How to Make Banana Peel Water for Your Tomato Plants?

The shared secret to big, red, and juicy Tomatoes is using the best organic fertilizer. And, interestingly the Banana peels that go straight into your garbage bin can do wonders for your Tomato plants. 

Soaking Banana peels allows water to marinate nutrients, and when applied to soil, the plants receive all sweet minerals for healthy growth. 

So, let’s learn how to make DIY Banana peel water for your Tomato plants effortlessly. 

Is Banana Peel Water Good for Tomato Plants?

Banana peels boast 40% of rich potassium to offer the essential macronutrients for Tomato plants.

Potassium regulates and improves water uptake, which helps boost plants’ immunity against environmental stress, diseases, and pests and promotes root development.

As Banana peel water adds potassium to your Tomato plant, adding it weekly to the Tomato plants can solve problems like brown scorching, leaf tip curling, and yellowing leaves.

Banana peel water is excellent for plants that require low nitrogen, such as Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and radishes.

Also, many plant parents have complained about its foul odor, ants, fungus gnats, and pests problems after using it.

When breaking down peels, fungi and bacteria leave a stink, so leftover peels on decomposition permeate bad odor, which attracts pests. 

But if you keep or apply Banana peel water on Tomatoes grown outdoors, you will not have to bother about such issues. 

If you have spare or spent coffee grounds, use them for roses!

How to Make Banana Water for Tomato Plants? 

You can make organic fertilizer from basic kitchen scraps with a little water.  

Step 1

Cut a few Banana peels into about 1-2 inches pieces. 

Step 2

Dry the Banana peels under the sun for about 2/3 days until the peels are completely dehydrated.

Step 3

After the peels have dried completely, you can grind them into a fine powder and store them in an airtight glass container for about 3-4 weeks.

Step 4

Take about 2-4 tablespoons of powder and mix it into the water before watering the plant. You can use this mixture once a week for your Tomato plant. 

You can also directly spread dried Banana peel powder into the roots of your Tomato plant. But, applying them by combining them in water enhances the nutrition absorption rate. 

You can also create a Tomato tea from Banana peel following another recipe!

• Step 1:  Cut a Banana peel and brew it in about 2 pints of water for about 2-3 days. 
• Step 2:  Cover a jar with a fine mesh, cotton cloth, or cheesecloth. Afterward, pour the Banana peel water and strain it until you get clear water without any peel residue. 
• Step 3: Dilute the fermented Banana peel water with clean water in a ratio of one to one, and it is ready to use for your Tomato plant.

You can water your Tomato plant with this potassium-rich fertilizer every week.  

But do not mix chemicals and or other additives to Banana peel water, and be sure to rinse the peels well before using it!

You can use Banana peels and other vegetable scratches to make compost for your Tomato plant. To find out the best compost and way to prepare them, read Best Compost for Garden.