I'LL DRINK TO THAT !!!...going BANANAS !!

They all go into the compost bin, Tt. When I had a poorly Sambucus, the Nursery where I got it suggested putting tea bags round it - I did, for several weeks, but it still died. :-((

~mine go down the grinder I'm afraid!

Mostly mine go in the compost bin but a few go in the bottom of pots which have overlarge holes.

Mine go down my throat as I only drink instant! Lol. When Carol's mum is here she drinks tea and the bags go onto the compost (after they have gone through the shredder, everything goes through the shredder it makes it easier and quicker to decompose!)
PS. Thats a very good way to get people to read your blogs TT !!! Lol

Rhododendrons loves tea, you will have to get some he he. Horse hair encirled around your plants pinned down with clips not stones will stop slug and snails and when you read what Ian has written he ll be puppy dogs tails hehe haha lol I have read rose like slightly acid soil so tea is acidy.

Tea bags in the compost bin ( always use a teapot) to brew ,not to put the bags in lol. Coffee grounds throw round roses, yes makes a mess and not sure whether it does any good but I feel as if i'm doing some good. Does that make sense?

Interesting replies so far....thanks...
Yes, Valadel, thank you...
...your answer does make sense.. Lol.

Tea bags (one in a largish pot) in compost once used. Coffee grounds from coffee maker, once we've drunk the coffee I pull the plunger out half fill with water and pour round Rhodos! Yes it is a bit messy but I'm not a neat freak gardener - oops! that isn't a judgement on anyone on GoY who manicures their garden just a fact lol

Oh, that's interesting, MG...
I meant when cleaning the coffee maker, it seems to make mess in the kitchen... not in the garden.Lol.

I always put my coffee grounds and tea bags straight on the compost. But what's the point of putting tea bags around the roses if they haven't got a kettle. Sorry, I don't understand that. Perhaps I'm misssing something here, afterall, I am just a simple Flower Pot Man!

I thought you were corn on the cob Paul lol

Flower Pots, Tea Pots...
...It's all very confusing... :o(

Obviously not seen my latest blog or my photos Morgana! But I'mglad you mentioned that, perhaps it's time I changed my profile pic!

I have just been to your blog see thrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr sticking my tongue out at out lol

Tried coffee grounds round plants to deter slugs - think they used it as a starter before making the lupins their main course. Absolute waste of time in my garden - may work in others? Now goes with the tea bags in the compost. Isn't it Epsom salts for roses?

I can see them now, Wagger with their napkins around their necks!!!! I bet they didn't have beer for dessert though did they????

Yes, Epsom salts are good for roses...
...I just wondered if I could recycle my used tea bags and coffee grounds usefully because I don't have a compost bin...
...perhaps, when the slugs have finished eating, I can recycle their napkins ;o)

I'll send them to you Terra :-)))

oooooh Moongrower....I might just 'flag' you for that offensive comment, now ...where did I put my manicure set? LOL

Never mind the napkins, Wagger... and manicure set, Lily...
awaiting your cosmetics orders over on my Bong blog...

Tea is rich in potassium, and that helps flowering.
I don't know about coffee.

I only use loose leaf tea because tea bags are too strong. I could make about 10 cupppas out of one tea bag, and I don't like re-using them, so I buy loose tea. I pour what's left in the teapot on my houseplants.

Ok everyone, collect your tea bags and coffee grounds in a bag for a couple of weeks and we'll all send them to Terratoonie now she's got a plan what to do with them. Oh good, that will ease the burden on you rcompost or wheelie bins. It's alright, I've got the address!!!!!!!

instant coffee here lol teabags in bin im afraid, granparents used tea leaves for lilac tree :o))

Well done Hywel....
A really helpful and useful answer !
The trouble with re-using the tea-bags is those peg-marks from where they have been hanging out to dry on the washing line...;o)

Your house plants always look fab. so your used tea-leaves must be good for them!

So, tea is rich in potassium ? More than bananas ? I should have asked about banana skins, too. I chuck those all around my roses bushes and don't know if I'm doing the right thing. Lol.

Lol. Paul...

