How to Use Coffee Grounds at Your Summer Cottage: Your Neighbor Won't Tell You About This

21.06.2024 11:17

Many people start their morning with a cup of freshly brewed coffee. After drinking this drink, coffee grounds remain at the bottom.

Most people are used to throwing away coffee grounds, but in vain - they can come in handy at the dacha.

Mulching the soil

If you add the grounds near trees and bushes, you will end up with a weed killer. In addition, such mulch will retain moisture well.

Plant nutrition

The grounds, mixed with water in a ratio of 1:10, can become an excellent fertilizer for plants. It will give the soil a portion of useful substances.

This fertilizer is suitable for both garden and indoor plants.

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Pest repellant

In summer, the garden plot is attacked by snails, ants and other pests. If you do not get rid of them, they can harm the plants.

Coffee grounds can be a salvation for a summer resident, since they are the ones that can scare away pests.

Add the grounds near flowers, beds, trees – you will be pleased with the result!

Now you know how to use coffee grounds in the garden.

Previously we talked about caring for blooming asters .

Author: Ekaterina Streltsova Editor of Internet resources

Content
  1. Mulching the soil
  2. Plant nutrition
  3. Pest repellant