Homemade secret: Coffee grounds make heathers bloom longer

Purple, white, pink, and even shades close to purple. Heather plants are some of the most beautiful, adding color to our autumn gardens, terraces, and balconies. How can you ensure they grow healthy and dense? A homemade fertilizer will extend their blooming period.

Heather plants are among the most beautiful symbols of autumn. Their contribution to the decorative appearance of gardens and homes is invaluable. However, proper care is essential to enjoying their beauty throughout the season. Below, we present the best methods for caring for heather plants so they are healthy and bloom abundantly.

Heather plants thrive in acidic soil. Therefore, if you want your plants to look beautiful, you should provide them with the right soil. The best soil for heathers is peat, humus-rich soil, and acidic soil with a pH between 3.5 and 5. If you buy heather plants, transplant them into a larger pot with the appropriate soil. Heather plants do not like overcrowding, so the pot should have a minimum diameter of 6 inches.

You don't need to look for good heather fertilizer on the shelves of gardening stores. You can prepare a nutritious mixture yourself at home, using an ingredient that usually ends up... in the trash. The key to having beautiful heather plants is to ensure the soil is acidic. Properly acidified soil will ensure that they bloom until winter.

Coffee grounds are a natural acidifying fertilizer. They contain sufficient magnesium, phosphorus, and potassium, all the nutrients that heather plants love. To prepare such a homemade fertilizer, simply dry the coffee grounds, sprinkle them in the pot with the heather plants, and gently mix them with the soil.