Edited by Broommeister Pickles, Carolyn Barratt, RavenBell, Jordan and 7 others
Banana peels are as useful as the banana. They contain antifungal, antibiotic and enzymatic properties that can be put to good use. Plus they're moist and they're nutritious.
Steps
1Use them to polish your shoes. Rub the peel over your shoes. They'll also polish your silverware.
[2Feed them to your worm farm. Worms love them./left]
[left]3Use them to fertilize plants. Place peel in a large jar, cover with water and water plants. Keep adding water to maintain the fertilizer.
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[left]Rub them over your teeth to whiten them. Use the white side on your teeth.
[5Use them to make a face mask. Banana peel contains enzymes to help condition your skin./left]
[left]Chop them into small pieces and stick under rosebushes as an aphid deterrent. Dead or dried peels can also be used.
Place banana peels over your mosquito or ant bites, small scratches or poison ivy rash. The pain will be eased.
Eat them. They can be eaten raw or cooked; look for Asian or Indian recipes.
Use them to attract butterflies to your garden. Include small pieces of banana sitting along the peel.
Wear peel over a wart until the wart drops off, yellow side on the wart. Change peel pieces regularly. Use duct tape to keep in place.
Use the peel to remove a splinter. Tape it over the splinter; the enzymes will shift the splinter.
Polish house plant leaves with the peel. Use the pith side.
Use them to catch coddling moths. Add pieces to the trap to attract them.
Place over chicken breast to keep tender during cooking.
[Compost them. They are good for compost material./left]
[left]Make vinegar from the peels.
Get rid of acne using banana peels. Rub your acne with the white side. Leave it on your face and don't wash off the rubbed on pith.
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