Best way to use coffee grounds

I set out 2 months ago to collect coffee grounds from local coffee shops and came up with a bonanza.
A small shop nearby allowed me to give them a 5-gallon bucket and they now fill it every week.
I have more than 100 pounds of grounds.
I have been putting many in my compost pile and it is very warm this winter.

Now, what is the best way to use the rest of them?

Just dump on the ground around perennial plants, spread in the garden?
Looking for some suggestions.

It’s hard to go wrong with coffee grounds.  My suggestion is to add them to the compost pile.

Eric

We save our coffee grounds in a five gallon bucket.  When it is full I dig a hole in the garden and dump them into the hole.  Then I put the dirt back on top of the grounds.

The nice thing about coffee grounds is that they can be planted in without any other treatment.

layer them 4-5in. deep on the ground mixed with straw or wood chips in a shady protected spot. mix in some wine cap mushroom spawn. by next season you'll be eating mushrooms!

I have a related question- can I use coffee grounds as a seed starter?

Hi Steve,  Thanks for the idea.  I am just starting with mushrooms.

John F Dean wrote:Hi Steve,  Thanks for the idea.  I am just starting with mushrooms.

if you have any questions, ask away. I've taken WC mycelium i grew out in a bed of wood chips and spread them all over my property in the wodchip mulch i put around my plants every spring. 5 years later and I'm still getting mushrooms coming up everywhere. the compost they make gives enough nutrition i don't have to fertilize anymore.

Just beware that if you leave the grounds on top of the soil they will form a crust that will prevent water from penetrating into the soil.

I'd heard that coffee grounds are a good fertiliser but then I read that they can then go mouldy so that put me off.

i use them mold and all. doesn't hurt anything. putting leaves or wood chips over it you don't see it anyway. the N makes it all break down quickly. worms love coffee grounds! moldier the better!