Experienced housewives told how to use coffee grounds

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Many people start their morning with coffee, which is prepared in a Turk or using a coffee maker. If natural coffee is used, the coffee grounds remain as waste, which, as it turned out, is useful in the garden and everyday life.

Cleaning powder

Some housewives use coffee grounds to clean a burnt leaf or a pan, using the “waste” as a kind of abrasive.

Garden pests

During prolonged rains, a plot with various plantings can be flooded with slugs. You can get rid of pests using a product based on coffee grounds.

200 g of coffee grounds are poured with 0.5 l of hot water. Insist for 4 hours, and then spray strawberries, cabbage, and roses.

Compost

Coffee waste is a good addition to the composition of the compost pit, saturating it with useful trace elements. 500 g of coffee grounds are enough for a hole.

Against flies and wasps

The coffee grounds are set on fire to scare away insects with pungent smoke that can bite or simply behave extremely annoyingly.

Plant nutrition

Relevant for indoor flowers. Coffee grounds slightly acidify the soil, saturate it with phosphorus, potassium, nitrogen, magnesium.

Against the smell of fish

It is enough to wash your hands using coffee grounds to get rid of the smell of fish after processing it.