3 Simple and Easy ways to use banana peels as a fertilizer in your garden

Banana peels are rich in nutrients like Potassium, phosphorus, and calcium and lots of other minerals which our plants need. We can easily recycle these back into our garden to build soil and plant health.

1. Chop the peels, then add to soil directly

One of the easiest ways to use banana peels in your balcony garden is to chop them into fine pieces and bury them in the soil. This very effective and easy way to use banana peels for plants growing in containers.



Bury them anywhere from 2-3 inches down to just beneath the surface of the soil.




Chopping them in fine pieces makes composting process easy and fast.As the peels decompose, all the valuable vitamins in the peels will reach the roots, giving you plants a nutrient bump that will make them happy.

2.Dry the peels, then grind them into fertilizer

If you eat lots of bananas, then you can try this method and stock your banana peel fertilizer for regular use.
Dry your banana peels in sunlight and grind them into a fertilizer.

3. Direct Peels

A very straight forward way to use banana peels in the garden is to add the whole peel to the soil when planting. This method takes some time for compost to get ready and is ideal for plants potted in gardens than the container.



I have been using banana peel fertilizer for my potted plants for some time and can see that Roses and Tomatoes simply love these banana peels. 

Tomatoes growing happily in balcony garden with organic fertilizers.

Simply love roses and don't really wait for someone to give me one. I grow them ;p

Recycle your banana peels to give best to your garden plants.

Happy gardening to you :)