Banana peels could be the key to breathing life into dying plants Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Life Banana peels could be the key to breathing life back into dying houseplants By You Magazine - July 24, 2020 Recent interiors trends have meant we’ve all gone potty for pot plants – indoor ones, specifically. But for the less green fingered among us (so most of us), keeping them alive is a whole other story, often leaving us grieving for our leafy friends as they turn into a crispy, shrivelled brown versions of their former selves. Getty Images We can water them as much as we like, but sometimes its not just H2O that they need, but nutrients, too. If you’ve got a green friend on the wilt, Australian blogger Kate Freebairn (also known as The Pantry Mama) might just have the answer you’ve been looking for – and you probably already have it ready to hand. In a recent Facebook post, she divulged her tip for keeping her plants healthy and in tip top shape: ‘Hands up if you love indoor plants? Here’s an easy way to give them a boost! Pop a banana skin in a jar of water. Leave for 24 hours and then feed water to your plants (skin can go in the compost). My plants are so lush & green’. Who knew bananas had more uses to them than just being a delicious snack and source of energy? Apparently, thanks to the high potassium and calcium content in bananas, watering your plants with banana skin-infused water can help to strengthen your plants and make them more pest-resistant at the same time as hydrating them. Getty Images In a comment on the post, Kate went on to explain how great a hack it is for getting the most out of your food waste: ‘I have over 50 plants so I just make a batch every time someone eats a banana and then pop the water into whichever plant needs a drink.’ Considering we don’t do anything more than toss our banana skins into the the composting bin anyway, this is a completely free way to revive our wilting plants and give them a new lease of life. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Everything we know about The Crown season 5 Aldi s exercise equipment is on sale with up to 50% off The best Halloween events for 2022 across the UK Popular in Life The You magazine team reveal their New Year s resolutions December 31, 2021 Susannah Taylor The TLC tools your body will love January 23, 2022 How to stop living in fear February 6, 2022 Susannah Taylor My pick of the fittest leggings February 27, 2022 Women’ s Prize for Fiction 2022 winner announced June 17, 2022 These BBC dramas are returning for a second series June 30, 2022 Susannah Taylor gives the lowdown on nature s little helper – CBD April 17, 2022 The baby names that are banned across the world April 27, 2022 The Queen has released her own emojis May 26, 2022 Sally Brompton horoscopes 27th June-3rd July 2022 June 26, 2022 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved