I have 10 garden beds and I use them sporadically around the plants. Sep 18, 2016 - Roses do like coffee grounds, but too much too close can give them a nasty nitrogen burn and can kill your roses. The coffee grounds do work really well. It seems to be really full of great Coffee grounds make a great liquid feeder. There are a lot of other benefits: Deter bugs. Things You Can Do With Old Coffee Grounds. An eclectic mix of flowers that are native to my area. Copyright & Permissions © 2020 – Carol G Speake. If you have acid loving plants, some gardeners say to forget the mulch. Soil acidifiers. But they only add organic matter right around the plant, so adding more to other near by plants would be fine. Not something to do all the time, any more than you would fertilize with commercial fertilizers often. I also have to mix it in with the soil right? Some coffee places such as Starbucks will give away their used coffee grounds if you just ask. I would alternate between plants and perhaps not fertilize during the colder months when many plants are dormant. ( Log Out / I have some potted roses on my windowsill, one is actually quite large. Carol. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Sometimes they are green and sort of camouflage themselves. It is not just nourishment that used grounds bring to the soil though. Can coffee grounds be used with hibiscus ? Also I use a used coffee filter in a colander to strain my tea. I also throw my coffee grounds, filter and all into my compost pile. You can use them new but this would defeat the recycle idea of reusing them. Change ). she loves the white and green colored hydrangas. You can also feed them coffee grounds in the same manner as you would a rose plant (See post on coffee & roses). When I’m not lazy I also collect eggshells and use them in pots(since it would take too much time for them to have any impact in the garden). Ten trees are being delivered to me in the fall from Arbor Day Foundation. Hope temp. Too much of anything in garden soil can cause problems for plants since changes will be made to the soil structure. Carol. Thinking of purchasing earthworms to improve the soil & using coffee grinds to encourage the earthworms & perk up my roses. Any help you can give us will be GREATLY appreciated. When I learned this I started saving them from when we meet in the lounge for coffee every morning. I have 10 garden beds that are all quite large, so I can use mine often without over doing it. Carol. I did nothing to the soil at all. Carol. I don’t use any chemical fertilizers, so I can’t comment on that. We planted 3 in our front yard by the steps, but one has died, the second is barely holding on, and the third is okay, although not as big as she should be. Put the umbrella close to them so they will get a lot of shade and close the umbrellas in the evening. If you do, worms LOVE used coffee grounds for their food. Feeding your hungry Clematis for beautiful blooms. I use an empty coffee can close at hand when cooking and dump everything in that like I would do for a compost pile. Place a handful of coffee grounds into a bucket of water and leave them for a day or two. Some hydrangea prefer sun, indirect or part of the day. This will create a nice amber-colored liquid that you can use to feed house plants as needed. I have a big deer problem, not to mention rabbits and squirrels. Is there a limit to how much grounds you use or how often you can use them? Make roses bloom and bloom- for free! Clematis likes lots of nourishment and coffee grounds are often recommended for it. lawn and garden. How often do you place coffee grounds around roses and hydrengas? Citrus peels break down very slowly so my guess is that they would be better in a compost pile. So often do I put it around them and how much? Clematis eat a lot and should be fed supplements like this from February through September. Bet my magnolia tree in my front yard in florida would love the grounds?! yes it is much better to reuse and recycle what we can.