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Should You Use Banana Peels In The Garden? Experts Weigh In
03.09.2024 - 23:03 / southernliving.com / Lauren David
You've likely heard that burying banana peels in your garden is a good way to add important nutrients to the soil to grow healthy plants. Banana peels do contain nutrients, but not as many as you may think. Plus, it's not as simple as placing them in the soil and skipping fertilizer or compost.
We spoke to two gardening experts about why burying banana peels in the garden isn't the best idea, what can happen, and why composting banana peels is the best option for using them in the garden.
- Barbara Smith is a Consumer Horticulturist with the Clemson Extension Home and Garden Information Center (HGIC).
- Pam Farley is author of The First-Time Gardener: Container Food Gardening.
Banana peels contain potassium and phosphorus, which are important nutrients to grow thriving plants. Placing banana peels directly in the soil may seem like a good idea, after all, it's a way to reduce food waste and put minerals back into the soil. But you'll want to rethink your strategy. The nutrients in banana peels aren't automatically accessible after you put them in the soil—they need to break down first. «Bananas are mostly water, will break down slowly and won't provide enough nutrients, » says Barbara Smith, Consumer Horticulturist with the Clemson Extension Home and Garden Information Center (HGIC).
The issue with this method is you may assume that your plants are getting adequate nutrients when they aren't getting enough. «Banana peels take so long to decompose that your plants won’t get the nutrients they need when they need them,» says Pam Farley, author of The First-Time Gardener: Container Food Gardening. «It could take your banana peel more than a year to decompose in your garden, and
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