Similar to using tea bags in your garden to enrich compost there are several ways to make your discarded banana peels work ...

Recently, I’ve been seeing advice on Facebook about adding banana peels to your soil for potassium. Bananas and their peels ...

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Banana plants, particularly the peels and other by-products, have garnered significant attention in recent years due to their rich content of bioactive compounds. These compounds are not only ...

Banana skins are beneficial for indoor plants due to their high potassium content, which enriches the soil. There are several ...

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Recently, I’ve been seeing advice on Facebook about adding banana peels to your soil for potassium. Bananas and their peels do indeed contain potassium, which is a major nutrient for plants.

Also, the riper you allow the banana to get, the thinner and sweeter the peel becomes. That's because of a natural plant hormone called ethylene that fruits release as they ripen. Ethylene ...