Don’t Throw Away Banana Peels! Turn Them into Fertilizer for Your Plants!
Bananas are sweet and nutritious fruits. Many people love them and include them in their daily diet. Banana peels end up in the trash, although they are an excellent fertilizer for plants – free and natural, rich in potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, and other useful minerals.
Just as humans benefit from banana peels, plants can benefit from their skins.
There are several ways to use banana peels as fertilizer. You can use them to fertilize both indoor and garden plants at any time of the year.
The first method is to shred the banana peels with a knife or scissors (this way, they decompose faster, releasing nutrients, vitamins, and minerals into the soil). Add them to the soil at a depth of 5 to 10 cm. If you want to enrich the vegetable garden soil with banana peels, it would be best to bury them some time before planting vegetables.
The second method. Of course, you can use whole banana peels. Bury them in the garden soil. In this case, their decomposition process will take longer. You can use this fertilization method when the garden is empty, to prepare it for the next season, or by adding banana peels around plants, away from their roots: for example, around fruit trees and bushes.
The third method — composting. If you prepare your own compost, you can always include banana peels in it, thereby improving its composition.
The fourth method — “banana tea”. Cut the banana peel, place it in a deep bowl and cover it with cold water. Cover the bowl with a lid and set it aside for a few days. Let the banana peel soak and ferment. After the fermentation process is over, strain the resulting “tea” and water the plants with it, pouring it onto the moist soil. This method is perfect for fertilizing plants grown in pots.
Happy gardening!