You're getting devious... just what I would expect of a Flower Pot Person...
Lots of adverts for compost bins have appeared to the right of this blog....
Maybe they are trying to tell me something...
..or should that be... sell me something... ;o)

Thanks, Sandra... hadn't heard of tea under lilac trees but I can throw some of my tea bags around my lilacs.. good idea... the roses are so piled up with banana skins, there's not much space there for tea bags...Lol.

I use instant coffee (so no waste) and only use tea bags for visitors. I put banana skins at the base of my roses (not sure why, but I must have read it somewhere!) so afraid I'm not much help here, TT :)

I hadn't noticed that Tt. OO , that's a bit creepy. They know what we're saying and thinking. I know what Roy Cropper's thinking right now "I wish I had those swimming lessons afterall" Sorry, a Corry comment!!

Thanks, Gee... at least when I put my banana skins under my roses, I'll know I'm not alone...

Paul...this blog went very quickly on to GoYpedia "Compost"...thanks to Jacque's quick actions, I guess.... so that's the logical answer....but I prefer the creepy answer... :o)

Big Brother's watching you!!!!!!!! No not the one with Davina, that's finished thank goodness!!

Paul... Big Brother...?... Corrie....? too much TV...
Shouldn't you be out giving driving lessons or mowing lawns ?

Got enough driving to do tomorrow Tt. Bognor Regis. A very big 'gig' for Graeme. A huge showcase for one of the big agents. His income next year could depend on it!!

Banana skins are high in potasium they plant these in with passifloras, also if you hang a banana close by tomatoes they will ripen quicker, thats why I have the banana hanger away from the rest of my fruit.

~ good luck to Graeme!

Thanks Arlene will pass it on! Just hope the reviewer from 'The Stage'(trade paper') is kinder to him than once before but he's better , more confident and most of all more organised now!!

Let's hope Graeme will be able to drive by next year ?
All the best for tomorrow, Graeme..

Interesting about the passifloras, Morgana...and bananas... :o)

This is all really interesting, TT!!!!
Fresh leaf tea ( not the bags ) we pour ( once cold, I mean!!! ) onto the houseplants, the bags get ripped and put into the compost bin. Coffee grounds and the filter paper likewise. We usually make coffee in a wide necked flask, keeps it much hotter than cafetieres....grind the beans, pour into filter paper placed in a plastic filter balanced on neck of flask, pour in scalding water....chuck filter paper and grounds straight into compost...result...hot coffee, no mess, and grounds and filter paper ready to go!

We usually chop the banana skins up smallish before composting.

And yes, we occasionally wee on our compost! Male pee is apparently better ( less acidic ) than the female variety! Or is it less alkaline??? Can't rememeber!

xxx

Thank you Terratoonie.

Thanks Tt.
I think they seem to put Banana skins around lots of plants in the Carribean(No I know that's not the correct spelling but can't get my head round it at the moment) because I have two customers who are friends, one from Jamaica one from Antigua and I'm forever working around banana skins in their gardens. The blasted things are all over the garden!

Does Graeme take his test tomorrow Paul

Very enlightening Brenda... thank you...
...almost too much information...;o)

What about doggie puddles ... are they good for compost ?

Good idea with the filter paper...no mess... xxx

Hi again Paul...
I'm wishing now that I had included some banana skins pics in the blog. Maybe I'll add some tomorrow....:o)

You know me, TT...ALWAYS too much information....windy cow!

Doggie puddles....hmmm, now there's a thought! Probably not a good idea! Just got a lovely picture of you instructing Conker and Truffle to wee in your compost bin!

xxx

You can compost dog poo

Budgie droppings..? ..full of goodness for the garden ?
... Crocus makes lots of oooOOOOO0000OOOOO's. :o)

Lol Terratoonie he he

Morgana!!!! That's one sort you MUSTN'T compost! Never, never. It can carry harmful bacteria that wouldn't be killed in the temperatures in the bin. So the bacteria would go back into the soil!

I don't mind adding a couple of banana skin pics to this blog to illustrate the theme of some comments.... but no photos of anything else...Lol.

