Beginner Gardening: Regrowing store bought celery, 2 by MrsLidwell

MrsLidwell wrote:
I also read somewhere (i think on that blog this morning) that the use of used coffee grounds in soil/mulch/compost can help deter/lessen the presence of pests in the garden as well. I'm thinking, since I know that these herb plants, atleast some of them, are already infected with whatever those critters are that killed my celery, but the herbs themselves appear to be pretty healthy still (so far anyway!), maybe I'll sprinkle down a little bit of used coffee grounds on/around the plants and see if that will have any affect on these pests, yet still keep my herbs alive and thriving. Might be an interesting experiment! Good thing I didn't go overboard and use up all my seeds LOL!

I did just notice today, while checking on them and taking pictures, that it seems that once these pests outgrow that "thin, long" phase... they turn into teeny tiny white bugs that "hop" LOL! UGH!