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 menu. 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 peels.

There are several ways to use banana peels as fertilizer. You can fertilize both indoor and garden plants with their help, at any time of the year.

The first method is to shred the banana peels using 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 5-10 cm. If you want to enrich the soil of the vegetable garden with banana peels, it would be better to bury them some time before planting vegetables.

The second method. Of course, you can use whole banana peels. Bury them in the soil of the garden. In this case, the process of their decomposition will take longer. You can use this method of fertilization, when the garden is empty, to prepare it for the next season, or by adding banana peels around the plants, away from their roots: for example, around fruit trees and bushes.

The third method is composting. If you want to compost your garden, you will need to include oregano and banana peels in it, which will make it difficult to compost.

A patra metodă — “banana ceaiul”. Tăiați coaja de Banana, puneți-o într-un vas adânc și acoperiți-o cu apă rece. Acoperiți vasul cu un capac și puneți-l deoparte pentru câteva zile. The banana coaja is macerated and fermented. După this fermentation process goes sfârși, strecurați „ceaiul” obținut și udați plante cu el, turnându-l pe solul umed. This method is perfect for fertilizing plants and growing them well.