3 ways to use banana peels on the farm

Banana peels contain a whole storehouse of nutrients that have a beneficial and healing effect on the body. The presence of cytoprotective and antimutagenic agents in the composition reduces the risk of developing cancer. And the carotenoids and polyphenols present in the skin of the fruit improve immunity. In addition, eating the peel promotes the active production of white blood cells, which are responsible for the body's resistance to disease and inflammation.

Fruit skins can be eaten fresh, brewed as tea, or pureed.

For face

Many people don’t know, but banana skins have positive properties on the skin. They contain substances that nourish, moisturize the skin, and relieve inflammation.

For inflammation and redness of the eyes

Fruit cleanses have anti-inflammatory properties and relieve redness of the eyes, for example, after tears or a sleepless night. It is enough to apply fresh peel to the eyelids and maintain for 10 minutes. You can even lightly massage the skin. There will be no trace of the problem.

For acne

Banana peel for the face has anti-inflammatory and healing properties. Regular use treats acne.For a positive effect, it is enough to rub the problem areas on the skin with sandpaper for 5 minutes in the morning, afternoon and evening before going to bed.

It is best not to wash off the residue immediately, but to wait for everything to dry, this will ensure the best effect. Improvements are observed after just a week of regular use.

For hydration

The skin left over from eating a banana will help moisturize dry and often flaky skin. You just need to wipe the skin with it, but the movements should be soft and massage.

This remedy will help even people with problematic skin types, as well as eczema and psoriasis.

For bruises

The peel of the fruit has healing properties for bruises, bruises and hematomas. You can get rid of the problem much faster if you apply banana peels to the sore spot for half an hour.

It is best to secure the peel to the skin, cover it with a bandage, and then secure it with a band-aid and leave it overnight. The compress will eliminate blue spots, redness and swelling resulting from injury in a matter of days.

For plants

Banana peels contain a whole range of nutrients, various vitamins and minerals. These elements are useful not only for the human body, but also for flowering indoor plants.

The skin can be used as fertilizer for watering flowers, seedlings, and garden plantings. You can prepare the fertilizer as follows:

• banana skins – 0.5 kg;
• settled water – 4 glasses;
• granulated sugar – ½ cup;
• dry baker's yeast - 1/3 sachet.

All prepared components are mixed in a jar, the container is tightly covered with a lid and left to ferment in a dark place for 7 days.After the time has passed, 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar is added to the solution and the jar is removed again for 6 days.

Before use, the finished vinegar is diluted with water in a 1:1 ratio. The resulting solution is suitable both for watering bushes and for spraying green mass.

For those who do not want to bother with preparation and spend a lot of time infusing the solution, you can use a simpler option. It is enough to finely chop the peel and add it to the soil, and then thoroughly loosen the substrate in the flowerpot.

You can also mix the soil while transplanting the plant into a new flowerpot, in which case the indoor plant will quickly adapt to the new soil, grow more actively, and bloom richer and longer.

You can use the peel as a polish for flower leaves. In this way you can quickly get rid of dust and dirt, a dull appearance and give a special shine to the foliage.

In addition, the skins are an excellent means of fighting pests, especially aphids, which destroy home flowers and vegetables in the garden beds. It is enough to spread the peel on the ground and there will be no trace of harmful insects; most of them cannot tolerate the banana aroma.

Detergents and cleaning products

Some housewives use banana skins as an excellent cleaning agent. There are several ways to use the product:

1. A banana peel will help remove scratches on the varnish of a wooden table, cabinet, parquet floor, or old music CD. It is necessary to rub the area where the problem is found with the inside of the peel.Remove all residues; this should be done using a dry, soft material that has been previously moistened in glass surface cleaner.
2. Banana peels help get rid of scuffs on shoes. So you shouldn’t get rid of not only fruit peelings, but also old boots, boots and shoes. It is enough to wipe the surface, especially in the most problematic areas, with the inside of the sandpaper, and then rub thoroughly with a soft cloth. It is important that the peel is fresh. Using a simple procedure, you can return your shoes to their original appearance and significantly increase the duration of wear.
3. Residues from the fruit perfectly clean silver objects, jewelry, and cutlery. It is enough to rub silver items with a piece of peel, but do it with the inside. Simple manipulations will return the products to their natural shine and beauty.

By the way, fruit peels do not have to be used immediately; they can be stored in reserve and used as needed. To do this, you just need to dry it naturally, for example, on a newspaper. Then put the dried workpiece into containers with tight-fitting lids and store.

Other uses on the farm

There are other uses for banana peelings. Here are some of the most popular methods:

• most housewives use the peel as a substrate when frying meat in the oven, in which case it does not burn and gives the pieces a special aroma and juiciness;
• the peel acts on tooth enamel as an excellent whitening agent; just wipe the surface of your teeth with it to restore a snow-white smile;
• crushed banana peel can be an excellent preventative against the development of many serious diseases, including diabetes mellitus, problems with blood vessels, the peel is brewed with boiling water, and taken for a course of thirty days;

There are so many beneficial uses for a regular banana peel, which is usually discarded immediately after eating the fruit. It makes excellent cosmetics for the face in the form of masks and creams. Also, the remains of the fruit can be used in the household for cleaning dishes, as a watering agent for indoor flowers.