Save Those Banana Peels!
Save those nutrient explosive peels when you eat or bake with those bananas. ! Your plants will give you a high five for feeding them with potassium rich banana peels. Most plants thrive on the potassium rich "peel smoothies".
I place the peels into a food processor and add just enough water to help the processing.
Here is how the peels look after processing in the food processor.
Using my smoothie maker produces a finer pulp with much less chunks of peel. Which ever method you use will be ok for your plants but the finer the peels are ground, the faster they will reach your plant's needs.
I would not suggest using this on house plants until you can set the plants outside in the spring as you may encourage fruit flies to come.
After I finished the processing I poured the "peel smoothie" into a jar to store till spring to use around my roses and other plants.
Potassium is important to plant growth and development. Potassium helps:
Plants grow faster
Use water better and be more drought resistant
Fight off disease
Resist pests
Grow stronger
Produce more crops
With all plants, potassium assists all functions within the plant. When a plant has enough potassium, it will simply be a better overall plant.
Read more at Gardening Know How: Plants And Potassium: Using Potassium And Potassium Deficiency
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