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Old 31-05-2011, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Duncan Munday View Post
Hi all

A friend of mine says that he uses banana skins to help his roses grown aparently the nutirents in the banana skins are good for the roses - is this true?

Thanks
The bananas contain alot of potassium, which encourages root and flower formation.
The best way to use them is by chopping them into tiny bits, a food porcesser is handy for this, and them scattering the bits around the base of the the rose and then hoeing them into the soil.
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