How to water your plants with coffee and why you should

How to water your plants with coffee and why you shouldHow to water your plants with coffee and why you shouldResearch has shown that coffee is good for you and its also good for your garden and houseplants as well.Information from Washington State University suggests using coffee grounds in gardens and landscapes not just as part of compost, but also as mulch. Coffee grounds in your garden mulch provides nutrients and other benefits that help plants grow.One caveat WSU adds that you shouldnt use coffee grounds in areas where you are growing plants from seeds.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moraPour-overSince Americans drink 700 million cups of coffee a day, why not share a little with our plants that have the taste for it? Some of your plants can actually be watered with diluted, room-temperature coffee. Plants with low pH levelscan benefit from being watered with black, diluted coffee about once a week. The result is a healthier plant with bushier foliage. (Watch your plant more carefully than usual if you start doing this stop if the leaves become too yellow).Some of those plants that can be watered with coffee include low pH plants like theseAfrican violetsAzaleasAmaryllisHydrangeaBromeliadGardeniaHyacinthImpatiensAloeGladiolusPhalaenopsis orchidRosesBegoniasFernsIts understood that these plants benefit from their soil becoming more acidic. Or maybe they just like to start their day out right with a jolt of caffeine.