to alkaline to prevent lead leaching from household or city plunbing. Therefore, unless your soil is very acidic, or you make that coffee with rainwater, you are not lowering your pH significantly. However, coffee adds nitrogen, copper and more, plus organic matter. Sprinkling coffee grounds arround youe blueberries is good for many reasond. Iron sulfate is best for liwering pH.
blueberrys are a drag ph needed is for acidic soils or else u need always some acid to make them grow citric acid is a good choice mixed with water or hidro cloric cheap acid mixed with water but its dangerous might burn roots
Thanks for tips. I put it in my compost is that good or bad? What else can be put inside the compost that isn't food? I.m trying to raise black berries but they haven't sprout yet but if it does I will use the coffee.
Coffee can have a PH of 5-7, depending on the beans, it seems. The way you diluted it, what you're pouring on the ground can't have a PH much below 6.5. Given the mass of the soil, there is just NO way you have lowered the PH of the soil at all. Test the soil, you'll see you haven't affected it. It certainly isn't near 4.5, which Blueberries want.
J Galt Tell that to the blueberries. They produced great, and the PH meter tells the truth. I am sorry, but try something yourself before you comment making me look like I don't know what I am talking about.
J Galt ... apparently some feathers have been ruffled here .... :) nothing to worry .... in my understanding u r talking abt the pH of the soil ... but what is being fed to the plant is coffee water and which might have a low pH. not necessarily meaning tht coffee water will lower pH of the soil ... so if on practically doing it, it is showing results then there is some truth to what the video is about ... :)
MIgardener | Simple Organic Gardening & Sustainable Living Coffee grounds add nitrogen to the soil, it does not affect the soil's PH level significantly enough to be considered an acidification additive.
some people don't realize how extroadinarily hard it is to acidify soil. Point and case my instructor at the chicago botanic garden who is a agronomist had a colleague on a test plot (illegally) pour acidic battery acid in the soil, it would not remain acidic and would always revert back to an alkaline state and would require reapplication. Soil will always revert back to the parent material( in this case alkaline clay)
two questions: does it have to be old stale coffee? can I brew some specifically for this purpose or is it too fresh to use? and what if the coffee is altered? Such as sugar/cream added? But I guess if I brew it just for this I wouldn't alter it...duh. Or like, flavored coffee. Like vanilla or hazelnut. Sorry for the dumb questions.
sorry this isn't my video, but i had to reply. DO NOT use any flavored coffee anywhere near your garden. flavored coffee is loaded with chemicals that will kill your plant, and it will also kill you, if you drink enough of it. i would use any organic type coffee that is free from any chemical modification. you can also use certain amounts of finely ground sulfur to lower the ph (test the soil before adding sulfur, so you know how much). also, dont forget to provide a good amount of mulch.
dvcook7 Would activated charcoal work for the sulfur? Or maybe blackstrap molasses? (And how much would you use?) Can you do that for containers without killing the plant? Thanks. :-)
LL Mcbee i wouldn't use activated charcoal personally because it absorbs certain vitamins that the plant needs. i would get a soil ph tester to see where your at first, then you can add a little bit of supplements at a time to see how it affects it. i dont really know what black strap molasses is, but personally i've been using an acid loving peat moss mixture that i got from home depot, and i've been mulching with pine needles and coffee grounds, and my ph levels are perfect, and my blueberries are huge and tasty. i've also been watering them liberally, since the pot i have them set up in is a quick draining type. good luck!
@MIgardener this is the answer I was searching for! Thank you for all the great videos. I just pruned and prepped my blueberry plants for winter thanks to your informative videos. Next year will be my 2nd & 3rd year with my blueberry bushes & I’m looking forward to seeing some increased progress & production in 2024. God bless! So to recap 2 cups of used coffee grounds 1.5 gallons of water applied every 3-4 weeks. Easy peasy 😊
used coffee grounds are less acidic because of brewing them. they are still a great amendment to the soil because of nitrogen and trace mineral elements.
Correct, that is why he had more growth on the one plant. He has not lowered the PH of the soil any but has boosted the nutrients. I use coffee ground in my garden all the time but this will not lower the PH. Best thing to do is go straight to the woods, get that dark rich loamy compost under the leaves, that is what the really want, that's where they live in the wild.