My loose leaf tea goes to the compost bin... and coffee grounds do there too! My grandma always put the loose leaf tea into the gloxinias' pots, her plants are amazing. I did the same and lost all my ones...:(((

Thank you Uma... fascinating...
...a pity you lost your gloxinias :o(

When I was a social worker I used to visit an old lady who lived on her own in a flat. She used to throw her tea bags on the floor. She had no carpet but the concrete floor was covered in tea bags. They were piled up behind the door where it had pushed them as it opened, and they were piled up under the table and around the chairs. I used to think of all that potassium going to waste lol

Fascinating story, Hywel... thank you...
...what a lot of potassium...!
..and on that subject...
..banana photos will be added to this blog soon....:o)

Two amazing banana photos now added to this blog :o)

banana`s are good for mosquito bites and also warts to,, and lots of other things,, deppresion, pmt`s, stopping smoking,hangovers, heartburn, morning sickness, the list goes on :o))

I'll have to eat more bananas ! My plants and I will both benefit if they help with some of those things Sandra. But I can't eat them until they are all spotty.

I put the skins at the base of roses TT. I also put them with other shrubs sometimes.

Funny Hywel you should say that about can't eat till they have spots on, neither could my mum. Bananas are very good for the heart, any heart specialist will have one on their desk for lunch my specialist did any way.

yes think i might eat more to hywel, for depression, smoking, winter syndrome, my god i will be eating about 6 a day lol
morgana thats because no fat or colestral in them to ;o)) very good for us

Tennis players eat lots of bananas....
I eat loads of bananas....
... but I'm still not that good at tennis...

Yes.....if I don't start putting banana skins around other shrubs, the huge heaps of banana skins around my roses will be knee high ...

lol Terra yes athletes eat lots of them :o) good to shine shoes to lol

Its the potassium in the banana which helps the heart. 4 cherries equal one asprin, which is given for angina asprin. which has potassium in it.

I first heard about banana skins on GQT from I think Bob Flowerdew who said to put them in planting hole when planting roses. They are rich in potassium as everyone says, but I wonder can you have too much potassium? Normally we have one or two banana skins per day for the compost, will it harm the balance? Tea bags I put in but I'm not very knowledgeable about compost and I've just learned on here that I should have cut up the banana skins. Will I now I have to get them out to cut up? Yuck, not a job I fancy:-(

dont think you will have to do that born, it just quickens the breakdown process so will just take a bit longer i guess

Sandra they are brill for passionflowers too, the experts do it.

thanx morgana, will pop a skin in when i plant them out :o)))

wow, but this blog has been fun and informative; kinda like that combination! A friend of mine who has absolutely gorgeous plants and humongous blooms of all kinds just throws banana skins under her bushes, on top of the ground (says it's good to keep bugs off). She also empties her left-over coffee and grounds around the plants. We drink tons of coffee here in Louisiana and I just started experimenting with it. I gave my holiday cactus a sip (Hywel - heads up), and they are reaching to the sky this morning! Guess now, I'll have to eat more bananas. Thanks everybody for the fun. Wish I could print this whole thing!

Hi Hmhb...
I'm guessing quite a lot of members haven't found this blot yet, so I'm hoping for more input on coffee, tea and bananas.... Interesting to have your report, thanks. Looks like you'll soon have some giant Cactus there...... and we'll all eat more bananas and become brilliant at tennis ! :o)

Looking back at previous comments, yes, I have wondered whether plants could suffer from "overdose" of banana skins, tea bags or coffee grounds... Lol.

... and who is that in the pic with the banana.... King Kong ???

Would that be classed as murder or suicide then ??? he he haha :o)))) lol

maybe plantslaughter...?

Well... ONE banana per day will give a human being their RDA of potassium...any more than that is unnecessary and of no further benefit, as far as I know. So I guess we can OD our plants on too much potassium......it' certainly a thought, killing them with kindness.....

;-0

"The normal level of potassium in the bloodstream is in the range of 3.5-5.0 mM, while levels of 6.3-8.0 mM (severe hyperkalemia) result in cardiac arrhythmias or even death due to cardiac arrest. Potassium is potentially quite toxic, however toxicity or death due to potassium poisoning is usually prevented because of the vomiting reflex. The consumption of food results in mild increases in the concentration of potassium in the bloodstream, but levels of potassium do not become toxic because of the uptake of potassium by various cells of the body, as well as by the action of the kidneys transferring the potassium ions from the blood to the urine. The body's regulatory mechanisms can easily be overwhelmed, however, when potassium chloride is injected intravenously, as high doses of injected potassium can easily result in death."
Source(s):
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Ato…

Oo-er......

