Fact Sheet: Viewer's Tip - Using Banana Skins to Improve Lemon
Tree Fruiting Presenter: Stephen Ryan, 16/04/2011 SERIES 22
Episode 10 Tip from Margi, Victoria Margi had a very unhealthy
lemon tree that wouldn't fruit until one of her neighbours
suggested that she use banana skins around the base, just like
her father used to do in France. Now her lemon tree couldn't be
healthier and it fruits like mad. All you have to do is scratch
back the mulch from underneath your tree and place a few of the
banana skins in around the trunk. And then just pop the mulch
back in place - it'll keep things tidy and it'll help rot those
banana skins down. Lots of people use banana skins in all sorts
of ways around the garden and really swear by their
effectiveness. And it certainly seems to have worked for Margi.
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