That's why you shouldn't just throw away banana peel

We usually end up in the organic waste without thinking about it.

The bowl can be extremely useful for you in the garden.

Every now and then, something ends up in our organic waste that could actually still be used perfectly - for example banana peel.

Can't imagine what else these can be used for?

We'll explain it to you.

Do not dispose of banana peels - valuable fertilizer

In a dried peel of a ripe banana there are about

twelve percent minerals

, as the BR informs.

Potassium accounts for the largest share with ten percent, the other minerals are magnesium and calcium.

There is also around two percent nitrogen and small amounts of sulfur.

Therefore, banana peels are a good fertilizer for your garden plants.

Bayern 1 gardening expert Karin Greiner recommends only using peel from organic bananas for this trick.

Since no pesticides have been used, these decompose better.

Fertilizing plants: how to prepare the banana peels

It is important that the banana peels can disintegrate quickly in the ground.

Therefore, you should cut them into small pieces beforehand with a knife or make them small in a food processor.

Fresh peels are best for this, as they are not yet as fibrous.

Then leave the chopped up banana peel to dry in an airy place - just not in a closed container or foil.

Otherwise the shell will start to go moldy, as Greiner warns.

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These plants appreciate a banana peel fertilizer

Work the prepared banana peel pieces

flat into the root area of ​​the plants

.

Flowering perennials and roses in particular enjoy the high potassium content, which helps them get through the winter well.

Due to the low nitrogen content, over-fertilization is hardly possible, as Greiner informs.

100 grams per plant is a good dose.

(fk)

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