Banana peels as flower fertilizer: your houseplants will grow like crazy, no need to go out and buy fertilizer

We all know that leftover banana peels oxidize and turn black after sitting for a while, and look completely useless, but for people who love growing flowers, just about anything can become a treasure that benefits plants. Today Huahua is here to teach everyone how to turn banana peels into a handy organic fertilizer!

Turn banana peels into organic fertilizer, and the leaves will be so green they drip oil!

THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO GROWING FLOWERS

We can think of a banana as a kind of organic matter, and the leftover banana peel is rich in the elements plants need to grow. It can be chopped up and fermented with water to make a nutrient solution, or dried and crushed, then added to the soil as plant food.

Making a nutrient solution from banana peels:

1. Chop up the banana peels

Chop the leftover banana peels as finely as possible, which 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, a cola bottle, etc. Rinse it clean, fill it one quarter full with purified water, put the chopped banana peels into the container, and seal it. Open it now and then to let air in, so the container does not become impossible to open after decomposition.

3. Fermentation complete, ready to use

The banana peels will finish fermenting in about one month, and at that point 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, otherwise it can burn the roots.

Dry, then crush:

1. Baking method

Using an oven at home, or just a frying pan, dry the banana peels until they turn black.

Crush the baked 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; if you are feeling flashy, you can choose a dehydrator, which is even quicker.

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 get banana peels, they gain rich phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, grow more vigorously, and bloom more brilliantly!

2. Sun-drying method

Just like how in winter when we eat oranges we like to toss the orange peels on the balcony to dry in the sun, 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, and 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 this way!

THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO GROWING FLOWERS

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 all aspects of our lives. Besides being used as fertilizer as described above, the uses of banana peels go far beyond that! Let's look at what Huahua has discovered!

1. Put them together 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 that are slow to ripen.

2. Prevent itchy skin

As spring and summer arrive, there will gradually be more and more insects outdoors. The bananapeel extract contained in banana peels can help us effectively drive away mosquitoes and bugs; rub a banana peel on 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, Huotanmu (also called Huotanxing), then add an appropriate amount of brown sugar, and it can treat mouth ulcers.

4. Banana peel water to sober up

Put banana peels in water and boil for ten minutes, then drink after it cools; 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 tableware at home or wear silver jewelry, and it has oxidized, you can wipe it with a banana peel.

7. Wipe off ink stains

If your hands get black, hard-to-wash ink stains on them, you can wipe them with a banana peel.

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

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