Producer: Mehak Pal Editor: Nisha Dubey
Coffee grounds are a natural fertiliser and are a great blessing for your garden. Here are some ways to use coffee grounds for plants in your garden.
Coffee grounds as a natural fertiliser
Coffee is a rich source of nitrogen, as well as traces of calcium, iron, potassium, chromium, magnesium, and phosphorous. You can sprinkle them around the plant, and regular watering will automatically mix with the soil to make it into a natural fertiliser.
Excellent pest repellent
Coffee contains caffeine and diterpenes, which is highly toxic to pests and insects. It also repels insects like beetles, flies, mosquitoes, etc.
Coffee attracts worms
Adding a cup of used coffee grounds to the soil every week can help increase the soil’s nutrient ability, promote better drainage and leave a stable soil structure.
Coffee grounds help in composting
You can use your coffee grounds as compost as well. Composting is a process that turns natural waste products like vegetable or fruit peels, dried leaves, and any other organic matter into dark black material.
Use fresh coffee in the garden
You can use fresh coffee in your garden. Use it in limited quantities but for acid-loving plants only, such as blueberries, hydrangeas, azaleas, rhododendrons, carrots, and radishes.