Banana peel flower fertilizer - cheap, environmentally friendly, useful and effective

How to make banana peel flower fertilizer? I heard that it contains a lot of potassium, and such feeding works well on pelargonium, stimulating flowering. My beauties this year do not want to give buds at all. The leaves and twigs have grown, the bushes are beautiful, but do not bloom. I want to try to feed them with a banana, how to do it right?

Indoor plants, although they live in a more comfortable climate than garden plants, their development is limited by the space of the pot. A small volume of soil cannot fully and evenly provide crops with all useful substances, so they need additional feeding. Banana peel flower fertilizer is one of the simplest and best remedies that can replace "chemistry". Completely natural, with a rich mineral composition, such fertilizer will be useful for both decorative and flowering species. How to make such a top dressing and apply it to indoor flowers?

What is the use of "banana" fertilization

The pulp of the exotic fruit is rich in potassium, magnesium, calcium and phosphorus. The same components are found in the peel. Means prepared on its basis:

activate the development of the root system and the aboveground part of flowers;
normalize water exchange;
promote the production of chlorophyll;
increase plant immunity;
improve the composition of the soil, making it looser;
enrich the soil with organic matter and minerals necessary for the growth of flowers;
stimulate the laying of flower stalks and extend the flowering period.

In addition to a beneficial fertilizer, banana peel also serves as a natural remedy for insect pests. Most of them do not digest its characteristic aroma and quickly leave the plants. It is also important that the "banana insecticide" is absolutely safe for humans, unlike many chemicals.

Banana peel flower fertilizer - how to make and apply

For the preparation of fruit dressing, the skins are also thoroughly prepared first: washed and cleaned of white fibers. It is recommended to use fresh peel only during the period of active crop growth, in spring. It contains a lot of nitrogen, which plants do not always need in such an amount. But it is better to freeze or dry the peel, and only then make infusions and decoctions. By the way, it is in this form that it is added to the soil itself, and not fresh. Fresh bananas will rot.

Unwashed peels cannot be used - bananas are treated with various chemicals before import to delay their ripening.

To fertilize indoor plants, prepare:

Infusion of peel from three bananas in 1 liter of cold water. After two days of infusion, it is filtered and diluted with water 1: 1. Flowers are watered with infusion once a week and stored for no more than 7 days.
Powder for soil application. The peel is dried, then a couple of pieces are crushed and powder is sprinkled on the soil in pots once a month.

It is also helpful to add banana waste to compost.

Fertilizing flowers with banana peels