A keen gardener has wowed fellow enthusiasts with a tip for making plants grow strongly – using a special type of homemade fertiliser made from ‘banana peel water’
A gardening enthusiast has shared a tip for boosting plant growth – using a unique homemade fertiliser.
Carmen Johnston took to Facebook to share the significant impact she’s seen from using ‘banana peel water’. She claimed it had transformed parts of her garden, including herb growth and said it was excellent for flowers, vegetables, and tomatoes too. She explained: “I want to share a tip with everyone. I am feeding them with banana peel water.
“Take 2 banana peels and soak overnight in a gallon of water. Water your plants with the banana peel water. It’s full of potassium and more. You can use it on veggies, flowers, herbs. Does not need to be refrigerated. I keep a jug going all the time and keep adding water as I use it up. I also throw in peels as I eat them.
“The peels turn brown and you can discard them after you’ve added more peels. It’s a great organic fertilizer. This is good on veggies, herbs, flowers and tomatoes. I am using it on my green pepper too. My spearmint plant is huge as well and so is my dill is waist-high. I have tons of green cherry tomatoes and beautiful green peppers.”, r
The tip sparked excitement among fellow gardeners, with 2,000 commenting, r eports Devon Live. Christie Helen said: “Yay finally a use for bananas I bought; looked at but didn’t eat.” Elle Ballou said: “Beautiful and thanks for the tip. I use the banana peel for my aloe vera plants.”
Baking in the Glen added: “Thank you so much for sharing! The herbs look so big and beautiful. Mine never hold up or produce enough so I’m glad to get this tip!”
