How to use a banana peel to feed flowers. Proper fertilizer for banana peel flowers. Nettle feed

Banana peel can be used for one of the following ways:

• contribute to fresh when planting;
• use as mulch;
• prepare an infusion for root dressings;
• make "banana" compost from waste.

The use of banana peel during planting seedlings

Fresh banana skins are recommended to be added to the bottom of the pots when picking tomato seedlings. They must first be cut. For adult seedlings of tomatoes planted in the beds, as well as for cucumbers, it will be useful to carefully dig the skin near the root system of the plants.

Within 2 weeks, banana waste in the soil will decompose, and their decay products will replenish the earth with nutrients and improve its water and air permeability.

Mulching plantings

Dried crushed skins exotic fruit serve as an excellent mulch. Of course, with the mass garden cultivation of tomatoes and cucumbers, it is almost impossible to do this, but it is quite possible to collect material for a small greenhouse in a season.

"Banana" infusion for root dressings

The most effective is the use of banana peel infusion when growing cucumbers and tomatoes in greenhouses. But the plants in the beds in open field will gratefully respond to watering with a nutrient solution, especially newly planted young seedlings.

Infusion for watering tomatoes and cucumbers can be prepared using:

1. Fresh peel. Place three banana skins in a 3 liter bottle and fill with water room temperature. Let it brew for 3 days. Dilute the infusion with water in a ratio of 1: 1 and water the plants under the root.
2. Dried banana skins. Put 4 peels in 1 liter of water, leave for a couple of days, dilute.

Banana peels must be thoroughly washed before use. It accumulates various chemicals, which are processed bananas during growth and after harvest to increase shelf life.

Banana peel compost

Banana skins, along with other kitchen waste, are usually used when laying a compost heap. If desired (if suddenly such a peel has gathered a large number of) from them you can make "banana" compost without adding other waste:

• in plastic container pour ordinary land from the garden and peel;
• spill the blank with Baikal to accelerate maturation and mix.

After 4 weeks, fertilize the mass again with the preparation and turn it well. Nutritious for next season

Bananas are delicious and useful source nutrients not only for humans, but also for home plant. Banana peel flower food is actively used by flower growers because it is a rich source of potassium. There are a lot of options for preparing nutritious banana fertilizer, below you can read about the most popular of them.

Top dressings for indoor flowers from banana peels can be prepared as solutions and infusions, they can be used fresh, complex top dressings can be made from them using other useful substances, make "cocktails" and syrups from bananas.

Each of these fertilizers has its pros and cons, which you can evaluate and weigh yourself. To understand how this or that banana peel nutrition suits your plant, you need to put it into practice.

Watch the reaction of your green pet - if, after applying the supplement, he began to feel better, actively began to grow, began to bloom well, then everything is in order, and you can use this type of supplement. If the opposite situation is observed, top dressing should not be used, it is better to replace it with something else.

Dried banana peel fertilizer

One of the most common recipes is that of making dried banana peels, which are then ground into a powder. To do this, thoroughly wash the peel, then dry to a brown-black color. You can dry on batteries, or in the oven or, if the workpiece is carried out in summer time, in the sun. In addition to the color, the readiness of the fertilizer is indicated by its fragility.

Dried banana peel fertilizer

The dried peel should be ground in a blender or coffee grinder. You can sprinkle the soil in the pot with the finished powder and then water it, or you can mix it with the soil mixture during planting or transplanting (proportion 1 to 10). It is recommended to use banana powder once a month.

Dry banana peels do not need to be ground into powder. You can simply break it into small pieces, and then during planting or transplanting the plant, pour it into the bottom of the pot as a drainage system.

Fresh banana peel fertilizer

Flower growers also practice top dressing from fresh banana peels. To do this, the peel is cut into small pieces and deeply buried in the soil mixture. In this recipe, it is quite difficult to calculate how many skins will be needed so that they quickly decompose in the soil and there is no overabundance of them. Banana skins decompose very slowly, therefore, to speed up this process, it is necessary to use a fertilizer containing nitrogen.

Banana peel infusion

Nourishing infusion of banana peel for flowers

Banana skins need to be washed, then chopped and filled with half liter jar. During the day, the skins are infused, filled with water, then the resulting infusion should be poured into another jar and diluted again with water so that the total volume of the resulting fertilizer is equal to one liter.

