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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Coffee and Tea as fertilizer

Some might think it's crazy to put used coffee or tea on your plants. Both houseplants and your outside plants. Acid loving plants love coffee and tea though. I've searched and compiled a list of plants you can use you left over grounds of left over coffee or tea. Make sure that it's cooled off first though before you use it on your plants.

Abutilon
Acorus
Aechmea
African Violet
Aglaonema
Aloe Vera
Amarylis
Anthurium
Aphelandra
Araucaria
Asparagus Fern
Aspidistra
Azalea
Baby's Breath
Baby's Tears
Begonia
Bird of Paradise
Bishop's Cap
Black-eyed Susan
Blood Leaf
Bottlebrush
Bougainvillea
Boxwood
Bromeliads
Butterfly Flower
Cacti
Calcaolaria
Caladium
Calla Lily
Camelia
Campanula
Capsicum
Cardinal Flower
Castor Oil Plant
Century Plant
Chinese Evergreen
Chinese Primrose
Christmas Cactus
Cineraria
Clerodendrum
Clivia
Cockscomb
Coffee Plant
Coleus
Columnea
Coral Berry
Crassula
Creeping Fig
Croton
Crown of Thorns
Cuphea
Cyclamen
Cyperus
Dieffenbachia
Dipladenia
Dizgotheca
Dracaena
Easter Lily
Elephant's Ear
Episcia
Euonymous
Ferns:
Bird's Nest
Boston
Button
Christmas
Cloak
Feather
Hart's Tongue
Holly
Maidenhair
Rabbits Foot
Spleenwort
Fig
Fittonia
Freesia
Gardenia
Genista
Geranium
Gloxinia
Grape Ivy
Grape Hyacinth
Grevillea
Gynura
Hedera
Heliotropium
Hens and Chickens
Herringbone Plant
Hibiscus Plant
Hoya
Impatiens
Ivy Tree
Jacaranda
Japanese Sedge
Jasminum
Jerusalem Cherry
Jessamone
Kalanchoe
Kangaroo Thorn
Kangaroo Vine
Lantana
Laurus (Bay Tree)
Lemon Plant
Maranta
Mimosa
Mind Your Own Bus.
Monstera
Myrtle
Never Never Plant
Nicodemia
Norfolk Island Pine
Oleander
Oplismenus
Orchid
Oxalis
Palms
Pandanus
Peacock Plant
Pellionia
Peperomia
Philodendron
Pilea
Plumbago
Podacarpus
Pointsettia
Polyscias
Pothos
Prayer Plant
Punica
Sanserieria
Saxifraga
Scindapsus
Shrimp Plant
Spanish Bayonet
Spider Plant
Succulents
Synogonium
Tolmiea
Tradescantia
Umbrella Tree
Venus Flytrap
Weeping Fig
Yucca
Zebrina

This is all I have so far. I'll add to it as I find more out. Any plant that likes acidic soil will like it. Any questions just ask.

-Ducky Layne-

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