Why coffee grounds are among the TOP fertilizers for indoor plants: what do pros in floriculture think about this?

16.01.2023 15:34

As you know, in order to get healthy, beautiful, and most importantly, lushly flowering plants, it is necessary to use fertilizers.

An expert of the online publication Belnovosti, agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh spoke about natural fertilizers that are often used by flower growers to achieve their goal.

Thus, the leader among natural nutritional compounds has become ordinary used coffee.

Its significant advantage lies in the fact that you do not have to specially prepare this fertilizer.

To saturate indoor (and other) flowers with nutrients, simply use the grounds that remain in your cup after you drink coffee.

Flower
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It needs to be mixed with the soil in the pot, as a result of which the soil will become looser and lighter, which means that it will contain more oxygen needed by plants.

By the way, you can also use another popular drink – tea – as a nourishment for flowers.

However, in this case, you should be extremely careful, since tea leaves added to a pot with a plant often lead to the appearance of black flies.

Elena Shimanovskaya Author: Elena Shimanovskaya Internet resource editor