[Charl89]

i didnt know where to put this post so hope its ok here.

i was wondering what the benefit of adding tea bags to the allotment? i drink so much of it was thinking its a waste to bin them all the time.

[arugula]

They work fine in the compost, if you have a bin, but won't do any harm straight on the plot.

[Charl89]

yeh i have a heap i can put them on. put wondered if drying them out and put into the soil would give exra benefit to veg.

[arugula]

I don't think so particularly, the compost heap will be just fine.

[Charl89]

ok thanks

[allotment south wales]

Tea bags and coffee grinds are suitable for the compost bin.

make sure you mix it in to the compost - equal mix of vegetable waste, paper, cardboard, egg shells, fruit waste / apple cores, bannana peals, etc.

[Yorkie]

Be aware that some tea bags don't rot down fully as they have a plastic type coating.

[plot53b]

I've been adding them to the compost for the past year. I have to say, I don't know why, but my wife read they were good for the compost/garden somewhere!! I also used to save the eggshells until I read on this forum that sometimes they can attract foxes to dig - so now the eggshells go in the council green bin.

Does anyone know if tea bags do have any benefit or is it just an environmentally friendly way to dispose of them?

[wighty]

I rip mine open and spread the contents on a piece of newspaper to 'dry out'.  The local nursery use dry tea instead of sand in the sand pit.  Done it ever since the girls went there years ago. The 'outside' bit goes in the council compost bin.  I still save a lot of stuff for the nursery for those 'sculptures' that our 'babies' are so proud of.

[Trillium]

I bypass the compost route in summer and drop them around my rose plants, along with banana peels. The roses love them.

Otherwise, yes, all my teabags go into the compost. I never bother to tear open the bags, too much pfaffing.

[sowitgrowit]

I bypass the compost route in summer and drop them around my rose plants, along with banana peels. The roses love them.

Otherwise, yes, all my teabags go into the compost. I never bother to tear open the bags, too much pfaffing.

I think I may eat too many bananas and drink too much tea; my plants would soon disappear under a pile of rubbish 

Or, do you bury them slightly to rot into the soil, replacing when they have 'disappeared'?

[Plottered]

As above I tear open the teabag and chuck on the compost heap as ive found the bags dont always rot down if left whole.

[RobertSongs]

You can ask at your local starbucks for used coffee grounds and they will usually give you as much as you want....I had to stop getting from ours because I couldnt keep up with the amount they were providing..but if im passing ill pop in have a coffee and leave with a bag full of grounds for the compost it usually has tea bags in it aswell..My compost worms do love an espresso...

[Plottered]

Sainsburys cafe have a notice on the coffee machine to say that coffee grindings are available for compost use.

[JayG]

You can ask at your local starbucks for used coffee grounds and they will usually give you as much as you want....I had to stop getting from ours because I couldnt keep up with the amount they were providing..but if im passing ill pop in have a coffee and leave with a bag full of grounds for the compost it usually has tea bags in it aswell..My compost worms do love an espresso...

Hope your worms aren't suffering from sleep deprivation! 

I chuck used teabags in my "kitchen vegetable waste" Dalek and never see them again (well, not in any recognisable form anyway.)