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Kolesar

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2. Starbucks puts used grounds out for customers to take home for gardening
Thu Dec 15, 2011, 09:59 PM
Dec 2011

My local restaurant puts them out in bags near the dumpster. Or, ask any coffee shop if you they could save a day's worth of grounds in a bucket.

I make fertilizer with coffee grounds, lime, gypsum, and rock phosphate. They call it "complete organic fertilizer": http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=246&topic_id=12943#12954
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/2006-06-01/A-Better-Way-to-Fertilize-Your-Garden.aspx

As for your slow germination, it depends on your climate. I sowed in mid September and had very slow growth. My plants were in a cold frame, so they started growing again in the longer days of March and I harvested them in the spring. It was greens and carrots.

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