How to Make Banana Peel Fertilizer Water for Plants

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Stick around while I show you how to make banana peel fertilizer water for plants. This homemade organic plant fertilizer is cheap, or even free, to make. This banana peel fertilizer water works wonders for vegetable or flower plants that require a lot of potassium. This plant food is easier and safer to work with than ash, and can greatly benefit your garden. We start applying this banana peel fertilizer water once per week at the first onset of flowers.
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@peterjowyk637 10 ай бұрын

I put the bananas and water into a blender and blend into fine particles. I do not waste anything. I pour it right around the base of the plant. I also made a tea leaves liquid fertilizer. I love to drink tea. I also pour it around the base of the plant. This is so cool. Why buy fertilizer when YOU can make homemade fertilizer and it's more natural than store bought fertilizer.....I fertilize my tomato plant with these fertilizers and my plant loves them. You should see my aloe plant( it looks like an octopus)....🤣🤣♥️♥️

@nuttygnomehomestead 10 ай бұрын

I agree, fertilizer is so expensive and easy to make. It's amazing how well the plants react to natural organic fertilizer.

@merrilew 5 ай бұрын

If you blend up these bananas and water, can you use these for indoor plants also?

@peterjowyk637 5 ай бұрын

Merrilew, sure. Why not?

@merrilew 5 ай бұрын

@@peterjowyk637 I didn’t want to attract fruit flies.

@Jay-nb9ii 4 ай бұрын

Im new to all this have to found a way to stop fruit flies what indoor plant do u have im looking myself at getting the peace lillies @@merrilew

@GrandmaSandy Ай бұрын

I watch from the beginning to the end didn’t want to miss any of this great information loved all the information you passed down in this

@margaretwidelka4400 Жыл бұрын

The tomato plants are going to LOVE this fertilizer!

@Jophiel50 Ай бұрын

Exquisite! This is the glorious tincture that my plants were begging me to find! I appreciate your video big time!

@Covamii 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for this great video and for the amount of peels you use per quart. Like you said it’s for free. Wow so many flowers buds. Those Peppers look good!

@brendajolliff7341 Ай бұрын

Thanks so much. Excited to try this!!

@lizdahm3227 11 ай бұрын

Yummy for plants ❤

@littlemidge00 Күн бұрын

Just to clarify, you make your concentrated mix of 1 qt distilled/rain/boiled water and 3 peels - let sit for 3+ days. Then you dump this in a large bucket to store it. From there, you do a 1:10 ratio of peel concentrate and water to use weekly on your plants. My question is, when dumping your quart into the storage bucket, do you leave each quarts' peels in the large bucket all summer - just continuing to add to the overall peel amount in storage bucket each time? Does this make the concentrated fertilizer significantly stronger at the end of the season? Thank you for the great video. I found it informative and I love your voice. For those few complaining about the length, I hope you ignore them. They can read your great description info, fast forward, or just skip it. You're sharing all this info free after all. I appreciate your time (and Bob Ross vibe!).

@nuttygnomehomestead 19 сағат бұрын

Yes I leave the peels in the bucket all summer. I use it fast enough around here I don't think it has time to get more potent. However, I don't think having a higher concentration of potassium would be a bad thing for most flowering plants. I go through a couple 5 gallon buckets of this every year.

@littlemidge00 16 сағат бұрын

Man, quick reply sir!! Thank you so much. Really enjoying your channel. Thankful to have found it today.

@mountaingirlspeaks3345 Ай бұрын

This was great! Thank you.

@5opbietaissetsmorris133 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this interesting video wich is very helful for gardeners may zGod bless you and your work.

@lyndasimpson4085 Ай бұрын

I absolutely enjoyed your video. You are really good at giving instructions for new gardeners thank you

@nuttygnomehomestead Ай бұрын

You are very welcome!

@BackyardGardenFlo Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing ❤

@GrandmaSandy Ай бұрын

I appreciate a video like this. I’m not a great gardener and I need all the help I can get best of all. I need to use things. I already have all around the property and reuse and repurpose and keep my cost down. Thanks so much for sharing.

