Organic fertilizer recipe (bananas/eggs)

I heard that eggs and bananas have beneficial minerals plants use, namely pottasium and phosphorus. Rose garden growers report phemonanal growth with bananas and their peels (they just bury it next to their plants). The natural sugars from bananas probably help microbe growth too. So I've decided to get creative and make my own 'jungle smoothie' if you will. What I did was take 1 egg yolk, 1/2 of a banana and liquefied it in the blender. Then I poured this concoction into 1 gallon of distilled water. Ph'ed it and it was around 5.5. So I brought it up to around 6.5. I just fed my plant with it and I'll report back in a few days whether or not I notice anything (I'm 2 1/2 weeks in)
 

diowk

Active Member
lol, I dont think youll notice anything but good luck! :) too bad bananas dont come with NPK ratios
 

odbsmydog

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sounds like a pretty good slow release fert. i dunno about putting egg yolks in my soil though, seems like it would attract pests. i love eggshells though, i throw them all in my garden.
 

tea tree

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i thru a bannana outside once and hada fungus gnats for a year. lol. so be sure to bury it. they are a bunch of punks.
 

KeepinItGreen

Active Member
I'm Kinda new to organics myself but I've got a soil mix with both banana peels, eggshells and other organic matter "cooking" right now. This isn't a mix I plant into because the peels, eggs etc... Are still decomposing. This is essentially a compost bin. Once the matter in the soil completely decomposes I use this for ammending my soil.
 

flat

Member
Iv blended bananas and let them sit in water for a couple of hours, 1 banana on 2 litres of water. Used one liter to water my plant, thats about a weeks watering for her. she was in buding a couple of weeks, buds were popcorn sized. 4 days after the watering, trichomes apeared. one of the smaller collas have unusualy looking buds, brownish and its to early to be ripe. maybe its banana? i dont think u can over fert with bananas ???
 

Spanishfly

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It is called garden COMPOST. Put green and brown materials onto a compost heap or in a composter, mix often, water regularly. After a year or so you will have nutritous brown compost - dig it into your mix.
 
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