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  2. Banana Peel Fertilizer: Does it Really Work? Here’s ... - AOL

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    Is banana peel water good for plants? Another popular approach you may have heard about is to soak banana peels to make a sort of compost tea or banana water to be used as fertilizer.

  3. Should You Use Banana Peels In The Garden? Experts Weigh In - AOL

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    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 ...

  4. Plant nutrients in soil - Wikipedia

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    Nutrients in the soil are taken up by the plant through its roots, and in particular its root hairs.To be taken up by a plant, a nutrient element must be located near the root surface; however, the supply of nutrients in contact with the root is rapidly depleted within a distance of ca. 2 mm. [14] There are three basic mechanisms whereby nutrient ions dissolved in the soil solution are brought ...

  5. Peel (fruit) - Wikipedia

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    Peel, also known as rind or skin, is the outer protective layer of a fruit or vegetable which can be peeled off. The rind is usually the botanical exocarp , but the term exocarp also includes the hard cases of nuts , which are not named peels since they are not peeled off by hand or peeler, but rather shells because of their hardness.

  6. Banana paper - Wikipedia

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    Banana paper is a type of paper created from banana plant bark or banana peel fibers. Banana paper has a lower density, higher stiffness, higher disposability, higher renewability, and higher tensile strength compared to traditional paper. [1] These qualities are due to the cellular composition of banana fiber, which consists of cellulose ...

  7. Banana Peel Fertilizer: Does it Really Work? Here’s ... - AOL

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    Everybody loves money-saving DIY ideas, especially if it repurposes something that’s ordinarily trash. So, the idea to use banana peels as fertilizer seems, well, rather appealing (you knew we ...

  8. To eat a banana peel or not to eat a banana peel: That ... - AOL

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    If eating the banana peel isn't your thing, there are plenty of other ways to recycle the banana's usable outer layer. The peels can be used to fertilize plants, tenderize meat, relieve rashes and ...

  9. Musa (genus) - Wikipedia

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    Banana plants are among the largest extant herbaceous plants, some reaching up to 9 m (30 ft) in height or 18 m (59 ft) in the case of Musa ingens.The large herb is composed of a modified underground stem (), a false trunk or pseudostem formed by the basal parts of tightly rolled leaves, a network of roots, and a large flower spike.