@nuttygnomehomestead Ай бұрын

You're welcome

@melbasconyers9148 Ай бұрын

Wow!!! Awesome information !! Thanks!!!😊

@nuttygnomehomestead Ай бұрын

You are very welcome

@KimWilsonTV Ай бұрын

Great video thanks

@jaydjack6049 2 ай бұрын

This is good

@cindyflinchbaugh7155 24 күн бұрын

Thank you

@kellywong4328 11 күн бұрын

Just made my batch today!😃

@tamarafaison8082 Ай бұрын

I just planted my garden this week. I am going to use your method. I will keep you posted of my results. Thank you.

@nuttygnomehomestead Ай бұрын

Awesome, what all did you plant?

@prometheanhealing3942 Ай бұрын

This is a great video and channel on growing your own bananas btw.

@bethwhitley7600 28 күн бұрын

I just discovered you and I subscribed! I was wondering why your voice was so soothing! You Do sound like Bob Ross! Thanks for the great information!

@nuttygnomehomestead 27 күн бұрын

Thank you very much!

@denisebrady6858 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this as I have just made my first batch of Banana fertiliser. Cheers Denise- Australia (Newbie to your Channel)

@nuttygnomehomestead Ай бұрын

Awesome! this stuff works well.

@hermanmason9635 21 күн бұрын

I must say thank you am a first time gardner and zm trying to learn all l can to help me along😊

@nuttygnomehomestead 21 күн бұрын

You are very welcome!

@erukaseven 2 ай бұрын

I was sceptical when I first heard of this, but you've convinced me. Thank you. I have sources of N and P, and now I have one for K. I love bananas.

@leejoseph598 2 ай бұрын

What is your source for P?

@crazycatslave 2 ай бұрын

@@leejoseph598, phosphorus

@childofGod3n1 11 ай бұрын

I really like your method! Going to try it altho it's August now but plants are still flowering so anything to give them a boost. Thx for the video 😊

@nuttygnomehomestead 11 ай бұрын

You're welcome. We are still feeding our plants with this. As long as they're producing flowers we keep fertilizing

@childofGod3n1 9 ай бұрын

@@nuttygnomehomestead I've been using it and my plants love it! They're still blooming profusely

@darlenehuey 24 күн бұрын

thank you so much for showing this my garden is not doing good working hard to get it tp grow when use fui appricate thank you

@nuttygnomehomestead 24 күн бұрын

You're welcome.

@hungryhippo9180 Жыл бұрын

Oh didn't know ya made it to KZfaq. Good luck

@nuttygnomehomestead Жыл бұрын

I appreciate it brother!

@shanecorning5222 7 ай бұрын

Nice! YES! .... ... I Gander this should work for "certain" INDOOR plants, too? ... he he he.

@nuttygnomehomestead 6 ай бұрын

I use it on all my plants. Tomatoes love it.

@sallykempis5341 Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing

@belindadunne4312 Ай бұрын

👍🏻👍🏻

@ShellyEdwards-ul9zf Ай бұрын

I do this too but not on everything I can’t eat that many bananas lol I have mostly flowers on my channel ❤

@BB-gu9kx Ай бұрын

I do that with all peels.

@lizahennke9296 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@WendyHannan-pt7ez Ай бұрын

I had a little palm in a pot not moving at all, I finely cut up banana peels and dug them into the pot.,I couldn’t believe how this plant thrived. I also use rain water, it pretty much doubled in size in no time.

@nuttygnomehomestead Ай бұрын

That's awesome!

@MrsWetdirt 2 ай бұрын

Great video! Also, you have a wonderful voice. I laughed when you mentioned Bob Ross, because that’s who I was thinking about when you started talking ;-) Happy Gardening!

@nuttygnomehomestead 2 ай бұрын

Well thank you 😊

@dianelaliberte5291 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the great video. I have a question. I freeze dried 100 bananas and I’m wondering how to save my peels to last all summer.

