Can used tea leaves be used as fertilizer?

Used tea leaves as fertilizer

Used tea leaves can be used as fertilizer because they contain nitrogen atoms needed for plant growth. Specially treated overnight tea water can play a positive role in plants, preventing diseases and pests and promoting early flowering.

Most flowers and plants can be grown with used tea leaves. Common ones include azalea, Milan, jasmine, gardenia, camellia, osmanthus, etc. They all like acidic soil and are more suitable for tea water.

How to make fertilizer from used tea leaves

1. Fermentation: Do not pour used tea leaves directly into the plant's pot. Instead, place them in a container, add some orange peel to prevent odor, and then expose them to the sun for a month before fermenting.

2. Watering flowers: Add appropriate amount of water to the fermented tea water to dilute it, and then you can directly water the flowers and plants. In addition, you can also mix and pile up the tea leaves and soil in a ratio of 1:5.

Key points for using used tea fertilizer

The tea leaves you drink must be composted and fermented before they can be used. The alkaloids contained in the unfermented tea leaves will affect the plant's absorption of organic matter and will not help the plant's growth much.