Banana peels as flower fertilizer: houseplants grow like crazy and you never have to buy fertilizer again

Banana peels turned into organic fertilizer: leaves so green they drip oil!

We can think of a banana as a kind of organic matter, and leftover banana peels are rich in the elements plants need to grow. They can be cut up, fermented with water and made into a nutrient solution, or dried, crushed and added to soil as plant food.

Making nutrient solution from banana peels:

1. Cut up the banana peels

Cut the leftover banana peels as finely as possible; this speeds up their decomposition and lets them take effect faster.

2. Put them in a container to decompose

Prepare a fairly large container, such as a big mineral water jug or a cola bottle. Rinse it clean, fill it one quarter full with purified water, put the cut banana peels into the container and seal it. Open it now and then to let air in, so the container won't be impossible to open after fermentation.

3. Fermentation complete, ready to use

The banana peels will finish fermenting in about a month, and by then the liquid in the container can serve as a nutrient solution for your flowers. Add a little of it each time you water, but be careful not to overdo it, or it can easily burn the roots.

Dry and then crush:

1. Baking method

Use an oven at home, or simply a frying pan, to dry the banana peels until they turn black.

Crush the dried banana peels with a rolling pin or a garlic masher; the easiest way is to grind them into powder directly with a soy milk maker. Those with money to spare can choose a dehydrator, which is even more straightforward.

Mix the prepared banana peel powder with potting soil before use, or poke a few holes in the soil of the flower pot and pour the banana peel powder into the holes.

After your houseplants are given banana peels, they get plenty of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, grow more vigorously and bloom more brilliantly!

2. Sun-drying method

Just as we like to toss orange peels onto the balcony to dry in winter when we eat oranges, in the same way we can hand banana peels over to the sunlight and let them undergo nature's baptism.

After ten days to half a month, the banana peels are dried. We can likewise use the tools mentioned above to turn them into powder and put them to use again.

Banana peels can also be used like this!

Huahua usually loves eating bananas; they are nutritious and have many health benefits. In fact, as a protective shell, the banana peel can be put to use in every part of our lives. Besides being used as fertilizer as described above, banana peels have far more uses than these! Let's look together at what Huahua has discovered!

1. Put them with other fruits

Everyone probably knows that bananas can ripen other fruits. Bananas release ethylene, a substance that speeds up the ripening of fruit. Normally we can put bananas together with kiwis and persimmons, which are hard to ripen.

2. Prevent itchy skin

As spring and summer arrive, there will gradually be more and more insects outdoors. The banana peel contains banana peel essence, which can help us effectively drive away mosquitoes and bugs. Rub a banana peel before going out and you can be spared the misery of bites. For other itchy skin symptoms, you can also try wiping with a banana peel!

3. Relieve mouth ulcers

The banana peel is actually a very good traditional Chinese medicine. Put it together with another traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese knotweed (also called huotanxing), and add an appropriate amount of brown sugar, and it can treat mouth ulcers.

4. Banana peel water to sober up

Boil banana peels in water for ten minutes, drink after cooling, and it can help you sober up. If you find the taste unpleasant, you can add some honey.

5. Polish leather shoes

Banana peels can be used to polish leather shoes, leather bags and other leather goods, extending their life and keeping them shiny.

6. Polish silverware

Banana peels can be used to polish silverware. If you have silver cutlery at home or wear silver jewelry that has oxidized, you can wipe it with a banana peel.

7. Wipe off ink stains

If your hands get stubborn black ink stains that are hard to wash off, you can wipe them with a banana peel.

Today Huahua has told everyone about many uses for banana peels,

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