Why experienced gardeners bury banana peels in their beds: an interesting trick

07.06.2023 15:00

Banana peels are considered waste and belong in the trash.

However, there are cases when it is not worth getting rid of the skin of a tasty fruit.

The banana “shell” should be preserved if the garden crops growing in the countryside are faced with a lack of important microelements.

Banana peel is an excellent natural fertilizer, which contains potassium and phosphorus components.

How to Properly Use Banana Peels in the Garden

Many gardeners bury this waste in the garden bed. This is the right thing to do, but only if one important preliminary procedure is performed.

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Before putting the remaining bananas into the soil, they should be chopped up well.

And then the product will easily cope with its main task - to become a source of potassium and phosphorus for plants.

Another use case

You can make an infusion from banana peel. Just pour clean water over the fruit peels and wait a few hours.

The result will be a liquid that can be safely used for watering garden crops.

In this case, the flora will receive not only moisture, but also nutrients.

Author: Sergey Tumanov Internet resource editor

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  1. How to Properly Use Banana Peels in the Garden
  2. Another use case