Have you ever tried to put a banana on the floor? The results in your garden can be incredible in just one week.
Bananas in the soil can act as a natural fertilizer, giving new life to even the most degraded gardens or plants.
Banana on the floor: why put it
With the arrival of spring, you need to take much more care of your garden than in winter. After all, you can’t stop taking care of your garden or your plants, not even in winter. In particular, fertilization and watering must be constant.
During and after the various lockdowns and the advent of the pandemic, personally growing organic produce has increasingly become a necessity. In addition to the fact that caring for plants and vegetables is an activity that can be quite satisfying, rewarding and capable of relieving tension.
Instead of using chemical fertilizers and fertilizers, you can save time, money and do good for nature by using organic fertilizers, straight from our kitchen. Coffee grounds, eggshells, fruit peels, vegetable scraps can become the perfect elements to fertilize your plants. Another example? Place the bananas on the floor . Let’s see how to do it and why it’s good for our plants and it’s extremely easy to use as it doesn’t require maceration or mixing that can take away our time and desire.
How to make
Banana is an easy fruit to find in our kitchens. It won’t be difficult, therefore, to pick up a whole one and place it on the ground. In practice, let’s see what needs to be done.
If you have a small in-ground garden or potted plants , you need to make a hole in the ground or pot. At this point, you will need to insert the banana into the ground, inside the hole you just made. At this point you will need to wait a bit.
In fact, a few days will be enough for the banana to begin to decompose. As it decomposes, it will release nutrients into the soil that will be slowly absorbed by the soil and the plant. Your vegetables, thanks to this natural fertilizer, will be able to grow healthy and strong.
In fact, bananas are very rich in potassium and can enrich the plants’ defense system , preventing them from falling victim to diseases or parasites. Furthermore, the banana in the ground, placed whole, will allow the plant to have nourished roots, preventing wilting and protecting it both from the cold and prolonged periods of drought.
In the case of fruit trees, bananas stimulate the production of higher quality fruits; in the case of flowering plants, on the other hand, it stimulates flowering.
In addition to the whole banana, banana peels can also be used, previously left to macerate in a glass jar with water.