+Bones of Gold Skateboarding yes the coffee grounds can be put into compost as a green material to mix with a brown. you can also mix them with the soil and they will break down and provide nitrogen and a few select elements that plants can use to grow. you can't use it as a soil replacement because there are minerals and organic matter in the soil. organisms in the soil break down these minerals and organic matter in a form that is readily available to plants. There are some entrepreneurs (college grads) that use spent coffee grounds from various coffee shops around there area to make gourmet mushrooms. they are now millionaires. just google back to the roots mushrooms.
Don't apologize for the brevity. You're videos tend to lose quality when you make them much longer than this. Short, sweet, and to the point. Make more like this please.
Blueberry farming information is very encouraging. I hope using coffee grounds as fertilizer proves productive as I've used them for a year. My local Starbucks Gives me plenty used grounds at the end of the day. Especially when I supply the disposal bag,box or bucket. I think blueberries are a more fragile plant and are More subject to changes in ph,tempetature,soil porosity,water level,insect susceptibility, than the avetage home gardener could provide for the average typical blueberry. Comments appreciated
Peter Hamilin Have you seen OneYardRevolution yet? He does lots with coffee grounds and his garden is just AMAZING. From my experience, if the grounds are not totally used up, they will contain a small trace of acidity, but not a whole ton. The coffee grounds will green up your plants like crazy though, since they contain a TON of nitrogen.
yes to invite worms to your plants! but no to lower acidity.... (i still use my left overs and boy o boy when i pull the mulch back are there ample worms) enjoy the "starBerry" truly 1 of Gods top shelf offerings
I played a blueberry bush recently and it hadn't really done anything after being planted. It wasn't dying or anything, but it wasn't growing either. I decided to water it with a full pot of coffee (diluted with water) and two days later, it started sprouting like crazy! I've been watering it regularly with coffee every since, and it's been growing a lot, thanks for the tip!
Hi, can you just tell me if I should brew coffee or just mix the coffee ground with normal water ? My plant is not at all in a good condition 🙁
@blossom5555 you need fresh coffee ground, not brewed one.
@blossom5555 Did it work?
I told my mother to do this to her two bushes and there are a bunch of blueberries on it already. Way more than she's ever had on them before. Thanks!
James Colvin So glad it helped! That means a ton to hear!
Jimmy Colvin
Thank you so much! It works. My blueberry plant was doing nothing and now it’s growing and the berries are turning blue and there are New once popping up every day.
@Marsha - I wasn't sure from the video what stage the coffee grounds are. Can I use the grounds after making coffee? (I was thinking of asking a restaurant for their discarded coffee grounds since I don't make much coffee at home.) I have three "baby bushes" that I'm prepping an area for - a Patriot, a Sweetheart , and a Chandler. I'm totally a novice at this. My soil is PH 7.0 with a lot of clay about 1 foot down below a layer of good topsoil. As per my garden store's advice, I'm digging down 2 feet, loosening the soil, and removing clay clumps. I'll be adding sphagnum (sp?) peat moss around the bushes, and a couple of inches of pine needles in the garden bed. Also I have some special fertilizer that's made especially for low PH plants like Hydrangeas and Blueberries. Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
I know that it is nowhere near the season to prune the blueberry bush but the thought jumped into my thoughts while I was transplanting the plants. Thanks for educating us. I appreciate it.
I like the shorter videos better. They fit better in my limited schedule to watch tutorials. Thanks for your work!
how often should you water your blueberries with this method. can you put too much or not. great channel , great info, THANKS.
Hi, thanks for your video! So happy to see you're a young man woking on your garden. I sure wish my daughters had a green thumb like yours.
start them VERY young...that matters! 🍀
Really it depends on what kind of soil you are growing in. In Arizona even in pots because of our water I have to use distilled vinegar every week or two. I have a video showing a bit about soil acidification. I suggest getting a PH meter and monitoring it regularly till you get to know your situation. A good indication that they need more acid is the stems or leaves will start going from green to yellow or reddish colored.