@nuttygnomehomestead 3 ай бұрын

I make a 5 gallon bucket of this around Easter and keep adding our banana peels throughout the summer. It has a pleasant smell, so it's not offensive to have around.

@jjdogg0 Ай бұрын

You could freeze them if you'd like to save some for later

@saltyzero1295 Жыл бұрын

Great idea, thank you for sharing . God bless 😊 one thing do you dilute this when adding to the garden? I mean like 2 to 1 ratio?

@nuttygnomehomestead Жыл бұрын

Yes, I do a 1:10 fertilizer to rain water ratio. 1 quart of banana peel water to 10 quarts of rain water. Our tomatoes and peppers love it.

@saltyzero1295 Жыл бұрын

@@nuttygnomehomestead okay thank you

@rebelstudio2720 10 күн бұрын

Ever used fermented yeast and sugar? I did the other day and today the leaves on my tomato plants got darker.

@TheMalcolms7 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. What about burying whole bananas in the soil over winter to breakdown in the soil. We often get a glut of bananas from a food bank over winter. I was told I can just bury them.

@nuttygnomehomestead 6 ай бұрын

Burying them would work too.

@TheMalcolms7 6 ай бұрын

@@nuttygnomehomestead ok. That's what I will be doing today 😀

@FridaysCreek 3 ай бұрын

Speed it up to 1.25 to get thru this wordy video.

@Alanoffer 2 ай бұрын

Those peppers look good I’ve never had much luck growing them , I’m going to try this ,,,thanks

@Alanoffer Ай бұрын

I had an orchid recently that was in such a bad state the store gave it away , I couldn’t revive it and was on the point of giving up , then I tried a banana fertiliser , I thought I’ll either kill it or cure it, i couldn’t believe it a week later the two leaves that were wrinkled and sad looking were now shin and healthy looking , I now will be using it on this years tomato plants ´.

@nuttygnomehomestead Ай бұрын

That's great. We use it on everything here on the farm.

@karenchakey 9 күн бұрын

Thank you, I've got 4 banana peels in a quart jar with water on the counter top now. All my squash are flowering now should I still give them a little anyways?

@nuttygnomehomestead 9 күн бұрын

Absolutely. The added potassium will help with flowering and setting the flowers.

@bwprice9398 4 ай бұрын

I am trying new things this year and have a fairly large garden.. Can this "tea" be made and stored throughout the winter? I do not compost and am wondering if freezing the tea would still be benefical.

@nuttygnomehomestead 4 ай бұрын

Yes, we often store a 5 gallon bucket full in a non heated garage over winter. It gets used first in the spring.

@6Pachamama Ай бұрын

Thank you for your video. Can we use this fertilizer in house plants??? Thank you

@nuttygnomehomestead Ай бұрын

Yes, we use it on our house plants.

@6Pachamama Ай бұрын

Thank you for responding

@jeanietiedemanengle160 2 ай бұрын

Do you add a natural nitrogen to fertilize the plants? If so, what do you use? I've been using the banana water on my plants. Love it! Thank you.

@nuttygnomehomestead 2 ай бұрын

Manure is one of our biggest fertilizers we use. Chicken & rabbit manure are the main two. We also mix up our own organic fertilizers using weeds and grass clippings from the garden and yard. This does well too. But for a quick shot of nitrogen to any of our plants, it is hard to beat homemade fish emulsion. We have a video on how to make it. A little bit goes a long way.

@chippewagirl7299 15 күн бұрын

I have a banana peel sitting in a jar of water now for more than 3 days, so it is ready to dilute with water and use. I wondered if you also use the dry yeast and sugar with water fertilizer along with this banana.

@nuttygnomehomestead 15 күн бұрын

I don't know, we have not tried that. If you do, please let us know how it works.

@mamichoyasaudiobookclub1714 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing, I am very excited to start doing this. I have a question, how do you do to avoid having rats eating your plants? I have a vegetable processing factory close to my house and they come visit my backyard at night 😢

@nuttygnomehomestead 2 ай бұрын

Fortunately, we don't have a problem with rats here. Our dog does a pretty good job at running off critters for us.

