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my nieghbour saves all his teabags and uses them on his garden,is it not better to soak them and just use the fliuds? and do they rot down and disapear as they look very unsightly.i am saving mine now but i am only going to soak them and water my plants with it. lancs uk

2006-08-05 21:00:30 · 14 answers · asked by joannie 3 in Home & Garden Garden & Landscape

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perhaps the reason for saving t bags is one of eco friendly fertiliser,
they breakdown pretty easily and are a natural product, we always used leftover t leaves on the garden they help break the soil down, lancs is a clay area, so my guess is your neighbour is doing the same, by using the fluid , all you are doing, again is feeding a natural product into your garden ,check your ph levels.
why not start a small compost heap, t bags newspapers, leftover veg, and green matter, all will contribute to provide with you a very servicible compost, and its cheap

2006-08-05 21:27:27 · answer #1 · answered by lefang 5 · 4 0

Just tear 'em open and chuck 'em in the compost bin or on the heap with all the other veg waste, egg shells and undiseased garden waste like old leaves. They soon rot down (if you can find an earthworm or two all the better, just put them on top) and you'll get some lovely compost for little effort - and all the extra worms which will result will not only help your garden, they'll encourage birds - and they'll eat all those unwanted insects that are nibbling away at everything in your garden right now! (Don't forget, earthworms are GOOD for the garden, and DON'T let the kids cut them in half - they absolutely DO NOT grow into two earthworms - all you'll get is two dead bits!)

2006-08-06 04:21:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

You've got the wrong idea - and so has your neighbour. He puts the tea bags down around plants, presumably. This is a 'mulch' and is supposed to keep the moisture in the ground rather than it evaporating. So, it is not the goodness in the tea but the property of the infused leaves. Take the tea out of the bags and then put it around your plants - then it just blends in with the soil. By the way, don't use coffee grounds in the same way - it attracts mildew and will be bad for your plants.

2006-08-06 05:03:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Your Neighbour does a good job. Don't soak the tea bags and use the fluid, but let you soil do that and all the fluid will be taken up by your plants.

2006-08-06 04:09:41 · answer #4 · answered by Clinkit 2 · 0 0

It's the leaves or (powder if ya using pg tips or something) that actaully helps the process, as they rot it gives off nutrients to help fertalize the soil. Soaking them and using the water is going to do a great deal to be honest, your neighbour is pretty spot on and to be honest if you follwed their suit u couldnt go far wrong.

2006-08-06 04:17:07 · answer #5 · answered by lango_faldo_the_barefoot_dr 2 · 0 0

IF YOU SOAK THEM YOU WON'T HAVE MUCH MORE THAN WATER. YOU CAN WATER WITH TEA BUT THE GOOD STUFF IS IN THE TEA GROUNDS. YOU COULD LET THEM DRY AND CUT THE BAGS OPEN AND PUT IN YOUR GARDEN OR YOU CAN PUT THEM IN A COMPOST. IF YOU USE THE TEA BAGS IN YOUR GARDEN JUST COVER THEM WITH A LITTLE SOIL SO THEY DON'T LOOK TERRIBLE. THEY WILL BREAK DOWN AND DO THEIR JOB WITHOUT YOU EVER KNOWING IT!

2006-08-06 04:28:23 · answer #6 · answered by X 4 · 1 0

This is absolutely fine. but if you want to use the bags, then dig them into the ground, they will eventually rot away,or an alternative, is start a compost heap,with them and ripped up newspares and edible waste !! good luck

2006-08-06 04:06:34 · answer #7 · answered by Croeso 6 · 0 0

My daughter puts them in a bin she has with a lid along with vegatable peelings.Everything rots and she uses it for compost.

2006-08-06 04:08:06 · answer #8 · answered by Julie 5 · 0 0

They are great on plants, or in compost, but are best if you burst them first to speed up the process.

They actually compost faster than fruits and veg.

2006-08-06 04:06:52 · answer #9 · answered by Frankie 3 · 0 0

why would you want to save used teabags?

2006-08-06 04:06:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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