Making banana water for your plants is an intriguing idea since bananas are one of the most popular fruits in the United States and you'll likely have banana peels to use. However, there is no ...

Pumpkin plants need lots of food to grow large, bright orange fruit. Find out if banana peels near your pumpkins will help or ...

Humans are adding vitamins to their water all the time, but why should we get all the fun? There’s evidence to suggest that fortifying the water you use to feed your plants might be just as beneficial ...

Everybody loves money-saving DIY ideas, especially if it repurposes something that’s ordinarily trash. So, the idea to use banana peels as fertilizer seems, well, rather appealing (you knew we had to ...

Banana peels are rich in potassium and make great compost, mulch, or fertilizer. Prep peels by drying, steeping, or composting to help plants absorb more nutrients and prevents pests. Fruiting and ...

Back in the 1990s, the kids in my high school were convinced that banana peels contained a mysterious psychoactive substance that could apparently induce vivid hallucinations when smoked. I suppose it ...

If you’ve ever tried growing tomatoes, you’ll know that the tasty fruits are hard-earned. Between tomato-hungry pests, struggling stems, and poorly-developed fruit, it can be hard to know what to do ...

If you have ever peeled a banana, you probably tossed the peels in the compost—or worse, the trash—without giving them a second thought. But many seasoned gardeners, like @Judybaogarden, are here to ...

Don't toss those banana peels into the trash. Instead, get creative with them. Here are seven banana peel uses you haven't thought of yet. After your fifth loaf of chocolate-matcha banana bread (can ...