Banana fertilizer for the garden

 Banana fertilizer 

Anyone who has seen "Back to the Future" a million + times knows that banana skins make amazing fuel. But at the time of Delorian's travels Mr. Better than adding them to a fusion unit, you can add them as fuel to your garden. That’s right, compost those slim banana skins and delight your little green friends!

Banana skin nutrients

Bananas are a superfood, and the skins are full of the nutrients your plants want. The first and foremost of these is, of course, potassium. Potassium greatly contributes to the overall strength of your plant. This further strengthens the cell walls in the fruit walls. It helps to create strong plant stems and promotes healthy root growth.

 

Phosphorus has the next highest mineral concentration in a banana skin. That’s good because your garden loves phosphorus! Strong plants need phosphorus. It helps to strengthen germination, healthy roots, and flowers, pollen, and fruit production.

 

Not to forget, the skin contains calcium and magnesium. These are important for the healthy growth of your garden. Banana skin has no nitrogen. But calcium helps the plants to get more of the nutrients in the soil, such as nitrogen.

How to make banana compost

How to carry those wonderful nutrients from your kitchen to your garden? You can peel bananas individually in your garden or make compost tea or dry compost.

 

A week before I plant my tomatoes, I store my banana skins in the water container in the refrigerator. When it comes time to plant, I add a banana peel to each tomato hole. You can also use the remaining water as compost tea to water your garden.

 

Banana peel compost is easy to make into tea. Fill a jug of water about 3/4 full in your fridge. Whenever you eat a banana, deposit the jug in the skin. Continue this process until the container is full (or a week later). Then strain the liquid into a new container. Put the skins aside and you can still use them in your garden! Clean the jug and start exercising again. Tea is rich in nutrients because the liquid slowly absorbs potassium, phosphorus, and nutrients. It is highly concentrated in this form, so it should be diluted before putting it in your garden. Make a cup of tea for a gallon of water. Rub at the base of your garden plants and watch them thrive.

 

Well, you made your tough tea and now you have the rest of the slim whole banana skins. That's great! Take those skins and feed your plants more! The easiest way is to throw the skins in your compost bin. But if you want quick compost, peel the peel and mix it with a little water. Or you can try the powdered banana peel way and then you can use them. Use a food dehydrator to dry skins (usually at 160ºF for about 8-10 hours). Or put them on a parchment paper cookie sheet and bake in the oven (extra-low temperature) for about 8-10 hours. You can let them bake in the sun. Once they are dry, chop them as finely as possible in a food processor or coffee grinder. You can add some PPP (powdered banana peel) to your fresh seeds or seedlings when you plant.

How to use banana peel fertilizer

Add a cup of banana tea to a gallon of water. Rub at the base of your garden plants and watch them thrive. Add a little dry banana peel (powdered or sliced) to your fresh seeds or seedlings as you plant. Some gardeners use the fresh banana peel in their garden. Burying deep around the plants will help prevent animals and insects. The peel breaks down quickly, so the plants can use up the nutrients quickly. Make sure the soil is moist so that the peel does not break.

 

Banana skins are not complete fertilizer! So do not use them alone, especially if your plants need a lot of nitrogen. They work well for potassium-loving plants such as tomatoes and peppers. To use the skins more, you can fertilize them with nitrogen-rich products.

Use banana peel as an aphid repellent

Banana peel also helps prevent aphids in plants. Aphids hate the smell of bananas. Adding skins around the plants can help prevent aphids while spraying a plant with tea can also help protect it. Dilute banana tea in water in a ratio of 5: 1 (5 parts water to 1 part tea). Spray the leaves and stems with the solution. The spray will also help feed your plants.

How do I use the banana peel in my garden?

I plan to use banana peel fertilizer for my tomatoes and garlic. Peel fertilizers are good for tomato plants because they do not require much nitrogen. Potassium is essential to increase the size of garlic bulbs. During the growing season, garlic needs a lot of nitrogen, which is not present in the banana peel. However, nitrogen supplementation should be discontinued in late spring or early summer before scabs appear. Otherwise, there will be leaf growth at the expense of the bulb. So since there is no nitrogen in the skins, it is better to use it after the scabs appear. This is my first year growing garlic, so I hope there will be bigger bulbs with the help of this peel.