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Normally, coffee grounds end up in the trash, but ... Did you know that they can help you have healthy plants? They are a very effective fertilizer, so much so that it admits many ways of becoming natural food both for the garden and for the pots.
Then we will tell you how can you use the coffee grounds to be able to show off plants.
Fertilizer
Coffee grounds are an ideal fertilizer for plants, since they coffee beans have essential nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium and sulfur, which serve them to grow and have a perfect development.
Regardless of whether you decide to put them in the compost or directly on the surface of the substrate, your plants will surely look healthier in less than you imagine.
Acidifies the earth
Soils or substrates that have a high pH, above 6, cause many problems for plants. acidophilic plants as japanese maples, azaleas, Or the camellias. To avoid this, they should be planted in lands with a low pH, between 4 and 6.
However, sometimes it happens that we are in a season of the year in which it should not be transplanted, such as in summer or winter. To do? Add coffee grounds to them. They will add acidity to the soil, so that we will prevent the plants from looking sad.
Serves as food for worms
Earthworms (which you can buy here) have a very bad reputation, but without them the plants that are in the ground would have difficulties to grow well, since they keep the floor aerated and, therefore, also the roots of the protagonists of the garden.
To make life easier for them, we can feed them with coffee grounds. In this way we will achieve better cared for plants.
Repel pests
Although a garden must feed and protect a series of animals, including insects, the truth is that there are some that cause a lot of damage to plants, such as snails. These are some mollusks that they have a voracious hunger, and to relieve themselves they eat all the leaves they find in their path. But not only that, but they also eat cacti.
Another pest that must be kept under control is that of ants. Although they do not cause damage by themselves, they usually come when the aphids they are already attacking plants. To prevent all these animals from destroying our beloved flowers and orchard, it is highly recommended to throw coffee grounds around them to scare them away..
Did you know about these uses of coffee grounds?