"Leon Trollski" wrote:
I suppose banana's potassium is helpful, beyond that I am unsure if you
mean the blackspot is caused by the banana.

I don't know. I have noticed though that mold and/or fungus does grow
on banana peels, and was thinking that it "might" be condusive to "black
spot" on roses. It's a long shot, the black spot occurs every year, even
before using banana peels for the roses. So I'm currently messing with
some grits, mixing some grits with the banana peels to see if the black
spot decreases/disappears. The rose roots do like the banana peels and
they grow very well when blended banana peels are placed around the
top soil.

Was looking for other opinions concerning the topic. Was hypothesizing
and hoping others would jump in and say something one way or the other.

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Jim Carlock
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"Jim Carlock" wrote:
"Leon Trollski" fandom at netguy dot net wrote:
How? I never heard that before.

Oops I thought I pasted in what your wrote... this reads better.

"Jim Carlock" wrote:
Yeah, our rose bush grew to about 12 feet in height last summer
before we pruned it. I had ground up a banana peel in a blender
and started doing that about once every three months. I noticed
the black spot and was told that is normal. Some of the last peels
I messed with have been sitting in a bowl for awhile and I noticed
a mold growing on them. I don't know if it's a good thing or a
bad thing, that mold (green powdery stuff), so was thinking, well
if it's bad I'll just throw in some grits because corn gluten reportedly
helps control weeds and fungus...