Once a month I water all my house and outside plants with plain green tea. I use twenty teabags to two gallons of water. Plants love it!
By Janette from WV
Hi, The watering with green tea is a good idea I knew of a lady from Ireland and she had the greatest ferns because she always put in her leftover tea on to the plant once it cooled. I did it several times. But never on a regular basis like you do. The only plants I would not water like this are desert plants and cacti as they need alkaline not acidic soil. Nice idea thanks for the reminder. (06/24/2010)
With all the talk of saving water, I have not seen a suggestion to save rain water. Why let it run into the street? You can buy special rain water savers but why not make your own. Direct your drain spout into a large garbage bin and siphon the water out with a hose to where ever you want to water. (06/24/2010)
By Lilac
My grandmother's big potted ferns always were given all the tea leaves. We would fill the pot which had the loose tea leaves in it with water, then take it out to her ferns, lift up the long fronds and pour water and tea leaves on them. They were the most beautiful ferns I've ever seen. Nice memories.
(06/24/2010)
By Roseanne
I have a small plant in my kitchen window that wouldn't grow or put new leaves on until I began putting my used wet green tea bags on top and let it drain onto it. It has began to grow taller and has put new leaves on. Makes me smile. (06/30/2010)
Add your voice! Click below to comment. ThriftyFun is powered by your wisdom!
Also I boil aloe vera leaves when I'm done taking the gel from it (for my drink), and with the left over scraps I just boil water over it, chill it, and feed it to all my aloe veras and succulents. They get so green afterward.
Speaking of rainwater, all you pickup truck drivers with a bedliner have the ultimate rain barrel! Are you using it? I collect the rainwater to water my plants as often as possible!
Add your voice! Click below to comment. ThriftyFun is powered by your wisdom!
