If you are a coffee lover, you must be familiar with coffee grounds. Coffee grounds are reusable! Reusing coffee grounds is a great, effortless way to do eco-friendly gardening to nourish houseplants. Take a closer look at how to reuse coffee grounds to fertilize houseplants:
Organic matter is present in coffee grounds, while nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus are favorable to growth. When applied properly, coffee grounds can:
While coffee grounds have numerous benefits, they need proper preparation to avoid harming your plants. Here’s how:
Coffee grounds can be mixed with brown materials, like cardboard or dried leaves, and composted into a nutrient-rich green compost perfect for houseplants. Ground coffee can also be used as an organic mulch to keep things moist and suppress weeds. Don’t apply too much as it can compact the soil and reduce aeration.
To not burn excess nutrients, mix with potting soil to avoid this. Great for houseplants that love nitrogen, like Pothos, Philodendrons, and Ferns. Steep old coffee grounds in water for a day or two, make a mild fertilizer, and use it to water houseplants; great to give a little nutrition boost without over-fertilizing the soil. You can fertilize your houseplants with some other fertilizers too.
While coffee grounds and many plants, not all houseplants thrive with their use. Some benefits the most, are given below:
Certain plants prefer more alkaline soil and may not respond well to coffee grounds. Succulents and cactus plants prefer dry, sandy soils devoid of organic matter, while carnivorous plants do well in low-nutrient soils, while palms and spider plants can be quite sensitive to acidic environments.
Avoid these common mistakes:
If you have more coffee grounds than your houseplants need, don’t let them go to waste! Keep ants and snails at bay by sprinkling used coffee grounds around plant bases. You can mix coffee grounds with soil for a nutrient-dense medium. Coffee grounds are an excellent addition to vermicomposting containers, as worms love them.
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