Banana Skin and Orange peel

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hardweed

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Im going to soon be re potting my plants, so i was wondering wat can u add to the soil, for exmaple dried banana skin, to give your plants some seriously healthy nutrients. Also would adding a orange peel give me a lower PH level as my soil is exactly 7 and for my White widows i would prefer it to be 6.4

THanks
 
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TheEndCredits

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hardweed said:
Im going to soon be re potting my plants, so i was wondering wat can u add to the soil, for exmaple dried banana skin, to give your plants some seriously healthy nutrients. Also would adding a orange peel give me a lower PH level as my soil is exactly 7 and for my White widows i would prefer it to be 6.4

THanks
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i dunno man thats not a good idea as you really have no way of accurately measuring exactly what nutrients it would putting out.. furthermore bananas are very high in K (potassium).. and oranges are very high in citric acid.. so youre looking at a very inefficient, unstable, and unreliable way of changing your soil environment up it seems to me...
 
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ProductOfCanada

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I know im an amateur in growing alor. But I would just leave the peels right on the top of the soil because the nutrients would break down and mend into the soil, instead of putting the IN the soil.

Now that im thinking about it....I want to try.
 
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skybuds

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Since your growing in soil, just throw the banana, oranges... into a gallon of watter. Shake well. screen the stuff out, then water..
 
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hardweed

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That technique wouldnt work, i was reading that the nutrient come from the stuff slowly being absorbed into the soil. like rotting in the soil but its not rot lol
 
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hardweed

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things u can do with banana peel

1. Help Your Garden Grow: Bananas are naturally high in potassium and encourages plant growth. Use banana peel or puree entire banana and bury with soil.
2. Shoe Polish: Use the peel to make your kicks nice and shiny.
3. Stop the Itch: Rub the inside of a banana peel on a bug bite helps itch relief.
4. Pain Reliever: The oil in a banana peel will help relieve the pain from burns and scratches.
5. Wart Removal: Tape a piece of banana peel on a wart, continue until it’s gone.
6. Make Houseplants Gleam: Just like peels can shine shoes, they can also be used to make the leaves of plants shine.
7. Removing Splinters: Similar to wart removal, tape a piece of the peel over the splinter. The enzymes will help dislodge the splinter and heal the wound.
 
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stumps

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just put the peels in a bucket next to the plant. it gives off a gas that helps with budding. Sorry forgot the gas. It's something like apple gas also not a proper name. But it's used to keep fruit fresh. I bet rotting banana's smell like hell.
 
Khronik kandy

Khronik kandy

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So I am a 1st generation grower started my first crop when I was 14 now this is my 4th and biggest grow at 24 2 in pots and 2 in open soil and I believe I gave my plant nutrient burn but Im hopin its potassium deficiency (if there is a difference) so Im usin banana 4 potassium oranges 4 citric acid( dont know benefits yet) and egg shells 4 calcium 2 make my roots stronger I put everythin on to top so It can mulch in2 compost 20160205_111905.jpg 20160205_111849.jpg 20160205_111856.jpg
 
phaquetoo

phaquetoo

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I used city tap water, well dont use flint water lol!

get a kit to test the ph, I just use the water and color chart, and up and down ph!

Peace
 
Khronik kandy

Khronik kandy

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phaquetoo said:
I used city tap water, well dont use flint water lol!

get a kit to test the ph, I just use the water and color chart, and up and down ph!

Peace
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I had a mad farmer pH test kit but I ran out and have pH tested my tap be4 so i ha e an idea of its levels already so doing what I know works what do you think about letting tap water sit out for over 24 hours to evaporate chlorine I heard it'st's now longer enough to leave your tap water out for day to let the chlorine evaporate, because water is being treated with chloramine, which takes so long to evaporate
 
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Connoisseurus Rex

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hardweed said:
Im going to soon be re potting my plants, so i was wondering wat can u add to the soil, for exmaple dried banana skin, to give your plants some seriously healthy nutrients. Also would adding a orange peel give me a lower PH level as my soil is exactly 7 and for my White widows i would prefer it to be 6.4

THanks
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The bananas are fine for your soil mix or in a tea. They decompose very fast.

The orange peels I use as a top dress only. Keeps insects away. I wouldn't use that to lower your ph. It's not stable enough to hold. Sulfur as a top dress works much better.
 
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