Plant Helper  

I don't know if you drink tea, but it is also worth keeping your used tea leaves for use on the garden. and if you make tea in a pot, use the remains (cooled, obviously) on your houseplants. They'll thrive on it.

I definately have to try that next year with my vegetables. I did get about 8 tomatoes this year, which is 8 more than I got last year, by pot planting. Maybe the coffee grounds will yield me more. My flowers however, have been very successful this year, by leaving them potted rather than putting them in the ground. I am going to put them in the ground eventually but probably not til the end of the season.

I did not no that coffee grounds keep away insects from plants. I do have many ants around my garden. I will try that. I have plenty of coffee grounds to go around. thanks for the tip.

I've always put coffee grounds around my plants for the nutrients in it and to help balance the ph of the soil, but I didn't know that it would deter insects. Thanks for that information. I also save my eggshells and when they are nice and dry I crumble them up fine and mix them with the coffee grounds. Most plants benefit from the calcium in them.

hi Grandpa Bob I did not know that,and its non toxic too, which
makes it doubly good,you can keep away the bugs without nasty
chemical sprays. I have never done that, this is one of the things I like about mylot I keep learning things, and you have the gardening expertise that I so admire. my mom was like that, she could grow anything, flowers or veggies.one year we had cucumber p;lants sprawled out around the green beans and my grandpa kept saying that wont work but he was so wrong. we had tons of cucumbers and green bean, and tomatoes and everything else. mom just had a natural flair for growing stuff of any kind. lol.

Ive never had a garden where I planted veggies. But if I did I would do the same thing. Ive heard coffee grounds are great for your garden. Happy gardening!

I put coffee grounds in my compost pile. They really make the compost rich. I haven't heard of putting it around the plants.

Yep, sure have. I worked coffee grounds and eggshells into the soil the whole time my seedlings were in the house before put them outside permanently.

We used coffee grounds on our tomato plants.

I've never done that before, but now that I know about it, I am going to start doing just that. Matter of fact I am going to have my mom save her's as well.