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Beneficial Ways To Use Leftover Coffee Grounds In Your Yard & Garden
By KRISTEEN CHERNEY
Fertilize The Lawn
Like commercial fertilizers, coffee grounds contain nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus while also having calcium, magnesium, copper, and organic matter.
As such, studies have shown that adding coffee grounds boosts a lawn’s health. Mix them into the soil or compost to use as a top dressing, or sprinkle them lightly over the grass.
Support Plant Growth
Coffee grounds can also fertilize other plants in your garden and improve the structure of the soil. This promotes better drainage, which prevents waterlogging.
Add a ½-inch layer of grounds to the soil, or use them as mulch alongside materials like wood chips. This hack should be used in conjunction with other plant health supplements.
Combat Diseases
According to the University of Arizona, coffee grounds inhibit certain bacterial and fungal diseases in the soil, including white mold, Pythium, and Fusarium.
Add spent coffee grounds to your compost, or mix them directly into your soil or mulch. The grounds will also increase earthworm presence, which improves soil health as well.