Coffee Grounds

From: dark@popmail.mcs.net
Date: Sun Aug 02 1998 - 13:03:52 PDT


Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 20:03:52 +0000
From: dark@popmail.mcs.net
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg2570$foo@default>
Subject: Coffee Grounds

Back in the Middle Ages when I was a kid, I used to visit my
grandmother. She had a garden in back where she grew various
salad greens. She used to top the soil around the greens with coffee
grounds. The more I think about this ploy, the more it sounds logical
for carnivorous plants. First, it makes the soil more acidic. Second
I have heard caffeine is an insecticide. Third it increases organic
matter.

I have started adding coffee grounds to my CPs and so far, they don't
seem to mind.

Does this sound like a logical ploy or have I been drinking too much
coffee lately?

Doug Bosco
dark@mcs.net



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