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".
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"p.mc" sigadd1to writes:
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| 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".

You are certainly not doing anything wrong. I wouldn't put such
things in my water butt, because of the smell - but plants have
no sense of smell and don't mind that :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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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".
--
Regards
p.mc

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why put just the skins why not the complete banana into your butt

tonka

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.
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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

Franz Heymann wrote:

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

Franz


And when Toprose comes wrapped round my fruit, I'll start using it!
Banana skins rot so quickly, I hardly think there is an aesthetic
problem with them.

On 6/7/04 12:12 pm, in article , "bigboard"
wrote:

Franz Heymann wrote:

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

Franz


And when Toprose comes wrapped round my fruit, I'll start using it!
Banana skins rot so quickly, I hardly think there is an aesthetic
problem with them.

If aesthetics are a problem, why not sprinkle some soil to cover the banana
skins - the other good thing of course, is that they're free - or at least a
free by-product!
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Sacha
(remove the weeds after garden to email me)

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On 6/7/04 12:12 pm, in article ,
"bigboard"
wrote:

Franz Heymann wrote:

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

Franz


And when Toprose comes wrapped round my fruit, I'll start using
it!
Banana skins rot so quickly, I hardly think there is an aesthetic
problem with them.

If aesthetics are a problem, why not sprinkle some soil to cover the
banana
skins - the other good thing of course, is that they're free - or at
least a
free by-product!

But how much will it cost me in bananas to keep a dozen roses fed with
banana skins?
And since there are only two persons in this household to do the
consuming, we are likely to get attacks of the squitters.

Franz

Subject: Bannana skins in water butt.
From: "Franz Heymann"
Date: 06/07/2004 15:48 GMT Standard Time
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 6/7/04 12:12 pm, in article ,
"bigboard"
wrote:

Franz Heymann wrote:

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

Franz


And when Toprose comes wrapped round my fruit, I'll start using
it!
Banana skins rot so quickly, I hardly think there is an aesthetic
problem with them.

If aesthetics are a problem, why not sprinkle some soil to cover the
banana
skins - the other good thing of course, is that they're free - or at
least a
free by-product!

But how much will it cost me in bananas to keep a dozen roses fed with
banana skins?
And since there are only two persons in this household to do the
consuming, we are likely to get attacks of the squitters.

Franz


A banana a day
keeps roses okay

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Subject: Bannana skins in water butt.
From: "Franz Heymann"
Date: 06/07/2004 15:48 GMT Standard Time
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 6/7/04 12:12 pm, in article ,
"bigboard"
wrote:

Franz Heymann wrote:

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

Franz


And when Toprose comes wrapped round my fruit, I'll start using
it!
Banana skins rot so quickly, I hardly think there is an
aesthetic
problem with them.

If aesthetics are a problem, why not sprinkle some soil to cover
the
banana
skins - the other good thing of course, is that they're free - or
at
least a
free by-product!

But how much will it cost me in bananas to keep a dozen roses fed
with
banana skins?
And since there are only two persons in this household to do the
consuming, we are likely to get attacks of the squitters.

A banana a day
keeps roses okay

{:-))

Franz

"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
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A banana a day
keeps roses okay

A banana a day
makes you constipated, ok?

"Just Molly" wrote in message
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"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
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A banana a day
keeps roses okay

Wrong attribution. It was Alison's bon mot.

A banana a day
makes you constipated, ok?

Franz