I often drink green tea, and sometimes I do not finish the my last cup. I was thinking that maybe I could take the left over tea (Not the leaves) and feed it to my plants. Would feeding green tea to plants be any good for them, or would it be a risk?
Green Tea contains
The main green tea ingredients are caffeine (formerly called theine), tannin (flavonols), theophylline, theobromine, fat, wax, saponins, essential oils, polyphenols particularly catechins, carotene, vitamin C, vitamins A, B1, B12, and P, flouride, iron, magnesium, calcium, strontium, copper, nickel, and zinc.
It also has trace elements such as molybdenum and phosphorus, as well as 300 additional substances.
Would any of these ingredients be harmful to house plants?
Thanks in advance!
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2 responses so far ↓
1 DAR76 // Apr, 2008
I'm not sure if the caffeine would be good for your plants. I would stick to pure water.
2 Habib A // Apr, 2008
i put the leaves into the plants pot and they seem to be fine
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