Just a thought, what does everyone do with them? We use them for plants, what other things does everyone use them for? When I was in Portugal last year I saw coffee pucks used to keep wasps away from the diners outside.

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    Around the base of plants to keep snails and slugs away

    Plants in garden. Worms love it. Only use the ones I create at home. 3 to 4 kg made every weekend which would swamp the garden eventually!

    Never realised that it would deter slugs. And there’s me out there today putting in my slug traps. Waste of beer though.

    I’ll have to start using the grounds in the garden. Should I be mixing with compost and is there any danger of overdoing it? Also any particular plants that don’t tolerate the coffee grounds?

    I’m hardly a gardener but out of curiosity I picked up a few cherry tomato and chilli plant pots from the local supermarket last year and they did well so planning on doing the same this year. Might diversify onto other veg.

    We just dig the grounds into the soil so that it is mixed. I might try just laying a bed of grounds around the plants to see how well it deters slugs.

    My Miss uses coffee grounds in a body scrub. No idea how she makes them into a body scrub so google is your friend.

    I have just told the wife, and I think she will have a Google.

    They all go on the flowerbeds. Sadly, I haven’t seen any slug and snail deterrent effect.

    Beer in a pot works wonders. I will stick with that for now. I did see on YouTube someone suggesting to use a mixture of 1 cup water with 1 teaspoon of flour,1 teaspoon of sugar and ½ teaspoon of yeast. They said that the slugs are attracted to the yeast. Might try and see if it works.

    I just let the slugs do their thing…eventually stuff appears that eats them. At one time I had 2 hedgehog families in my garden…ate all the slugs.

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    Coffee grounds are great in compost and has some benefit when added direct to the soil as it improves drainage and water retention. It also helps microorganisms and attracts earthworms.

    Washed coffee grounds are are fairly neutral ph and are good for most plants but unwashed coffee grounds are good for acid loving plants like azaleas, rhododendrons and blueberries.

    Tomatoes don’t seem to like coffee grounds. Radishes and carrots look to do well if coffee grounds are dug in when planting..

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    I usually toss them in my compost, but I’ve also used them as a gentle scrub for my skin and even as a natural deodorizer in my fridge. Using them to keep wasps away sounds pretty clever, definitely adding that to my list! What other creative ideas have you seen?