@kingdingaling9756 Жыл бұрын

What do you think of the people saying it causes fungus and pests due to the sweetness from sugars and carbohydrates?

@nuttygnomehomestead Жыл бұрын

I've not had any issues with either. We even use this on our house plants.

@beverlybyers188 3 ай бұрын

I have one quart jar and one gallon only so what would my ratio be thx so much

@nuttygnomehomestead 2 ай бұрын

We just eyeball it. To make the fertilizer, we do three banana peels to one quart of water and let it steep for a couple of days. From there we make a 1 to 10 ratio of fertilizer to rainwater. So if you use one cup of fertilizer combine that with 10 cups of rainwater.

@susanbingham7978 18 күн бұрын

How long does ot take to get flowers on the plants and also is it good for African violets

@nuttygnomehomestead 18 күн бұрын

Usually the plants will start setting flowers quickly if they are mature enough. I have used it on 2 African violets, but a little goes a long way.

@williamwaters4506 Ай бұрын

Have your soil tested before adding anything to the soil. How much potassium is in banana peel water, if any? Since he did not test the water we don't know.

@susheela108 3 ай бұрын

What's the amount of water in the 5 gal with the 2 qt of banana peel/water concentrate? It doesn't like you've filled the 5 gal bucket.

@nuttygnomehomestead 3 ай бұрын

When making the concentrated banana water, I use 3 banana peels to 1 quart of rain water. After it is allowed to sit and steep, I can mix my concentrate 1:10 for watering my plants. That would be 2 quarts concentrated banana water to a 5 gallon bucket of rain water. This works well for all flowering plants.

@ruthbentley2090 25 күн бұрын

Great information. Is it ok to use bananas that aren’t organic?

@nuttygnomehomestead 25 күн бұрын

Yes. It is ok

@ruthbentley2090 25 күн бұрын

Thanks for your reply, when I lived in Queensland I grew my own bananas, but now living in Victoria, I can’t (too cold). Greetings from Australia 🐸🎶

@EBKK_Xman Ай бұрын

If you keep in a dark place and put up well can you keep it for a long time?

@nuttygnomehomestead Ай бұрын

Yes, I've been able to keep this over winter.

@shirleydziminski2799 Ай бұрын

I'm wondering if I can use the water from my dehumidifier? I'm in an apartment and want to try this.

@nuttygnomehomestead Ай бұрын

It may have some impurities in it, but I don't see why not.

@maureeneckdahl3724 5 ай бұрын

Do you use it on indoor plants too?

@nuttygnomehomestead 5 ай бұрын

Yes, I use it on anything that flowers or sets fruit.

@nondutk2794 Ай бұрын

Can I use this fertilizer when I water the plants or there is a certain number of doing it?

@nuttygnomehomestead Ай бұрын

Yes, we use it for any plant that flowers. It works great

@lolahernandez6871 2 ай бұрын

I just made some "banana juice fertilizer" today and some peeks were a little black and my water is dark brown now. 😶😶. WILL IT STILL BE GOOD???😮😮

@nuttygnomehomestead 2 ай бұрын

Yes, It is perfectly fine.

@lolahernandez6871 2 ай бұрын

@@nuttygnomehomestead tx 🙂

@bonekrusher2356 Ай бұрын

Does filtered water work too or does it need to be distilled/rain water?

@nuttygnomehomestead Ай бұрын

Yes filtered water is fine

@withoutprejudiceallrightsr569 25 күн бұрын

Does it work on fruit trees papapaya to be exact?

@nuttygnomehomestead 24 күн бұрын

We use it on our potted fruit trees with good success. Basically, anything that flowers will benefit from the banana water.

@kohi-sama997 23 күн бұрын

does the fertilizer prevent pests and diseases too?

@nuttygnomehomestead 23 күн бұрын

No it does not

@user-zi7sw6wp5f Ай бұрын

Can you do herbs with this

@nuttygnomehomestead Ай бұрын

It is safe for all plants.