I second the peat moss as soil . I grow my blueberries in 100% peatmoss with nothing else added except azalea fertilizer and a pine bark mulch on top . Water them regularly and they will thrive . Mine already have 5’ canes after only one growing season . Southern high bush variety.
My plants look the same,I bought six of them that way.
Igot the plants for$1ea.from bid store on clearance rack.
I figure listening to you I could revive the plants.
If successful my reward will be knowledge I gained from you, and a bowl of berries in the future..
Question: how often do I use this coffee mixture on the plants?...Very helpful video thank you!
just planted my blueberrie!! Thanks for the coffee watering tip!
I like your younger more natural self. You've gotten a little UBER smiley lately. But great info, so Thanks!
Wow what a difference. I'm going to start saving my coffee grounds for my blue berry plant. I usually put them in my compost. Maybe i shouldn't since it messes with the ph.
So much contrasting info in comments
I suspect if u are watering all yr round w coffee water and you're plants are kicking butt then u know what u are talking about Sir thx for great tips and happy gardening to u🍀
Excellent video. You can also get a nitrogen boost using old tea bags ... just place the used bags around the soil at the base of the plant, and every time you water the plant gets fed. Not very beautiful, but it works.
hey! I don't need beautiful. I need functional. Thanks for the tip!
Great video/tip! Thanks for including the info about there being no danger of over doing this. Good to know for us beginners.
Very very useful technique , thank u.
Sphagnum peat moss/pine bark mulch and rainwater are about all you need for healthy blueberries. Wood chips, tap water, coffee grounds, all these other crazy recipes, just arent the way to go. I only have 40 blueberry bushes, but that's all I do and they are amazing. Keep it natural, Keep it simple.
Great video Luke! I put my blueberries in their permanent home the other week. I was reminding myself to ask you what do you do at the end of the season with the blueberry plants. Do you prune the plants or just leave them alone? I will be doing a video in the next week or so hopefully. They are starting to grow.
I heard somewhere that when you prepare fresh coffee all acidity and flavour and all that stays in the water and old coffe grounds are preety much neutral etc.
Awesome! Now i don't have to drink that stale coffee. My blueberries will. Thanks for the showing the difference between your uncafinated vs coffee watered one after 2 weeks. Wow what a diff! I just bought 3 bushes and was wondering when it's safe to plant them out? They have little green leaves so would those freeze now? Should i wait till it's warmer out?
Can't wait to try this, will this work with BlackBerry bushes tooo?
Could we mix the unused fresh coffee ground to the soil blueberries plants when we plant them instead, will this help keeping the ph low? Or if we watering with coffee how often should we do it, and i wonder why you didn't dump those ground together to the plant for additional nitrogen? I'm new in gardening and Thanks for your response.
Always good to try different things. For me long term PH for my blue berries is achieved using Ag grade Sulfur. Considering my soil is around 7.5 it is a challenge. Three applications of 1/2 to 1 cup a year.
you can do Ammonium sulfate for temporary solution meanwhile apply sulfur to soil for long term. Vinegar works but you have to do it very often..
I think, you should use the diluted white vinegar cause it's organic and helpful. I'm always use the white vinegar for my blueberry sharp blue
The coffee will not lower ph. If you want to see blueberries take off, dig hole and fill with peat moss then plant. Blueberries love peat moss
u must be kidding... STALE coffee 100% will lower ph, or keep ph low if it is already in the 5ish range... happy gardening.
I like the idea of using coffee instead of standard acidifier/fertilizer. But how do we know that the coffee water doesn't have too much or too little acid?
Do you use coffee each and every time you water your blueberries? Or just once or twice a week?
I have also heard about using the coffee grounds on the base of the plants, what are your thoughts?
i would mix the grounds with compost/peatmoss then top dress.. if solely grounds are used u will most likely encounter Mold!!! rut-roh! lol just my few cents thrown into the muck pile ha ha... happy gardening!
Hi,
what about instant coffee ? Have you tried it, is it any good ? I got some left (don't drink it anymore) hence my question.
Funny Joe instant coffee will work!
***** Thank you for your answer.
As far as instant coffee goes, will 2 cups still be enough or should I add a bit more.I think instant coffee may not be so strong if we compare it to ground coffee.
how often should they be watered with this method?
