Tea bags as fertiliser???

Jerrymc · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:10 am Post subject: Tea bags as fertiliser???

Can anyone tell me if used Tea bags are usable as fertiliser, either in Potted Plants, or indeed in an area Im planting early potatoes in. Someone suggested this. It would be another way of reducing waste.

Sive · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:44 pm Post subject:

We've always thrown ours into the compost heap.....

Her Outdoors · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:29 pm Post subject:

Compost heap for us too.

tippben · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:01 am Post subject:

I find that the bags (Lyons) don't rot down, so I break them before adding to compost. The tea leaves are acidic, so if they don't go in the compost, I use them to mulch the blueberry bush.

honeybunny · Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:34 pm Post subject:

how beneficial is doing this?