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Thread: Mixing coffee in substrate for emersed cultivation

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    Would love to expand my pathetic emmersed collections...currently housed in a one foot cube using garden soil mixed with coffee powder..seems to have something to reduce the pH level..
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    Very interesting about the coffee powder. Where did you get the idea from?
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    Well, coffee are known for its acidity, right? and therefore should be able to reduce the pH..my mixture is like a peat swap sometimes...and of course the high humidity of the tank helps...
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    This is an interesting idea.

    Well, I do know some folks add leftover tea leaves to their house plants, now I guess I know why they do that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bossteck View Post
    This is an interesting idea.

    Well, I do know some folks add leftover tea leaves to their house plants, now I guess I know why they do that.

    Stuff that you can add..vegetables ends, eggs shells, etc..think as long as organic will do. No meat absolutely. I learnt this from a documentary on how to create organic compost...I suppose we can adapt it for crypts right?
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    I've heard about it before...but why use coffee when you can replace with peat instead?


    I had rather brew and drink the coffee.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ah_ZhaN View Post
    I've heard about it before...but why use coffee when you can replace with peat instead?


    I had rather brew and drink the coffee.
    Ermh..after you grind the coffee beans, you get the coffee powder. For me, that's recycling and it helps to bring down the pH for crypts. So why not?
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    That sounds good. I think I have read somewhere where folks use coffee as ground for gardening purposes.

    Not sure if this is the one: http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/compost.asp

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    Hi Wynx,

    Slightly off-topic here, hope you don't mind but since you mentioned no meat...

    I read about some folks adding dried liver to their emersed crypts as source for N and P, just wondering if anyone here is doing that?
    - eric

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