Re: NANFA-- nightcrawlers: predators?

Tom Watson (onefish2fish_at_attbi.com)
Sat, 5 Oct 2002 12:52:41 -0700

I have always put coffee grounds in my worm bins and have never noticed any
side effects. I think that after you have brewed coffee much of the
caffeine has leached out. Spreading the grounds around garden plants is an
excellent idea. I also use changed water from aquariums and ponds to water
my garden. It seems like a waste to dump the nutrient rich stuff down the
drain.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Davis" <unclescott_at_prodigy.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- nightcrawlers: predators?

> You might want to go easy on the coffee grounds; caffeine is the coffee
> > plant's way to combat insects--it shorts out their nervous systems.
> > (Probably doesn't do ours much good, either.)
>
> Maybe pour the coffer grounds around tomatoes and other acid soil plants
if
> your soil has a higher pH. Ring plants a little further away if they are
> pestered with slugs or land snails with coffee grounds. The little beggars
> don't like the stuff. (Coffee nerves?)
>
> This according to a buddy (also a fish head) who gardens.
>
> In fact, I would love to install a cheap sink in the fish room, run a pipe
> through the wall, and send water changed out from tanks through the sink
and
> a hose to garden spots much in need of water and nutrients.
>
> As for the worms, plain old hardwood leaves are great. Somebody even
> suggested them for blackworms.
>
> All the best...

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