TommyMacLuckie

Eh, using coffee grounds IN the soil? I've been spreading used coffee grounds around the base of a palm tree to try to get rid of the oyster scale. I've read about this working for cycads. I even attempted it with a banana plant last year but I never noticed a difference. But that shouldn't screw anything up should it? Top dressing instead of in the soil?

I have yet to notice a difference on the palm or any other palms I've done it to (the scale that is - maybe it has died off but it's difficult to tell).

Maybe that should be another thread. I can't remember but I may have even started one.

Anyway, I've been using only Miracle Gro this year - I just never got around to getting any time release water activated granular for my own yard. As with some of my other plants, because of the severe freeze we had in January it's been quite difficult to tell if things are doing well or not as a whole mainly because it's the shady part of the yard. The sunny part of the yard everything has exploded.