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Related: About this forumIf coffee grounds are good for the garden...are tea bags too?
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						If coffee grounds are good for the garden...are tea bags too? (Original Post)
						LaydeeBug
						Nov 2016
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alfie
(527 posts)1. Yes, both are good for the garden  eom
        LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)2. What if it's like "Cinnamon Stick" or "Lemon Lift"?
        Does a flavored tea do any damage?
alfie
(527 posts)3. I doubt that either one would hurt
        Neither would have enough to harm anything. Both herb and regular black tea are fine in the garden. My compost has mainly coffee grounds and tea bags in it during the winter. Summer it has lots more shells and corn husks, etc. But the tea and coffee can go straight into your beds, just kinda work them in a bit, maybe tuck the bags under some mulch.
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)4. I add coffee grounds to get nitrogen and maybe some potassium
        They are used for fertilizer, not just to acidify the soil. 
Coffee grounds are two percent nitrogen.
I never heard of tea bags being used for fertilizer.