Coffee grounds for houseplants
 

Found this on the internet:

# Coffee grounds
Sprinkle used coffee grounds around the base of your plants. Use a fork to
stir them into the top layer of soil to add minerals and fluff. Cooled,
brewed coffee (no cream, please!) also works. If you like your coffee
strong, you might want to dilute it first.
# Herbal and black teas
Loose tea or tea bag innards also enhance soil.

datsy wrote:
Found this on the internet:

# Coffee grounds
Sprinkle used coffee grounds around the base of your plants. Use a
fork to stir them into the top layer of soil to add minerals and
fluff. Cooled, brewed coffee (no cream, please!) also works. If you
like your coffee strong, you might want to dilute it first.
# Herbal and black teas
Loose tea or tea bag innards also enhance soil.

Well, they won't do any harm. Tea-leaves are rich in nitrogen.but I
don't know about coffee -- not so, I'd guess. Like all these things,
they work better if composted first.

--
Mike.

"datsy" wrote in message
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Found this on the internet:

# Coffee grounds
Sprinkle used coffee grounds around the base of your plants. Use a fork to
stir them into the top layer of soil to add minerals and fluff. Cooled,
brewed coffee (no cream, please!) also works. If you like your coffee
strong, you might want to dilute it first.
# Herbal and black teas
Loose tea or tea bag innards also enhance soil.

Oh good !
I tell everyone at work that pouring their cold coffee into the hydro plant
containers is OK :~)))
Jenny

On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 21:59:10 +0100, datsy wrote:

Found this on the internet:

# Coffee grounds
Sprinkle used coffee grounds around the base of your plants. Use a fork to
stir them into the top layer of soil to add minerals and fluff. Cooled,
brewed coffee (no cream, please!) also works. If you like your coffee
strong, you might want to dilute it first.
# Herbal and black teas
Loose tea or tea bag innards also enhance soil.

The caffeine is supposed to repel slugs. But you need regular applications,
and I can't say I've noticed any advantage.
Coffee grounds are good around rhododendrons and hortensias. Makes a good
much and helps keep the soil acid.

--
Tim C.

JennyC wrote:
[...]
Oh good !
I tell everyone at work that pouring their cold coffee into the
hydro
plant containers is OK :~)))
Jenny

There must be an increased risk of mouldy slimy stuff developing,
though! Who does the cleaning?

--
Mike.

In article , Mike Lyle mike_lyle_uk@REMO
VETHISyahoo.co.uk writes
JennyC wrote:
[...]
Oh good !
I tell everyone at work that pouring their cold coffee into the
hydro
plant containers is OK :~)))
Jenny

There must be an increased risk of mouldy slimy stuff developing,
though! Who does the cleaning?

If it's 'work' I imagine that the coffee in question is instant, so that
wouldn't be a problem.

Certainly cold tea seemed to be beneficial to my office plants.


--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

Kay wrote:
In article , Mike Lyle
mike_lyle_uk@REMO VETHISyahoo.co.uk writes
JennyC wrote:
[...]
Oh good !
I tell everyone at work that pouring their cold coffee into the
hydro plant containers is OK :~)))
Jenny

There must be an increased risk of mouldy slimy stuff developing,
though! Who does the cleaning?

If it's 'work' I imagine that the coffee in question is instant, so
that wouldn't be a problem.

Certainly cold tea seemed to be beneficial to my office plants.

I wouldn't put residual milk and sugar on plants, though.

--
Mike.

"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
...
JennyC wrote:
[...]
Oh good !
I tell everyone at work that pouring their cold coffee into the
hydro
plant containers is OK :~)))
Jenny

There must be an increased risk of mouldy slimy stuff developing,
though! Who does the cleaning?
Mike.

The plants are leased from a specialist company that does the watering and
maintenance.
Jenny

In article , Mike Lyle mike_lyle_uk@REMO
VETHISyahoo.co.uk writes
Kay wrote:
In article , Mike Lyle
mike_lyle_uk@REMO VETHISyahoo.co.uk writes
JennyC wrote:
[...]
Oh good !
I tell everyone at work that pouring their cold coffee into the
hydro plant containers is OK :~)))
Jenny

There must be an increased risk of mouldy slimy stuff developing,
though! Who does the cleaning?

If it's 'work' I imagine that the coffee in question is instant, so
that wouldn't be a problem.

Certainly cold tea seemed to be beneficial to my office plants.

I wouldn't put residual milk and sugar on plants, though.

I wouldn't put milk and sugar in my tea either!
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"