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How well would fruit peels (oranges bananas apples ect) help your plants growth?

If anyone has tried please explain what you used and how well it worked.

*an aquaintence of mine explained to me that he used orange peels, he arranged the orange peels to go around his plants with the white side facing up, he said they made his plants have a "fluff" effect... I have tried and it indeed did do this, untill the orange peels became stale at least...i dont try this anymore becuase the orange peels if not removed immediatly allow things to grow on the soil... mold i suppose it was... but it never effected the plant to an extent i noticed*

Canabian

I have never heard of that, well I have heard of compsot but nt just puuting it there. I know that Orange peels are VERY accidic and that bannanas are one of the worlds most enriched food out there, but... That is a good question. To me it seems to wierd, but I don't No Mabey! Anyways Welcome to HC and Good Luck On your Grow,(Read some threads on organic ferts) Use the search tool on the site. Peace

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Lizzie Borden

This is one of the reasons why it's recommended to compost fruit and vegetable scraps first. Homemade compost can be a great addition to a soil mix, however. Here is a good thread about it:

Composting 101

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I had a friend who composted in the following way... He would dig a hole in the garden and put his kitchen waste (no meat, no oil) in that hole, dig a hole next to that one and cover the first filled hole with the soil from the second hole. Needless to say, he didn't live where 'coons live.

Burying household waste is a good old-fashioned way to enrich your soil if you're not in a hurry to use that area. There are downsides, but if you don't have critters digging up what you're burying you have a good compost situation in a few months. Peace -
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