Vent: My orchid was dying and I tried something weird with a banana peel

My phalaenopsis hadn't bloomed in over two years, and the leaves were getting limp. I read online about using banana peels for potassium, so I chopped one up, soaked it in a gallon of water for three days, and used that to water it. Honestly, I thought it was nonsense. But about six weeks later, I saw a new flower spike starting. Has anyone else tried this kind of kitchen scrap fertilizer with their houseplants?

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aarons3617d ago

Wait, so does the water just smell like old bananas after sitting for three days? I tried something like that with leftover coffee grounds for my ferns once, and my whole kitchen smelled like a wet ashtray for a week. It did make the plants look pretty happy though, so maybe the stink is part of the magic.

jesse_barnes3716d ago

Oh yeah, the stink is definitely part of the process... my compost bucket smells like a science experiment gone wrong but the tomatoes love it.