Learn some quick recipes on how to make this Banana Peel Tea and apply it to your plants to make them healthy, green, and colorful in no time!
Banana peels contain 42% potassium and approximately 3% phosphorus, along with nutrients like calcium, iron, and magnesium. This makes them incredibly efficient for plants to grow well. Let’s look at how you can make Banana Peel Tea quickly.
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Quick Recipes for Making Banana Peel Tea
According to a report by the University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia, banana peels help the plant to achieve better growth, height, and increased number of leaves.
1. For Greener Leaves
Take 7-8 banana peels and cut them into small pieces using scissors. Once done, boil them in one liter of water for 3-5 minutes. Let it cool down, and then strain the solution.
Alternatively, you can also store the banana peels in a jar full of water for 3-4 weeks.
Dilute one part of this solution with two parts of water and use it to water your houseplants like pothos, hosta, caladium, bromeliads, ficus species, dumb canes, crotons, and philodendrons to make them greener, colorful, and flowerful. You can also apply it as a foliar spray!
2. For Flowering Plants
Leave 7-8 banana peels in the sun for 3-4 days till they are dry. Grind them in a mixer to make a fine powder. Mix 6-8 tablespoons of banana peel powder and one teaspoon of Epsom salt in a gallon of water and stir well.
Use it on annuals, roses, African violets, peace lily, anthurium, clivia, crown of thorns, orchids, flowering succulents, and azaleas for more blooms.
Here’s all you need to know about how to use dried banana peels for plants
How to Use Banana Peel Tea?
Use it to water the plants once in 3-5 weeks. You can also use it as a foliar spray on houseplants once every 10-14 days. Make sure that you dilute it with water in a 1:2 ratio before using it.
Which Plants Benefit the Best from Banana Peel Tea?
Vegetables like tomatoes, peppers, and corn benefit the most from this recipe. Use it on all of your houseplants; some of the common ones would be Pothos, Philodendron, Snake plant, Monstera, Ferns, and English Ivy to add more color to their foliage while making them lush.
Most flowers like roses, kalanchoe, begonia, geranium, azalea, and impatiens also benefit from it.
Thanks nice share … Fertilizers
Thanks the peace Lily information was very helpful.
My gardenia has excelled since having a feed of this banana tea. Thankyou for your helpful advice.
My African Violets, orchids and roses love the tea