Coffee drinkers can reuse grounds to spur healthy new leaves in their rose bushes.
Flower bushes bursting with blooms are the ultimate reward for all the hard work and care gardeners bestow on their plants.
Not only does the nitrogen encourage healthy leaves, but it can also help make the flowers resistant to common diseases, reports the Express. The kitchen scrap has the added benefit of repelling pests like slugs and snails. However, it's important not to be heavy handed as the acidity of coffee grounds can also mean the kitchen scrap can produce a burning effect. To counteract the effect, Gardener Basics recommends diluting the coffee grounds with two gallons of water before pouring the solution around the soil.
What's the best time to fertilise soil with ground coffee? As a very general rule of thumb, all feeding should happen in the months spanning spring through to early summer.