Bananas

Galvatron said:

not a spray paint its a chemical spray or gas ripener. i use the bananas i buy to eat, im not buying bananas just to do this, lol.

in my opinion nothing we buy to eat from large places like supermarkets are 100% organic even if labeled so.

i only did this as a experiment, im not telling people to do it just reporting my results. im sure most of the users here are smart enough to judge for themselves if they want to try it of not.

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i'm not knocking you, don't get me wrong

but

if your growing in soil as opposed to hydro i thought the whole point was to do it organic and improve the flavor.

You can't use bananas in hydro really so using them in soil seems kinda pointless.

I'm all for experiments though so as I say i'm not knocking you I just can't see the point in it unless your real poor can't afford nutrients and you have a pet monkey.

the plant i did this to was grown without any plant specific ferts or nutes(except for what was already in the soil). i was doing grow with home brewed nutes to see if its possible and what the plant would look like afterwards.

the plant was fed honey, molasses, egg shells, vitamins made for people, coffee water, banana water, kelp water, fish food, fishtank water and all kinds of other crazy shit.

you can see a pic of the plant here:
https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/28939-make-them-grow-more-out-2.html

btw, i tried the banana water in my homemade dwc cloner and the plant survived and rooted but the water got really sludgy after a week. i wouldnt suggest it at all.

I hope these help.


1. "Banana peels are a wonderful source of potassium, an important macronutrient. It's a specialized fertlizer that someone has come up with a source to "recycle" banana peels. All macronutrients and micronutrients, whether organic or synthetic provide the same elements --- just like vitamins --- although some formulations are more readily absorbed than others. It would be just a preference for you, but not necessarily better than a complete fertilizer analysis with micronutrients.

All parts of the banana. the leaves, stalk, peels, etc. are great for recycling. When cutting down banana plants. whose bananas have been harvested, you can add them to your compost pile or chopped up and placed under banana trees to enrich the soil. Make sure that if you don't want more banana trees that you don't recycle the rhizomes in your compost pile."

banana peels for fertilizer

2. "This is an old trick but maybe someone hasn't heard about it yet. I save my banana peel after eating the banana and gently dig out an opening around my roses and place the banana peel, spread out with the inside of the peel facing the ground and cover. It adds potassium to the soil. My roses love it! Thank you."

Banana Peels for Roses

im not really poor i just dont like supporting corporate businesses when i can help it if i can grow everything i eat why not do the same for my plants? if the water gets sludgy after a while ill brew up another batch. i use absolutely no chemicals in growing my bananas and always have a steady supply. well every once in awhile my dog pisses on the base of the tree but hes pretty organic himself. just pure squirrel meat and tree roots and whatever else i feed him.

Quote: "every once in awhile my dog pisses on the base of the tree but hes pretty organic himself."

Do these bananas taste salty to you?

To use bananas in hydro you would have to make a pure concentrated extraction of their essence and then dilute it

You ever tried running bananas thru a juicer? Hahahaha, adds a new meaning to the word "mush". Looks a lot like oatmeal but has NO juice whatsoever. I guess if you diluted it enough... but what the heck, just use an organic fert; at least you would know what you're getting.

What a strange question,salty bananas? anyways no they taste fine why does your dogs piss taste funny. i was just saying that there werent any adatives...damn! i have organic ferts just tryin to know if i could also create my own.

dude, I say go for it. There is no reason it shouldn't work. Plants in the carribean and other tropical areas get their nutrients out of the ground which is made up of composted leaves and grass and different fruit that falls down there, as well as any feces and what not. I actually am doing an experiment now where i chopped up some banannas, green peppers, and mixed it with coffe grounds then mollases. I added this to the soil which has earthworm in it, to get some natural actively decomposing fertilizer as well as worm castings.
THANK YOU for the "tea" idea, my problem has been that they tend to mold a bit. I think that if I made a tea and strained it, and diluted and added it to the plants I think it might work better so thank you.
Also, about spraying it on the buds, I'm not sure if it would work. From what I've read, the sugars that are natural found in mollases and fruits, etc. are not absorb by the buds, the are absorbed by the roots and give the plants more glucose-energy to form the natural sugars wich the plant itself makes.

Oh, also, don't lettuc leaves have alot of N in them? couldn't you boil that too?

shit!!! i never thought of lettuce season for them is coming in a couple months !! do you think multi colorful pot has antioxidants in it? yes i like healthy stuff but only with a double cheeseburger! FUCK VEGANS~!!!

probably does, but you'd have to dry some leaves or bud and make tea. Wouldn't get the THC (non- water soluble) but you could get any other helpful antioxidants or vitamins or whatever.