Banana coctail

Take a banana skin, put it in a blender and pour a glass (200 g) of water, grind thoroughly. Such a cocktail must be laid out on top of loosened soil, two teaspoons, repeated once a month.

Complex fertilizer (banana syrup)

Banana houseplant food in this case is combined with other beneficial ingredients, such as citrus peel and granulated sugar.

To prepare this top dressing, use chopped banana skins and citrus zest in a ratio of 1 to 1, this mixture must be filled by a third three-liter jar. Put a tablespoon of granulated sugar on top, pour everything with warm boiled water. Fertilizer will need to be infused for about three weeks in a warm place, shaking occasionally. After three weeks, strain the resulting infusion and then store in a cold place. It is necessary to apply such top dressing once a month, dilute it with water in a ratio of 1:20 before use.

Banana is a fertilizer that is great for indoor plants due to its rich potassium content. Flower growers are very fond of this fertilizer, as it is very simple to make a banana dressing for flowers, and it brings great benefits. They especially love top dressing from a banana peel, the rose family, but the rest of the flowers will definitely thank you with their active growth and lush blooms.

Benefit

The main advantage of a banana is its high potassium content. In a smaller amount of phosphorus, calcium, magnesium and nitrogen. These are the components that houseplants need. Homemade banana infusion for flowers is useful in that it enters the soil gradually in small portions. And this will protect against overdose and the appearance of a chemical burn.

For plants during the release of buds and flowering, a real find is an infusion on banana skins, from which this process takes longer and is better. Flowers receive nourishment and energy from nutrients during flowering. The rest of the plant does not remain deprived.

Some are skeptical about such an economical and simple option top dressing. But home-made such plant care products are not inferior to purchased ones in quality.

Irrigation infusion recipe

An infusion of banana peel is prepared for watering flowers without much difficulty.

Compound

• banana skins - 3 pcs.;
• purified water.

Cooking

1. Place the skins in a 3 liter jar.
2. Fill with purified water.
3. Infuse for 2 days.
4. It is advisable to filter.
5. Dilute with water 1:1.

The classic banana peel infusion for irrigation is used similarly for greenhouse crops.

For fertilizer

For indoor flowers with individual needs, banana peel infusion is used as a fertilizer, with the addition of other components.

Compound

• banana skins - 3 pcs.;
• onion peel;
• peel of garlic;
• dry nettle.

Cooking

1. Place the banana peel and a handful of dry ingredients in a 3 liter jar.
2. Fill with purified water.
3. Leave on the window to get the sun's rays.
4. Insist 4 days.
5. Strain.
6. Dilute with water 1:1.

A good top dressing would be an infusion on a banana peel for flowers that are in the process of growing or have already grown.

How to water flowers properly

First, find out the degree of soil moisture. So watering the infusion of a banana peel will bring maximum benefit. Despite many recommendations for proper watering, there is no universal method.

To properly use the infusion of banana peel for irrigation, you should follow the basic rules:

• for the desert type of cacti and succulents, watering should be moderate in the summer, when the plants are actively growing;
• it is necessary to provide enough space for watering so that the compost is 10-20 mm below the edge of the pot;
• for plants with a need for moderate watering, it is necessary to saturate with moisture in the summer, much less in winter, allow the outer layer of compost to dry out between all waterings;
• most of flowering plants need constant moisture support, while the compost should not always be wet - for this it is worth waiting for the top layer of compost to dry;
• a few species (azalea, cyperus) need wet compost, infusion of banana skins is often used for abundant watering.

Drip irrigation scheme

For plants that need constant moisture support, there is drip irrigation. Even in the absence of the owner of the house, the flowers receive the necessary nourishment. For this you need:

1. Install specially purchased for drip irrigation droppers or make them from improvised means ( plastic bottles, hoses, etc.) with your own hands.
2. Provide water supply by filling a bottle or other container.
3. Holes made in the cap of an inverted plastic bottle will ensure a constant supply of moisture for the compost.
4. If necessary, pour infusion of banana skins.

Decoction use

If you need to get a useful tool for watering indoor plants as soon as possible, it is allowed to prepare a banana broth.

Compound

• banana peel - 3 pcs.;
• purified water - 1 l.

Cooking

1. Place the peel in a bowl after boiling water.
2. Hold for 8-10 minutes on low heat.
3. Cool, strain.

After cooling completely, a decoction of a banana peel can immediately be used to water indoor plants in the same way as an infusion.

