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When it comes to planting, potassium is a crucial nutrient. Without this vital nutrient, your plants cannot take in other nutrients or maintain a healthy growth rate and lush foliage. So, how to add potassium to the soil so the plant root system can absorb it? In this post, you'll learn 3 ways to add potassium to an organic garden

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Make Your Own Organic Plant Fertilizer for FREE: When thinking about plant fertilizer it is of course important to understand what a plant needs in order to survive and thrive. Without getting overly complicated (there are many articles out there there that go in depth into the nutritional needs o…

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As anyone who has watched “Back to the Future” a million+ times knows, banana peels make terrific fuel. But even better than adding them to the Mr. Fusion unit on your time traveling DeLorean, you can add them as fuel for your garden. That’s right, compost those slimy banana peels and make your little green friends happy! Banana Peel Nutrients Bananas are a super food, and the peels are loaded with nutrients that your vegetation craves. First and foremost of these is, of course, potassium…

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Simon Akeroyd on Instagram: "Banana skins are high in potassium and can be made into a fertile, liquid feed for your plants. Potassium is an essential plant nutrient needed for your plants to produce flowers and for your fruit and veg to develop their colour and flavour #growyourgroceries #growyourownfood #gardening"

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Learn how to make a DIY cayenne pepper spray especially if you're having trouble dealing with raccoons invading your garden.

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Collins Country on Instagram: "Answering: “Can the DIY Banana Peel Fertilizer be used on any plant?!?” 🤔 YES IT CAN! Just change the time that the banana peels soak in the water. For acid plants, allow to steep for at least two weeks. For plants that like a more neutral soil, only steep for 3 days. It’s that easy! Banana peel fertilizer is high in potassium, which increases root growth and improves drought resistance. It’s also high in calcium, which prevents blossom end rot. This…

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what do the symbols on fertilizer mean? info graphic with three plants growing from soil

The three numbers on fertilizer represents the value of the three macro-nutrients used by plants. These macro-nutrients are nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K), or NPK for short. The higher the number, the more concentrated the nutrient is in the fertilizer. For example, numbers on fertilizer listed as 20-5-5 has four times more nitrogen in it than phosphorus and potassium. A 20-20-20 fertilizer has twice as much concentration of all three nutrients than 10-10-10.

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two bananas are laying on the ground with text overlay that reads garden fact & myths banana peels are they good for the garden?

The common advice to "boost" your soil potassium levels with banana peels to improve plants is misleading and contradicts what we know about soil, plants, and their nutritional needs.

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