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Any coffee grounds will work. It's all about acidity. -
Cool, I didn't know that! -
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Yep! It does work. I put on the soil around my Hydrangeas also. -
Yes- it will help to change the color of hydrangeas. It's the acid in the soil that determines the color.
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Also good for berry bushes and blue berries. Anything that is acid loving will benefit from coffee grounds.
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Coffee grounds are a fabulous fertilizer! I'm not sure what does it--but I'm sure a healthy dose of caffeine is to flowers as is is to us in the morning! Speaking of which, there is now shampoo with caffeine. -
I also make coffee soap (cold processed). Coffee is all the rage in skin care these days. :) But for plants- it really is about the acid. It's good to toss into the compost pile- but for direct application to plants make sure the plants thrive in acidic soil before you apply the coffee grounds. :)
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Tea bags are also great for flowers....but I don't put either directly on the flowers, the coffee grounds in particular seem to draw nats or some kind of insect....I compost everything and then use the compost.... -
I've used coffee on hydrangeas and blueberries but not roses... hummm -
Roses like Bananas too....they'll almost always bloom a week or so after you feed them a banana peel...Just dig a hole out from the roots a little ways and bury the peel so it doesn't draw flies and knats!
