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Going Bananas!
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Bananas are called the "world's most perfect food" in a television commercial and that holds true for the garden as well. The primary reason for giving bananas such a distinction for the garden is the very high potassium content, even in the banana skins.

The banana fruit itself is normally eaten but if a couple of bananas in the bunch get too ripe to eat, that squishy, brown fruit is potassium "gold" for the garden.

More such treasure can be found in the produce department of the grocery store. No, I'm not suggesting you buy bananas at regular or even sale prices but most larger grocery stores deeply discount produce that is overly ripe, including bananas. Even bananas that are completely brown inside and out that would not be eaten are still excellent potassium fertilizer for your garden, flowerbed or container plants.

I have found overly ripe bananas on the clearance rack for as little as 5 cents a pound, which is significantly cheaper than any off the shelf potassium fertilizer.

Using the bananas, fruit or peels, in the garden is easy. Personally, if I have only one peel from a banana just eaten, I simply toss the peel under the leaves of dahlias growing outside the kitchen door.

The peels blacken and crumble on their own within a couple of days so they don't create an insect problem.

A technique presented on a television show quite a while back involved drying the peels in the oven, set to about 180-200 degrees, any higher will destroy nutrients. In practice, the drying takes about a half hour for a full cookie sheet of peels.

I personally like the fragrance wafting through the house but beware, the banana peels will burn if left too long or the temperature is too high. The peels are done and ready for the garden when they are black and still retain just a bit of moisture but crumble easily with fingers.

The crumbled peels are then worked gently into the soil around the plants in your flowerbed, garden or containers. When I have a large amount of peels or overly ripe, whole bananas from the grocery, I use a blender or food processor to prepare bananas for use in the garden.

Just chop up the bananas, peel and all, into one-inch chunks and liquefy small batches in a blender, adding a small amount of water if needed.

When you have a pitcher full of the fragrant goo, it's time to go out to the garden. Pouring the goo on the surface of the soil will create a smelly mess and attract unwanted insects so grab a hand trowel or cultivator.

Marty Smith, aka the "Crazy Cat Man in the Orange Hat", is caretaker of Feline Gardens in Indianapolis, Indiana. Photos of the garden and the felines can be found at Feline Gardens and Marty can be contacted via email at mailto: crazycatmaninorangehat@comcast.net

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