A garden is only as good as the ground that it's planted in. Discussion forum for the many ways to improve the soil where we plant our gardens.
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Tomatovillian™
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Has anyone used spent brewery grains in making compost? I am thinking about starting a compost pile using spent grains, coffee grounds, wood chips and some extra mushroom compost for the garden. I stopped by a local micro brewery today and they said they would be glad to give me some, as they just throw them away. I am going to ask at some coffee shops about used coffee grounds and I have the wood chips and mushroom compost which is bulk stuff from a local mushroom farm. Does this sound reasonable? Oh, and I have a couple of bails of straw from last year that has been outside since last year.
I have never composted before, so any tips or instructions would be much appreciated. Has anyone here used spent brewery grains before? Last edited by SteveP; March 12, 2019 at 09:17 PM. |
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I had a friend that raised around 600 head of cattle and used rice hulls and brewer mash in his cattle feed. He would get semi loads of it, and the piles of it would get really hot, almost to the point of combustion. It's great stuff if you have something to mix it with.
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I have also read it is a great addition to a compost pile and then used in the garden. I have also read it can be buried in a trench between rows, covered with soil and let the worms do the rest. I plan on going ahead and giving it a try this year and see how it goes. It's free. |
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Not sure whether you grow organic or not but they found Roundup in 19 put of 20 beers tested.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/glyphos...-of-20-brands/ |
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Pretty much anything edible, 90% would test positive. |
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Yes I use the beer mash in my composter and it is a great addition. It really gets the heap hot real fast.
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Yes, it is free. I get mine from the local university's beer brewing lab. I am sure that some of the smaller craft brewers, if there are any in you area, would be happy to let you have some.
Alex
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![]() They spray glyphosate on mature grains to kill the plants, which then dry out uniformly for harvesting. ![]() ![]() ![]() https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_desiccation |
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I have had luck with recycling mash, the Black Soldier Flies REALLY love it.
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>> Not sure whether you grow organic or not but they found Roundup in 19 put of 20 beers tested.
>> If they tested more things like bread, flour, rice, vegatables (fresh and canned), fruit... Pretty much anything edible, 90% would test positive. Careful! That sounds like evidence that evil Monsanto may very well be correct when they say Roundup becomes inert and harmless after three days.
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Monsanto also says that Roundup doesn't accumulate in organs in the human body, but it is found in chicken eggs. Doesn't that blow their whole scientific theory up?
Anyway the second case is now being tried and Monsanto appears to be losing again. "The unanimous verdict by the six-person jury in federal court in San Francisco came in a lawsuit filed against Roundup’s manufacturer, agribusiness giant Monsanto. Edwin Hardeman, 70, was the second plaintiff to go to trial out of thousands around the country who claim the weed killer causes cancer." https://ktla.com/2019/03/19/roundup-...ury-finds/amp/ |
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