Material prepared by: Yuri Zelikovich, teacher of the Department of Geoecology and Nature Management

Banana peel fertilizer has been actively used in indoor gardening for a long time, but in the Russian Federation its properties are not well known. This is most likely a legacy of the USSR, when citrus fruits on the periphery were regularly thrown into wide sale only under New Year, and bananas were "quoted" along with black caviar.

By the way, bananas do not grow at all on palm trees, as it is written in some places. Bananas - herbaceous plants; with palm trees, they biologically and habitually (in appearance) have a little more in common than a well-fed calf or burdock. And by the way, in addition to dessert bananas, there are canteens - plantains. They taste like potatoes, they are prepared in the same way: boiled, fried, baked, stewed. They even make chips. But back to our bananas, i.e. to their skins as raw material for plant nutrition.

Composition and action

Fertilizer for plants from a banana peel is valuable for a rather high content of potassium and somewhat less phosphorus. There is little nitrogen in it, but there is calcium and magnesium. Those familiar with agricultural chemistry understand that such a complex promotes flowering and fruiting. Of course, if the basis for increasing green mass - nitrogen - is also sufficient.

Magnesium is especially valuable for indoor plants experiencing chronic lack of light, because promotes photosynthesis. The same beneficial effect will be given by feeding greenhouse plants with banana fertilizer, especially in the off-season, when there is not enough light in the greenhouse. However, at the same time, plants should receive good nutrition, and the soil should be optimally structured; without good work of the roots and the leaves will bend from the effort, but in a pot and in a greenhouse, just with the nutritional value and structure of the soil, there are almost always problems. Therefore, top dressing with preparations from banana skins in such cases must be combined with top dressing, especially since the latter will also create a barrier to unwanted chemistry from bananas (see below). The cost of humates is low, and the cost of processing is scanty.

It is also possible to use a non-trivial fertilizer from banana skins - for seedlings and seedlings. Bananas are harvested unripe and subjected to processing to ensure freshness for the period of transportation and ripening at the time of sale. As a result, in the peel of commercial bananas, there is an increased content of plant hormones - growth stimulants. Sprouts under the influence of banana fertilizer take root better and develop faster. But, again, with good nutrition and well-structured soil.

Contraindications and precautions

Nothing is perfect, and banana peel as a fertilizer is no exception to this rule. The value of bananas as a delicacy and vegetables is that they practically do not accumulate foreign substances in their edible pulp. Bananas are a kind of "smart" plants that do not waste the substances they need for the substance necessary only to attract seed distributors. Although everything cultivars bananas are seedless, the natural biofilter remains in them, and breeders do not at all intend to get rid of it: this makes it possible to intensively use agrochemistry in banana culture.

When recycling banana waste, an advantage turns into a disadvantage: banana peel fertilizer fruit crops you can use limited or cook it in special ways, see below. The "banana biofilter" is located in the peel, and from a production and commercial point of view, this is another plus: chemicals can be used to regulate the ripening of fruits, which is done - before transporting bananas from them, they are treated with ammonium sulfate and other substances that delay ripening, and before being sent to distributors - ethylene, "releasing the brakes" of maturity. Their residues in the peel, as well as pesticides (1-2 treatments per week for 7-9 months, this is how long bananas ripen to commercial ripeness), must be removed during fertilizer preparation.

Note: washing does not remove unwanted substances from banana skins, as is sometimes said, because. they are contained in the thickness of the peel.

Solanaceous and Compositae have a similar internal biofilter, but less effective, so banana skin fertilizer can be used for tomatoes, eggplants and sunflowers. A particularly strong effect is observed on the northern border of the distribution of these crops, but! Banana fertilizers from fresh raw materials can only be used for seedlings. At the stage of flowering and fruiting, it is possible to use roasted and dried skins as raw materials for the fertilizer composition, but in the first there will be no growth stimulants. For all other fruit/grain/bulb food crops other than those specified, banana peel fertilizers are not recommended.

Fertilization of flowers with banana skin preparations is largely free from these restrictions, but in this case, one must know, firstly, that in fresh banana peel there is a small amount of substances similar in action to papain contained in the milky juice of the unripe fruits of the papaya melon tree. Papains are excellent and without side effects soften tough meat, but are able to destroy and root hairs. Secondly, the concentration of nutrients in a fresh banana peel is quite high. Therefore, you can use raw banana skins only by placing them under the roots of seedlings (see Fig.): while the roots develop, the banana skin will rot in the soil.

