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Didn’t you finish your coffee? Give your indoor plants

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You may be an avid coffee lover, but sometimes, we just don’t get around to finishing our morning cup. Don’t pour it down the drain just yet, though, because something else in your house may use it.

Coffee can help give your houseplants a huge boost of minerals, and all you have to do is pour it over the soil.

How does this work exactly? Well, many of the minerals found in coffee that benefit you also benefit the plants. Nitrogen, Potassium and Magnesium are found in a brewed cup and when added can infuse your plant with more of the nutrients it needs.

However, you need to make sure you use coffee the right way if you want to revive your plants or give them a little boost.

First, you shouldn’t use freshly brewed hot coffee. The heat could damage the roots of your plants and counteract any kind of benefit. Coffee is also very acidic, which can also harm your plants.

Don’t immediately pour it on them as soon as you finish drinking and only use black coffee. You’ll want to first dilute your coffee with water until it’s more like black tea, then pour it over the ground. You can do this once a week.

However, there are some caveats to this trick. First, while this might be a good trick for a momentary boost, if used long-term it could upset the ph balance in your soil and kill your plant.

If you plan to use it, be sure to get a soil pH monitor to make sure the soil stays balanced (usually around 5.5-6.5 for houseplants) or use a full soil test kit to check pH and other variables. . Finally, if you’re concerned, this trick is less likely to have detrimental effects on indoor trees, so your ficus or fiddle-leaf fig might be the best place to start.

If you’ve been struggling to keep your houseplants alive or in tip-top shape, your morning coffee could be the answer.

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