Can banana peels really help your houseplants?
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Back in the 1990s, the kids at my high school were convinced that banana peels contained a mysterious psychoactive substance that could apparently induce intense hallucinations when smoked. I guess it’s the tragic fate of the older millennial that 30 years later, the same people are now convinced that the real excitement offered by banana peels is houseplant care. With hundreds of social media posts extolling the seemingly transformative effect banana peels can have on plant growth, I set out to find out if there was any evidence…