And if you put raw banana skins on the ground or mulch them with crushed soil, then the effect may either not appear, or it may turn out the opposite. That's why banana fertilizer in amateur conditions, a stable result is given for roses and ferns, although they are also suitable for other flowers.

Note: fertilizer with raw banana skins for tomatoes can be done, as for roses (see the figure above), but in the hole for each seedling bush you need to put half a peel, divided into strips 1-1.5 cm wide, and top dressing before sprinkle with earth when planting seedlings so that there is no direct contact of the roots with the peel. This method also increases the resistance of seedlings to frost, because. when a banana peel rots, a unit of its mass gives more heat than manure.

Raw material preparation

You can make banana skins biologically inactive (with the preservation of chemical activity in the form of mineral components) in the following ways:

• Roasting in the oven or microwave with minimal heating is the worst way. All by-product organics are destroyed, but a significant part of the by no means harmless products of its decomposition remains in the raw material. With the systematic use of this method, a harmful and smelly coating is formed in the chamber of the oven or stove.
• Brewing like tea is tantamount to roasting.
• Drying on a radiator or window sill (should be covered with gauze from ants and flies) - most of the decomposition products of by-products evaporate, but during a sufficiently long process, rotting and fermentation of raw materials is possible.
• Freezing in a refrigerator freezer - the end result is similar to drying, only rotting / fermentation is excluded. But you can destroy the refrigerator: the volatile decomposition products of by-product organics that have eaten into the plastic lining cannot be removed.
• Scalding with boiling water: after 1-1.5 hours, the infusion is drained; for further processing, a sour mass is used - growth stimulants remain in the finished fertilizer, but a certain proportion of proteolytic substances (which can damage the roots) is also preserved. In addition, a significant part of the mineral components is lost.
• Drying outdoors in sunny weather - all mineral components and most of the growth stimulants remain, all other unnecessary organic matter disappears without a trace. Skins, loosened into strips of 1-1.5 cm, are strung by tails on a thread, like mushrooms, and dried for sunlight; breeze is desirable. Outdoor temperature- from 15 degrees, if only it was not damp.

Cooking

The best way to make fertilizer from banana skins is with a water extract. 3-4 peels prepared as described above (tails must be removed), put in a 3-liter jar and pour water to the top. After 4-5 days, the infusion is drained and filtered (filtered). Shelf life in a tightly closed container - up to a month or more, if there are no signs of fermentation. Immediately before use, the mother liquor is diluted with water twice.

However, it is necessary to prepare an infusion of banana skins with some precautions, because. microorganisms are very willing to start in it. Biologists and aquarists know that banana skins are an excellent breeding ground for the culture of shoe ciliates and other protozoa. The procedure for preparing an infusion of banana peel step by step is as follows:

1. Water for infusion is taken distilled or, tap, boiled in enameled teapot on gas for at least 10 minutes;
2. In the meantime, a jet of steam from the spout of the kettle scalds the jar from the inside;
3. The scalded dishes are placed upside down on a clean rag, as in preparation for home preservation;
4. Cover the spout of the kettle with the same cloth (do not forget to turn off the burner!);
5. The infusion is made when the kettle cools down to 50-40 degrees, i.e. will not burn to the touch;
6. Immediately after loading the mass and filling it with water, the jar is tightly closed and placed for exposure in a dark place. It is highly desirable - in a cardboard box, because. Sterilization with improvised means does not give a 100% guarantee against fermentation. The box will save neighboring things, suddenly the fermented bank will burst.

For the garden, banana peel fertilizer can be prepared easier:

Note: for, root crops and green crops this fertilizer should not be used!

Video: Banana Peel Fertilizer Preparation Example

Application

Methods for fertilizing plants with raw banana skins are described above. An aqueous extract from a banana peel, as already mentioned, is diluted with water 1: 1 immediately before application. Water for dilution can be used tap or irrigation, but if a portion of the infusion is not completely used, the water for dilution should not get into the residue, i.e. infusion is poured as needed, and the remainder is tightly closed again. Norms of application of the working solution:

For annual cut flowers, it is also possible to use a fertilizer banana cocktail: grind the fresh peel in a blender with a glass of water and add such a cocktail to the irrigation water at the rate of 1-2 tbsp. spoons per pot/bush. Another option is to dump the resulting slurry on a rag, let the concentrate drain completely, filter it and spray the plants with the filtrate. Banana plant smoothie provokes them rapid flowering, but perennials deplete to death. Very effective for forcing lilies of the valley for the New Year.

