Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle banana skins?

By: Ruth Simpson

Ruth Simpson — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:34:02 +0000

I cut the ends off before peeling, dry them, and use them in art. I take the “straight” part of the peel, scrape off the soft stuff and shred the skin. When dried, it looks like spiders, because the shreds curl. Oh, yeah, I put them on top of bottles to dry, so the “legs” hang downward.

Next I’m spraypainting the dried “flowers” and layering them for Christmas “Chrysanthenums”. Gold and pink this session.

By: conne

conne — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:55:21 +0000

they would polish wooden furniture also.

By: Cipollina

Cipollina — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:50:04 +0000

Hey, you can also throw them around and have people slip on them! 8]

By: Ina

Ina — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:45:38 +0000

Just as a ripe banana in the fruit bowl helps to mature the other fruit in it, banana skins are said to help mature tomatoes in the plants… You just hang them into the plant, next to your green tomatoes. Be prepared for comments from your friends. ;)

And if you have goats – mine loved banana skins! I would only feed them organic ones, though, as bananas get sprayed incredibly often during their lifetime, and dipped in a chemical solution before transport to prevent them from rotting.

By: jono

jono — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:23:47 +0000

banana peels can be used as an all-natural temporary lubricant. you can also compost them.

By: Brenda Sue

Brenda Sue — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:18:20 +0000

rubbing them on mosquito bites or burns is supposed to help heal your skin… i don’t know if it is as good as aloe, but worth a try.

By: Roger

Roger — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:16:13 +0000

My grandmother, and mother use them to dust spider plants. made the hall smell bananaey

By: Cipollina

Cipollina — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:34:06 +0000

Boring but nutritious: chop them up and dig them down around your roses.

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:16:43 +0000

Cool! Do you think it would work on leather sofas too? Ours is looking a bit old and tatty (it’s cream leather) so I wonder if it would work? Might try it out as my two eat lots of bananas.