@Challway Ай бұрын

Can this solution be used on fruit trees?

@nuttygnomehomestead Ай бұрын

Yes, any plant that requires potassium. Especially during the time of flowering.

@michaelwinters7415 Ай бұрын

Can it help to boil the peels?🤔

@nuttygnomehomestead Ай бұрын

I have never tried boiling them. If you do, let me know how it works if you don't mind.

@truthtellerfreethinker7311 9 күн бұрын

Regular banana is ok.

@nuttygnomehomestead 9 күн бұрын

Yes. Regular bananas are perfectly fine.

@user-co4iu5go9x 4 ай бұрын

I f up on banana 🍌 tea was too tick and block out oxygen in soil 😢

@Wryy11 3 ай бұрын

Is banana peels good for chilli plants?

@nuttygnomehomestead 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely! My peppers love them.

@Wryy11 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for replying!

@Khalidmahmood-eh8pj 3 ай бұрын

Its can use all plants due to its potassium property.

@piyu9274 3 ай бұрын

Can it help from transplant shock?

@nuttygnomehomestead 3 ай бұрын

I'm not sure. I tend not to fertilize when I transplant. The help alleviate transplant shock we tend to plant in the afternoon or on a cloudy day. Water thoroughly to keep the roots from drying out. This has helped us lessen our losses to transplant shock

@ruthbentley2090 25 күн бұрын

Seaweed solution is reputed to be the best to manage transplant shock. It’s not a fertiliser, but rather a soil conditioner.

@Muimui0301 8 күн бұрын

li ke

@christinetaylor2427 2 ай бұрын

Can banana fertizer be used on sweet peppers and bottle brush plant?

@nuttygnomehomestead 2 ай бұрын

Yes, anything plant that blooms the potassium is great for.

@normankyle7831 Ай бұрын

Been feeding plants for about 8 years with banana fertilizer.

@robertkattner1997 2 ай бұрын

It is not free. You have to buy the bananas.

@nuttygnomehomestead 2 ай бұрын

True, but we look at it as we are making this fertilizer from the discarded part of the snack. I guess essentially considering the peel is ½ of the banana, This fertilizer cost is right at $2 per 5 gallons to make. We can water a lot of plants with a 5 gallon bucket of this fertilizer.

@modo101 20 күн бұрын

it hurt my plants. I wouldn't do it again.

@nuttygnomehomestead 20 күн бұрын

I'm curious, How did it hurt your plants?

@nateperez8500 Ай бұрын

It's work for marijuana plants?

@nuttygnomehomestead Ай бұрын

If it needs potassium, it should work.

@nateperez8500 Ай бұрын

Thank you

@OneRoamers 10 ай бұрын

i tried it and it smells good

@nuttygnomehomestead 10 ай бұрын

It does smell good. And it's amazing how quickly the plants change after getting a drink of this.

@pichaisworld 4 ай бұрын

make the video a little shorter please to save viewer time. thanks.

@dkhowimalivev3633 3 ай бұрын

Omg chill out tik toker

@bodybydesign777 3 ай бұрын

@@dkhowimalivev3633😂😂😂😂

@Yodz 3 ай бұрын

@@dkhowimalivev3633👍👍👍👍👍👍

@cindyflinchbaugh7155 24 күн бұрын

Thank you for the information

@tehhstylz8246 10 ай бұрын

Can you leave em soaking in a 5 gallon tote for like 2 to 4 weeks?

@nuttygnomehomestead 10 ай бұрын

Yes, longer won't hurt.

@castmastersoutdoors7762 7 ай бұрын

@@nuttygnomehomesteadbotulism isn't a risk?

@Khalidmahmood-eh8pj 3 ай бұрын

@@castmastersoutdoors7762when it store in air tight plastic cane any bacterias are not interests in it

@peterjowyk637 5 ай бұрын

I fertilize my plants with my banana smoothie and I have had no issues with bugs or any fruit flies. So go ahead and just do it....it will be okay, @merrilew