Banana fertilizer and insects

It is undeniable that the smell of bananas repels aphids, so rubbing fresh banana peel leaves - effective method lime aphids in room conditions. However, banana skins contain quite a lot of sugars, which attracts flies and ants. Therefore, if an anthill is found on the site, it is necessary to apply fertilizer from bananas not earlier than you can get rid of the ants.

Snack with bananas

For plants, of course. Delicious and nutritious fertilizers for them can be made not only from banana skins. Here, for example, below is a video about 12 homemade organic fertilizers from food waste. Some of the cooking methods look unappetizing from our point of view, but plants eat them with pleasure and a visible effect.

This is interesting: fertilizers from 12 types of food waste (video)

Banana peel is very useful as a fertilizer for home flora. Many gardeners liked it precisely because it contains a lot of nutrients that promote growth, as well as strengthen the root system. Banana peel contains potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, and nitrogen. It is these substances that are needed in certain quantities by houseplants.

Making banana peel fertilizer for houseplants doesn't take much of your time and effort. You don't have to worry that the plant will get a chemical burn, because the banana peel will share its nutrients not immediately, thereby not harming the flower.

We will devote this article to feeding with banana skins, and also consider several fertilizer options.

As a fertilizer for indoor plants, banana peels should be dried thoroughly. In order to get enough powder, one and a half kilograms of peel should be prepared in advance. It needs to be cut and put on the windowsill, after laying it clean sheets A4 format.

Be sure to lay out the peel on the windowsill inside up so that the pulp can dry faster. It will not be superfluous to dry it in the oven. After it is ready, grind it in a blender or in a coffee grinder. Store prepared fertilizer in glass jar and be sure to cover.

Fertilize indoor flowers should be during their flowering period. For one flower pot medium sizes require two teaspoons of powder. Sprinkle the powder evenly over the surface of the earth and water thoroughly.

In the form of a tincture

feed flower plants and a special tincture of banana peels. To do this, you need not dried, but fresh peel. Prepare a bottle in advance, preferably designed for three liters. Rinse it well and place the banana skins (three or four), then pour warm water. Let this tincture sit for two days.

After it's gone right time, you can start watering the plants in the room. For home flowers, a one-to-one ratio should be followed when diluting the infusion with water. This fertilizer is recommended for watering seedlings.

fresh

Fresh peel must be laid at the time or the first planting of the plant. Remember that before planting or transplanting a flower, it is imperative to prepare the soil. All this will take you about two to three weeks. Banana peel must be completely decomposed during this time in the soil.

This fertilizer is very good at helping the plant grow foliage.

as compost

To prepare this fertilizer, quite a lot of banana skins are required, as well as a special preparation (you can take Baikal). The crusts must be thoroughly cut, mixed with the ground and watered with the preparation. The whole earth should be left for about a month so that the banana peels completely decompose. As soon as the specified time will pass, it is necessary to repeat the procedure.

Combined recipes

Any gardener will not miss the chance to get natural organic matter for your garden, while creating. Let's look at the most popular recipes.

Nutritious tea

To make it you will need:

• one teaspoon of loose green tea;
• powder from banana skin- two tablespoons;
• one liter of boiling water.

You need to mix the powder with one teaspoon of leafy green tea and pour boiling water over it. Steep until the tea has cooled completely. If your plant is languishing, then fifty milliliters will be enough for it to begin to come to life. For indoor flowers, this hour is ideal.

Refreshing shower

In order to prepare the solution, you will need:

• two tablespoons of crushed eggshells;
• six tablespoons of peel powder;
• twenty grams of magnesium;
• nine hundred milliliters of water.

Pour all dry ingredients with water. Be sure to stir thoroughly so that the magnesium sulfate dissolves. Store the resulting liquid in the refrigerator. Spray this solution should not be too often.

With this nourishing and refreshing soul, your plants will feel much better.

Video "Fertilizer from a banana peel"

In this video, you will learn how to make your own banana peel fertilizer.