How To Use Coffee Grounds in the Garden

Posted by maymie on Dec 18th, 2009 | no comments home title

Everyday tons of coffee grounds are thrown into the trash instead of being recycled and that is a shame because coffee grounds can be used in a multitude of different ways around your garden to help fertilize your plants. Rather than throwing your coffee grounds in the trash and having it turn into harmful greenhouse gases, you should start using coffee grounds in your garden.

Follow these simple tips to get started:

Sprinkle used grounds around plants before rain or watering, for a slow-release nitrogen.
Add to compost piles to increase nitrogen balance. Coffee filters and tea bags break down rapidly during composting.
Dilute with water for a gentle, fast-acting liquid fertilizer. Use about a half-pound can of wet grounds in a five-gallon bucket of water; let sit outdoors to achieve ambient temperature.
Mix into soil for houseplants or new vegetable beds.
Encircle the base of the plant with a coffee and eggshell barrier to repel pests.
If you are into vermi-posting, feed a little bit to your worms

Watch this video for more information about using coffee grounds in your garden