Tried it on a 2year old blueberry that was very slow growing. Works fantastic! I have a new growth after 4 weeks that is as tall as the whole plant! Psyched. My question is, I used the coffee grounds afterwards as a top dressing so that when it rains, the bush would keep getting what it needed. Will that practice hurt the bush? Tried this on my azaleas too because they love acidic soil. Anyways, thanks for the tip.
Don't want to sound dumb, but are you using coffee or coffee grounds?
The title said coffee, and he said coffee. I don't think he said "grounds".
Very cool! I must try! 👍🏾
i typically just buy a cheap organic bag of coffee and throw some grounds around the plant before a rain storm. Works great.
coffee groan's work great with tomatoes I put 4'' down below where I will plant then
cover with durt then in a few day plant my tomatoes the are great big juice not woody at all and with 4 plant I get a bout 125-140 tomatoes so it work great.
Ok did I miss it? Or did you happen to say how often to do this? So easy.....ty
What time Of The Year is best to water the blueberry tree with the coffee water?
I have the exact same water pail, color and all, looks just like mine :)
How many times should we do this? Also can we use used coffee beans?
Is this coffee,as opposed to coffee grounds? Thanks for an answer, please
Can I use fresh coffee mixing with water, not the coffee remains? Will the oil of the coffee kills the roots of the plants?
can I add Epsom salt to blueberry bushes? And can I get sulfur at Lowes or Home Depot?
Thank you for the cheap and easy way to keep the PH low on blueberries
Machond
Cheap?
Can you mix it with using vinegar and water?
Wow, you can really see a big difference between the plants and it's all just because of some coffee :-)
Great Video
Unfortunately I do not have any blueberry - yet :-) But the method seams simple enough - are there other plants where this could be used, or would that just be any plant that would like to have a low ph value ?
Do you still recommend this Luke?
I wonder if old coffee would work the same then. I often have half a cup left in the pot that gets dumped down the drain. If I saved them for a week I would have enough to dilute.
For everybody asking questions: you must use the coffee itself. One you make the coffee all the acidity leaves the grounds. Also don’t do this too often because even though the plants love the lowered ph the caffeine isn’t good for them in high doses
Migardener,friend!, i like coffe my self, and use it, but can i also use fish fertilizer,, with out burning them?. always appreciate your return response, to my comments, take care, Sincerely Rick.
imho i wouldnt.... blueberries are not heavy feeders and have sensitive root systems i suggest seaweed if u live by the coast, or purchase (kelp). blueberries do love their potassium, and this feed will supply micro nutes and growth regulators.. and best of all organic!
quick question... Did you use unused coffee, or used coffee grounds? I get about 5 gallons of used coffee grounds from my local shop, and have a brand new blueberry plant in the pot. Thanks!
When people say coffee grounds that means used not fresh ground coffee.
UNUSED cofee grounds!! Once the grounds are used, they lose thier acidity so it does absolutely nothing for lowering the ph for blueberries. I used instant cofee and it also does the trick!
So can you use coffee grounds? Also will the caffeine get transferred into the berries?
Yeah they dig it.
Thanks for the tip! I will do it!!!!
can i just cast the used coffee grounds on the ground around the plants?
Papa Bear once you heat the coffee grounds all the acidity leaves the grounds.
Oh my gosh! This is an old video.. I always wonder what RUclipsrs that have been around for a long time feel about their old content. Any updates or revisions you would make to this video, would love to hear!
Good video
My blueberry plants look dead. It’s November 10 in south Texas and the super hot weather is over. We are about to start our cold/freezing season. Are they supposed to look dead right now??
Yes. I'm in Texas as well. In fall the leaves start to turn red and fall off. They should pop back up in spring, which in my opinion, is the best time to start watering them with coffee.
Surprisingly interesting channel I wish you success and development of our vast vast like # 580
So I just want to make sure I have this right. Old coffee not old coffee grounds. Or as in the comments here you can add coffee grounds to it for a nitrogen boost. Correct?
did you use coffee grounds or instant coffee please
City water is ALWAYS neutral to alkaline to prevent lead leaching from household or city plunbing. Therefore, unless your soil is very acidic, or you make that coffee with rainwater, you are not lowering your pH significantly. However, coffee adds nitrogen, copper and more, plus organic matter. Sprinkling coffee grounds arround youe blueberries is good for many reasond. Iron sulfate is best for liwering pH.
