Throw the dregs after drinking coffee? Waste to plant flowers is very beautiful.

Nowadays, people know more and more about life, take the small matter of drinking coffee, for example, and gradually change from refreshing in the past to paying more attention to taste and production, so compared with traditional instant coffee, now friends are more inclined to make homemade coffee, but there is a problem: how do people usually deal with coffee grounds produced by homemade coffee? Many people will throw it directly into the dustbin, but today the editor wants to mention the grievances of these abandoned coffee grounds, in fact, they also have a considerable effect, for example, they can become flower fertilizer and contribute to the green plants in our family!

Why can coffee grounds be used as flower fertilizer and how should they be used? First of all, for the first problem, coffee grounds contain certain nutrient elements, such as phosphorus and potassium, which we are familiar with, as well as a small amount of magnesium and copper. Potassium, magnesium and copper can also make plants grow healthier. These are essential trace elements for plant growth. So how do you use it? Many people think that it can be directly put into the soil as flower fertilizer, but this is wrong, because directly buried in the soil decomposition is very slow, which is not conducive to plant absorption, but may cause plant root burning phenomenon.

The most correct way is to collect the coffee grounds that you are going to throw away. You can find a black plastic bag or plastic bottle, mix the coffee grounds with the soil you need, add some water, store them and let them ferment naturally. Of course, if you want to speed up, you can also put it in the sun, but be careful that the proportion of coffee grounds is not too high, just keep it at 20%. If too much may inhibit beneficial microorganisms, of course, if you want to have a better effect, you can add some grass shavings, hay, fallen leaves, peels and kitchen waste to the fermentation.

So what exactly is the function of coffee grounds? First of all, the key point is that it can prevent insect pests, whether it is leaf-eating snails, slugs or a variety of small flying insects, by adding improved soil can effectively alleviate these problems. It can also prevent weeds from growing and increase the air permeability of the soil.

Secondly, it can improve the soil and protect the roots of plants, because coffee grounds are acidic, adding to the soil can not only increase fertility, but also improve the original alkaline soil, make it slightly acidic, and has a certain protective effect on the roots of plants! This is helpful for Milan, rhododendron, rose, rose, etc., which like acidic soil, and it is a problem that we need to consider.