Coffee For Blueberries?

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BUFFY690 Prosperity, SC(Zone 7b) Feb 29, 2012

Someone had told me to side dress my blueberry plants with coffee grounds???
I do this with my azaleas and they look just fab, but with my blueberries?...
Quite a number of them are new planted transplants split from larger plants last Feb. Is it too early for them to get fertilizer and grounds???

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rjogden Gainesville, FL(Zone 8b) Feb 29, 2012

You may want to check out the reference here:

http://www.gardensalive.com/article.asp?ai=793

-Rich

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BUFFY690 Prosperity, SC(Zone 7b) Mar 01, 2012

hmmm

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jujubetexas San Marcos, TX(Zone 8b) Mar 02, 2012

Some people use coffee and some people use Sulfur from the local nursery.

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BUFFY690 Prosperity, SC(Zone 7b) Mar 02, 2012

We have been using coffee grounds sprinkled around our Azaleas for years, Bananas for Roses, Eggshells for Tomatoes/Peppers, and wormcastings as a spring and fall vermi/composted additive to our soils for everything.
I just have not had a reason to ask about our blueberries before because we only had three little bushes that I honestly had given up on any production except the jusy snack in the yard and for the birds...LOL
But now that I am 15 strong in the blueberry bush dept, if this was a no expense way to add the acitidy they need, it would be fab
I am still listening for any other comments, either yay or nay :O)

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jujubetexas San Marcos, TX(Zone 8b) Mar 02, 2012

Coffee grounds can get moldy but only if left in clumps. I spread mine out or work it into the soil evenly.

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BUFFY690 Prosperity, SC(Zone 7b) Mar 02, 2012

TKX:O)

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podster Deep East Texas, TX(Zone 8a) Mar 07, 2012

If you work them into the soil around the blueberry plants, do so carefully. They have very shallow (near the surface) feeder roots that don't like to be disturbed. Kristi

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BUFFY690 Prosperity, SC(Zone 7b) Mar 07, 2012

Well maybe I'll just put them in with my worms and then when I put the worm castings around the plants the little escapee worms can dig it in for me...LOL

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