The word in tannin . the brown dye that is. thanks for the vid.
can you use the coffee for blackberries? or apples?
awesome tip, Im gonna give it a try.
Very neat tip!
I know you are talking about blueberries but wondering if this is what blackberries need to.
Great Vid. Thanks!
blueberrys are a drag ph needed is for acidic soils or else u need always some acid to make them grow citric acid is a good choice mixed with water or hidro cloric cheap acid mixed with water but its dangerous might burn roots
What is the metric ratio for the coffee to water? And does it matter if I just the used ground coffee on the soil sprinkle it on top of the soil ?
mews56 Just 1 part coffee to 5 parts water.
I guess blueberries are just like me in the morning, just need some coffee to get going.
How often can I water the plans w coffee
thanks luke il be doing it
Does this work for grape vines?
Would tea work as well?
Thanks for tips. I put it in my compost is that good or bad? What else can be put inside the compost that isn't food? I.m trying to raise black berries but they haven't sprout yet but if it does I will use the coffee.
What do you do to the soil in the first place to make it acidified enough for blueberries to grow?
yes350yes use agricultural sulfur to lower the PH, you could also just buy ericacous soil (sorry if I spelt it wrong)
you can use Vinegar, or minor quantities Ammonium sulfate diluted water, they are easy way if you want to grow them today.
Coffee can have a PH of 5-7, depending on the beans, it seems. The way you diluted it, what you're pouring on the ground can't have a PH much below 6.5. Given the mass of the soil, there is just NO way you have lowered the PH of the soil at all. Test the soil, you'll see you haven't affected it. It certainly isn't near 4.5, which Blueberries want.
J Galt Tell that to the blueberries. They produced great, and the PH meter tells the truth. I am sorry, but try something yourself before you comment making me look like I don't know what I am talking about.
J Galt ... apparently some feathers have been ruffled here .... :)
nothing to worry .... in my understanding u r talking abt the pH of the soil ... but what is being fed to the plant is coffee water and which might have a low pH. not necessarily meaning tht coffee water will lower pH of the soil ... so if on practically doing it, it is showing results then there is some truth to what the video is about ... :)
MIgardener | Simple Organic Gardening & Sustainable Living Coffee grounds add nitrogen to the soil, it does not affect the soil's PH level significantly enough to be considered an acidification additive.
some people don't realize how extroadinarily hard it is to acidify soil. Point and case my instructor at the chicago botanic garden who is a agronomist had a colleague on a test plot (illegally) pour acidic battery acid in the soil, it would not remain acidic and would always revert back to an alkaline state and would require reapplication. Soil will always revert back to the parent material( in this case alkaline clay)
Why not mix in coffee grounds into the soil to lower ph, etc and do the same?
thanks for this
thanks i will give it a shot. last bushes died due to soil not right so this should fix it.
two questions: does it have to be old stale coffee? can I brew some specifically for this purpose or is it too fresh to use? and what if the coffee is altered? Such as sugar/cream added? But I guess if I brew it just for this I wouldn't alter it...duh. Or like, flavored coffee. Like vanilla or hazelnut. Sorry for the dumb questions.
sorry this isn't my video, but i had to reply. DO NOT use any flavored coffee anywhere near your garden. flavored coffee is loaded with chemicals that will kill your plant, and it will also kill you, if you drink enough of it. i would use any organic type coffee that is free from any chemical modification. you can also use certain amounts of finely ground sulfur to lower the ph (test the soil before adding sulfur, so you know how much). also, dont forget to provide a good amount of mulch.
dvcook7 Thank you!
dvcook7 Would activated charcoal work for the sulfur? Or maybe blackstrap molasses? (And how much would you use?) Can you do that for containers without killing the plant? Thanks. :-)
LL Mcbee i wouldn't use activated charcoal personally because it absorbs certain vitamins that the plant needs. i would get a soil ph tester to see where your at first, then you can add a little bit of supplements at a time to see how it affects it. i dont really know what black strap molasses is, but personally i've been using an acid loving peat moss mixture that i got from home depot, and i've been mulching with pine needles and coffee grounds, and my ph levels are perfect, and my blueberries are huge and tasty. i've also been watering them liberally, since the pot i have them set up in is a quick draining type. good luck!
