Banana peels could bring one huge benefit to your garden, experts say. While it might seem odd to put banana peels in your garden, gardening experts say it could be worth a try.
The experts say banana peels contain useful nutrients. If you eat the fruit regularly but bin your peels, you shouldn’t. By saving them, the low-cost solution will make the most of the growing season while maximising natural nutrients. While water and sunshine are vital, plants can fall short of the essential nutrients they get from the soil.
The right fertiliser is important to ensure a plant’s health as without it, growth can be stunted and flowers weakened, reports Liverpool Echo.
Fertilisers cannot make plants grow, but lack of nutrition will prevent them from reaching their full potential.
Leanne Samuelson from Prestige Botanicals has hailed breakfast leftovers as a way you could give your garden a boost.
The “secret garden tip” is one that doesn’t require spending a penny on expensive fertilisers or pest deterrents.
Most people will already have the ingredients in their kitchens, and Leanne recommends using banana peels, eggshells, and coffee grounds, usually items left behind after a breakfast.
She said: “All you need is a banana, an egg, and a cup of coffee. These breakfast scraps are a slow-release fertiliser, pest deterrent, and soil booster, all rolled into one.”
Explaining how the breakfast items may be beneficial to gardens, the gardening expert advises to simply save your banana peel, crush your eggshells, and collect the leftover coffee grounds.
She says you should mix them together and add them to the soil around your plants.
She added: “I pop my banana peels, crushed eggshells, and coffee grounds into a big zip-lock bag.
“I then stash it in an opaque bag in the bottom drawer of my fridge. When I’m ready, I mix them into the garden soil, and my plants thrive.”
Banana peels are rich in potassium and phosphorus, making them a great fertiliser that improves soil health while helping plants grow stronger. Potassium, in particular, is vital for flower production.
Expert Leanne says your roses, in particular, will appreciate the extra potassium as it helps with the formation of flower buds.
Homestead How says: “Banana peels are not just kitchen scraps but an excellent way to enrich your garden.
“Banana peels offer a range of eco-friendly solutions, from boosting soil fertility to managing pests, proving that the outer layer of this popular fruit is as beneficial as its nutritious interior.”
Over the winter, you might find your garden looking a little lack-lustre but it’s nothing that can’t be fixed.
To give your plants an extra boost over the colder months, give this easy garden hack a go.
