Is it true that cold tea is good for house plants, or is it just an old wives tale?

I once got a wild rhododendron from some moors, just a piece that had rooted from the main plant by resting on the ground. I made a tub aroung 2' cubed and filled it with peat, the plant lived in there and grew to a span of 8' diameter. One time when I dead headed it, I counted over 600 blooms! It used to have a liquid feed of phostrogen now and then, but I'm absolutely sure the biggest factor for it's wellbeing was the fact that I emptied the teapot (loose tea, not teabags) into it several times a day, every day. Mmmm, tealeaves, remember them? :-)

Is it true that cold tea is good for house plants, or is it just an old wives tale?
only plants that like acid soil .be carefull if theres milk in it will cause mould to grow and smell
Reply:Cold tea is good for plants that enjoy acidic soil.Rhododendrons,Azaleas etc.
Reply:Apparently it is good for them my mum says so %26amp; she's always right ;) Plus the tea leaves if you use tea bags put those on the soil u have to take them off after awhile thoe or they will go mauldy
Reply:You must talk to them as well and maybe offer them a digestive but please don't take them out on the town, people will think you a little eccentric! x
Reply:I havent heard this one but one I grew up with and have always sworn by (and am sure they mentioned it on Gardeners World once) was to let the water cool down that you've boiled eggs in and put all that in for a tonic!
Reply:We have a plant in our office and some people have tipped the last bits of their tea on it. It is thriving so maybe it is true. It hasn't killed it anyway!
Reply:not sure about the milk ..but tea has tanic acid ..they love it
Reply:Funnily enough was having a conversation with a colleague something along the lines of this earlier this morning.



He used to put the dregs of his cup of tea in the plant pot on his desk, after about 3 weeks the smell lwas unbearable and he had to go and wash the soil off and re-plant it!
Reply:My great aunt used to empty her tea pot in the garden, she swore it was the tea leaves that were good for plants! I am hopeless at houseplants, maybe I should give it a go!
Reply:Not sure about the cold tea...

But I know if you use the water used from rinsing out milk containers...it's supposed to be good for them...

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