Can you use it on Blueberries and Blackberries?
can i use taster choice or will starbucks coffe be better?
+belatube any coffee works
definitely starbucks. its to liberal to drink.
what time(s) of the year is best for doing this?
youtoob0217 I do it all year long.
@MIgardener this is the answer I was searching for! Thank you for all the great videos. I just pruned and prepped my blueberry plants for winter thanks to your informative videos. Next year will be my 2nd & 3rd year with my blueberry bushes & I’m looking forward to seeing some increased progress & production in 2024. God bless! So to recap 2 cups of used coffee grounds 1.5 gallons of water applied every 3-4 weeks. Easy peasy 😊
What happens to the plants if you use fresh coffee?
When you say stale nasty coffee are you meaning coffee grounds?
Is that fresh coffe grounds?
Can you mix the coffee grounds in to the soil to lower ph?
used coffee grounds are less acidic because of brewing them. they are still a great amendment to the soil because of nitrogen and trace mineral elements.
Correct, that is why he had more growth on the one plant. He has not lowered the PH of the soil any but has boosted the nutrients. I use coffee ground in my garden all the time but this will not lower the PH. Best thing to do is go straight to the woods, get that dark rich loamy compost under the leaves, that is what the really want, that's where they live in the wild.
Do you sell blue berries seeds?
Dose it effect the taste of the blue berries?
it certainly wont be de-caf! (:
Why water the coffee? Why not mix the grounds into the soil? Is there a better result from one of the methods?
the used grounds are a great amendment to the soil for use by any plant. The grounds when brewed are less acidic than the coffee.
+Charles Byrne I work at a coffee shop, can i use the leftover coffee seeds to make compost/soil to grow plants??
+Bones of Gold Skateboarding yes the coffee grounds can be put into compost as a green material to mix with a brown. you can also mix them with the soil and they will break down and provide nitrogen and a few select elements that plants can use to grow. you can't use it as a soil replacement because there are minerals and organic matter in the soil. organisms in the soil break down these minerals and organic matter in a form that is readily available to plants. There are some entrepreneurs (college grads) that use spent coffee grounds from various coffee shops around there area to make gourmet mushrooms. they are now millionaires. just google back to the roots mushrooms.
Charles Byrne wow thanks brother for sharing that knowledge I'll try it :)
Don't apologize for the brevity. You're videos tend to lose quality when you make them much longer than this. Short, sweet, and to the point. Make more like this please.
How often do you water like this with mature plants
Patricia Schiller 1 time every 3-4 weeks.
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Is it used coffee
Blueberry farming information is very encouraging. I hope using coffee grounds as fertilizer proves productive as I've used them for a year. My local Starbucks
Gives me plenty used grounds at the end of the day. Especially when I supply the disposal bag,box or bucket. I think blueberries are a more fragile plant and are
More subject to changes in ph,tempetature,soil porosity,water level,insect susceptibility, than the avetage home gardener could provide for the average typical blueberry. Comments appreciated
Peter Hamilin Have you seen OneYardRevolution yet? He does lots with coffee grounds and his garden is just AMAZING. From my experience, if the grounds are not totally used up, they will contain a small trace of acidity, but not a whole ton. The coffee grounds will green up your plants like crazy though, since they contain a TON of nitrogen.
What do you mean
Would this work with already brewed grounds?
yes to invite worms to your plants! but no to lower acidity.... (i still use my left overs and boy o boy when i pull the mulch back are there ample worms) enjoy the "starBerry" truly 1 of Gods top shelf offerings
Watering like this would be good for many other acid loving plants too, no?
what time of year should I do this?
Melissa Russell early spring is best, but you will want to do it 2-3 times a year.
Thank you
My goats have eaten several of my buds do you think they will be okay?
Melissa Russell It will be totally fine! :)
Good I was worried! Thanks