"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 5/7/04 5:01 pm, in article ,
"p.mc"
sigadd1to wrote:


Hi all

A couple of weeks ago I put approx 8 bannana skins in my water
butt and was
watering my toms and container plants with it, and now it pongs a
bit so I
retrieved the skins from the butt and skimmed the skin off the
surface.
Am I doing the right thing?........ "I'm a newbie as you can
guess".

Put banana skins round the roses - it's the potassium that's the
good stuff,
I understand. I don't think your water butt is going to harm
anything but
you could go for the more direct approach.

Surely a potassium-rich fertiliser like "Toprose" is more efficacious
and less unsightly than banana skins around the roses?

Franz