Instead Of Tossing Your Coffee Grounds, You Can Actually Use Them To Help Your Garden
If you’re a frequent coffee drinker, you probably throw away more coffee grounds than you know what to do with, and your garbage can is always littered with them.
It may make you stop and consider reducing the amount of coffee you drink.
You’ll be glad to hear that there is a way to give your coffee grounds some use. Composting with coffee grounds is an easy and excellent way to provide nutrients to your garden.
Not only does it aid in plant growth, but it also lets you reduce the waste that gets dumped in landfills.
Even though it may seem like a small act, your individual deed of using coffee grounds as compost have a significant positive impact on the environment.
So there’s no need to cut down on your coffee intake anytime soon. Your plants depend on it!
How are coffee grounds good for plants? Coffee grounds contain large quantities of nitrogen. Nitrogen benefits plants by making them greener, leafier, and, therefore, healthier.
The grounds will also improve your soil’s drainage and air circulation. In addition, they will attract good organisms, such as earthworms, and repel bad ones, such as slugs and snails.
To add coffee grounds to your compost, toss them in your compost pile and mix them thoroughly.
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What about coffee filters? Coffee filters can be compostable, but it depends on the type of filter you use. White filters are bleached, and the chemicals can seep into your garden soil.
If you wish to compost your coffee filters, switch to unbleached, natural ones. In general, they are more environmentally friendly and are even rich in carbon, which is beneficial to your garden.
Before adding coffee filters to your compost pile, make sure to shred them up because filters can take a long time to decompose.
In the past, there was cause for concern over the acidity of coffee grounds, with the belief that coffee grounds can raise or lower the pH levels of garden soil.
However, used coffee grounds are neutral. It’s fresh ones that are acidic. So as long as you are not sprinkling fresh coffee grounds into your garden, your plants will be safe!
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