Untitled in Use Banana Peels To Feed Your Plants

By plantladylin
February 8, 2012

Chopped Banana Peels: Mix into the soil of potassium-loving plants.

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Marilyn

Feb 7, 2012 6:05 PM CST

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Name: Marilyn
Kentucky (Zone 6a)
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Do you happen to know which plants are potassium loving?

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flaflwrgrl

Feb 7, 2012 6:27 PM CST

Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)

Staghorn ferns, & orchids are some.

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valleylynn

Feb 7, 2012 6:57 PM CST

Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)

Hibiscus is another one.
I'll have to chop up a banana peal and feed it to my Tropical Hibiscus. I can't wait to see if this will make it a healthier plant.

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Dutchlady1

Feb 7, 2012 7:07 PM CST

I just throw old dead bananas on the Staghorns.... no need to chop. I didn't know about orchids, must spread them around a bit next time!

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flaflwrgrl

Feb 7, 2012 7:26 PM CST

Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)

Just throw them in the orchids whole like you do the staghorns.

Bunnies LOVE banana skins too!

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Bubbles

Feb 7, 2012 7:33 PM CST

Name: Sandi
Austin, Tx (Zone 8b)
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I have to bury them. We get some horrible black beetles that eat the peels if I leave them above ground.

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valleylynn

Feb 7, 2012 7:42 PM CST

Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)

I would be afraid of drawing bunnies, raccoons and opossum. I would chop them and mix with the soil.

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fiwit

Feb 7, 2012 7:49 PM CST

Name: Mary
My little patch of paradise (Zone 7b)
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I just throw mine in the compost pile

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tarev

Feb 7, 2012 8:17 PM CST

Name: tarev
San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b)
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Hmm..won't it attract the pesky fungus gnats?

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flaflwrgrl

Feb 7, 2012 8:40 PM CST

Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)

tarev said:Hmm..won't it attract the pesky fungus gnats?

Oddly enough it never did for me. No beetles, no gnats, no problem. It may be different things, different places.

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woofie

Feb 7, 2012 9:40 PM CST

Name: woofie
NE WA (Zone 5a)

Hey, I just noticed: It's NOT Feb. 8 yet. At least not here!

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Samigal

Feb 7, 2012 10:09 PM CST

Name: Pegi Putnam
Norwalk, Ca. zone 10b

I wonder how many noticed that, I sure didn't. I only have one orchid, so next time I have a banana peel I'll chop it up for that.

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Marilyn

Feb 7, 2012 10:26 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Marilyn
Kentucky (Zone 6a)
Laughter is the Best Medicine!

flaflwrgrl said:Just throw them in the orchids whole like you do the staghorns.

Bunnies LOVE banana skins too!

Our bunnies (inside the house) like the banana, not the skins.

Welcome to the Agastache and Salvias Forum!

Hummingbirds are beautiful flying jewels in the garden!

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flaflwrgrl

Feb 8, 2012 5:42 AM CST

Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)

Woofie & Pegi, the tips, garden tours, & stuff are published at (I believe) 8pm eastern time so that makes them appear before the date has changed.

I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown

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plantladylin

Feb 8, 2012 7:17 AM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

I do add chopped or whole banana peels to the compost bin but I also drape the whole peel over my Epiphyllum (Orchid Cactus):
Queen of the Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
Hooker's Orchid Cactus (Epiphyllum hookeri)

and yes, the Staghorn ferns (Platycerium): Common Staghorn Fern (Platycerium bifurcatum) love the potassium from banana peels draped over their fronds too.

Although I don't grow many Roses: Roses (Rosa) they are another plant that seem to like the potassium from banana peels.

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rocklady

Feb 8, 2012 7:46 AM CST

Name: Jean
Hot Springs Vlg, AR, DeLand, F

I've been feeding banana peels to my Epis and they seem to love them. Last year they had three flushes and one gave me 50 blooms over three nights (5 plants in all).

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ge1836

Feb 8, 2012 8:35 AM CST

Name: Jo Ann Gentle
Pittsford NY (Zone 6a)

Bananas go into our black compost box.No particulat concentration of potassiums for anything. Guess I should specialize.We are in the frozen north and orchids are in the house all year round.I cant imagine the gnats bananas on them and eventually "bugging" me at my computer.Flying up my nose and into my eyes.
Our compost goes into the garden and into holes dug for new plants.

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Dollybelle

Feb 19, 2012 1:59 PM CST

Name: Dollybelle
Edmond, OK (Zone 7a)

Maybe I missed it, but I always thought of roses when I have banana peels (courtesy of my hubby's eating them). Chopped up sounds like a good way of putting them around the rose bushes.

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plantladylin

Feb 20, 2012 3:11 PM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)