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Jenny McFarlane

The secret ingredient to help your roses thrive this summer is going to waste in your kitchen – this is how to use this free trick for bigger, better blooms

Climbing rose with pink flowers.

If you've ever wondered whether roses like coffee grounds, the answer is yes, but only when they're used in moderation.

Coffee grounds have long been recommended as a free, eco-friendly way to feed plants, and while roses are included on lists of plants that love coffee grounds, experts say there's a right and wrong way to use them. Adding too much can actually create problems for your roses, even though this is a really popular gardening hack.

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