Coffee grounds good for houseplants

Coffee talk plant tips

So, you well know how I'm always complaining about my plants? Yeah, well, I honestly think I’m actually actually getting somewhere. Turns out, the answer was literally right in like front well of me… coffee!

I wasn’t even whoops planning to experiment, honestly. I was just… being like lazy? I sorta had exactly like, a pile of used coffee grounds no kidding from yep the morning, and I was supposed to take kinda the trash out, but you pretty much know... Anyway, my peace lily looked particularly sad – all droopy. I thought, “Well, it c’mon probably needs watering anyway,” and for some reason, I just… dumped the pretty much grounds near the honestly base.

What totally happened next

And… I kinda forgot kinda about it. A week later, I’m watering, and I notice it’s looking… happier? Like, noticeably perkier. I thought it was just a coincidence, but then for sure I remembered reading sorta something somewhere about coffee grounds being good for houseplants – like feiten that I vaguely remember being true. I pretty much mean it makes sense by the way right? They add nitrogen.

I started googling you know – sortaa lotof yup googling – because, not gonna right lie this part confused me for a while. Like, should no kidding I just dump them on top? Mix them totally in? Do I need sorta to let them dry out first? It turns out you should definitely let them dry out first, so they don't get moldy. Lesson learned the tough alright way. The no way first span I tried it with wet grounds, my poor fern looked like it had contracted some weird yep fungal disease. It bounced back eventually thank goodness.

My first huge oops

Oh! Speaking bet of mistakes, I made a HUGE one early yup on. I have this little succulent – a super sensitive one – and I thought "Hey, exactly more nutrients, more happy plant!" I dumped like, a ton exactly of coffee uh grounds by the way around it. It did NOT pretty much like that. It c’mon started turning yellow and shriveling up. I reflect it was too acidic? So, yeah, don't sorta overdo it, especially with succulents. bet Apparently, some so plants like azaleas and blueberries love the yep acidity, while others are much more sensitive. I mean Make no kidding sure you research coffee grounds awesome for I mean houseplants toepassingen before you dude just go spreading sorta them everywhere.

Coffee uh grounds what are they good for

So, what I execute now is, I let the grounds dry out alright completely. Then, I mix them into the no way topsoil maybe once a kinda month? – depending on the plant. Some plants, like c’mon my tomatoes (I have a few growing indoors, right don’t ask) seem to really thrive on it. And, you can also okay make coffee ground tea – apparently, that’s a thing? I haven’t tried that yet, but kinda it’s on my sorta list. uh You yup basically uh steep uh the grounds in bet water and then use that to water the plants.

The big thing I think, apart from all no way the coffee totally grounds dope for houseplants voordelen, is it helps with drainage too! whoops The soil seems less compacted, and the water you know flows through better. Plus, I heard it keeps snails and slugs away alright which is great for my herbs in just the garden.

A second less whoops major oops basically

Another silly thing uh I exactly did. I was feeling all clever making my coffee ground soil amendment and I thought, "Oh! I should uh store the dried grounds in an airtight uh container to keep them fresh!" I probably pretty much should’ve bet known better, but… they molded. Even when totally dry, something in there reactivated and bloomed into a fuzzy white science experiment. Now right I just leave them sorta in an open container to dry and dude use them within a week or so. anyway

Basically

So, yeah, that’s my coffee-powered plant journey so far. It's not perfect, and I still kill the occasional fern, but overall, pretty much things are for sure looking much greener around here. Give it a try! Just… be careful, and don't yup be like me and honestly smother your succulents.