;-)

I'm good at killing plants with kindness by over-watering, so I guess I'm equally capable of doing the same with banana skins, tea-bags and coffee grounds... ;o)

An apple kills all the bad ions in the body, as in the saying an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Tea bags don't degrade properly in the compost bin. I put them in a plastic box in the boiler cupboard then snip them open when dry. I have a jar full at present. Sounds barmy?:>) Spread them sparingly around most plants. They are said to be good for Camellias. Whether or not they do any good ANYwhere is another matter. Never tried coffee. Bananas? Tried them but they become very unsightly

Hi Ponty...
Are you saying that the bag around the tea is the part which doesn't degrade ?
Maybe that's why at the top of this blog Lily2 says the used tea bags are okay for putting in the base of flower pots with over-large holes ?

Yes, banana skins go black and ugly... so cutting them up into small pieces seems good advice...

Well our organic Earl Grey tea bags compost down completely... different kind of bag I guess as it is recycled paper.

I do know from a friend's horrible experience that nappy liners do not compost or degrade ever. Her youngest is now in mid 20s, she is still digging up nappy liners!

Yes TT. Tea BAGS will clutter up the finished compost. That is, in a bin. Maybe with more time in a large compost heap they will degrade. Don't know.

Lol... that's funny, Mg :o)

Thanks Ponty...Must say I'm learning a lot from this blog...

Yes TT. Tea BAGS will clutter up the finished compost. That is, in a bin. Maybe with more time in a large compost heap they will degrade. Don't know.
You use posher tea than we do Moongrower! :>)) Nappy liners?? Ugh!

MG.....can you imagine how many disposable nappies are in land fill sites and that they will never degrade away....yuk! Only disposable from the point of view that you throw them not wash them.

And I drink Earl Grey too, decaffeinated!

Thanks, Ponty... again...Lol.
who is that holding the banana in the pic above... ?
... a good thing gorillas don't have disposable nappies...

So, if we use decaf coffee and decaf tea...
... the decaf is better for us...is it better for the garden too ?

Instant coffee mostly here Tt but tea bags go into the council green waste bin for composting along with the banana skins.
And my comment on the picture is ....................DADDY!!!!!!!!!!!! :o))))))

Yes, the council green waste bin is a good place for tea bags... I wonder how I managed before I had that bin for some of my larger garden cuttings...

...and, Baby Bong .. glad you like the pic of King Bong... :o)))))))

All my tea bagw go in compose bindont drink coffee, so when anyone comes they get instant, as for bananas i get my sons and daughters to save the skins for my composed bin as i dont like bananas either. We not aloud to put teabags or anything in council garden bins, all we are aloud to put in them is garden waste and cardboard, nothing else if we do they dont empty them.

Wow, Clarice... you're well-organised with your banana skin collection !
My local council keeps changing the rules about our bins... we can now put food waste and shredded paper in with the garden waste !

We have a blue bag for our papers. dont think half the time they know what goes into making compost, as everything they tell us not to put in is good for compost.

Seems like every council has different rules... different colour bins.... different items which are allowed to go in each one....! :o(

You digress ! Back to teabags.The outers on typhoo teabags don't break down either,as i still find them in the soil,so just split them open now.Bananas are best dug into the soil,and best eaten when still slightly green and firm,
as they make too much sugar, when over ripe, especially if you are diabetic.I have heard that the inside of the banana skin,is good for putting a shine on house plant leaves.Havent tried it,as sounds a bit messy.Wonder if I could clean the windows with them?Now,I am just being silly, so whats new?

Love the Gorilla,reminds me of a maths teacher I once had. aaaah,happy memories of him swinging through the hall in Assembly!!!

Hi Terra,

I`ve been using chopped banana skins for my roses for just over a year now. I don`t think it`s a coincidence that this Summers blooms were the best ever. I had almost no blackspot and not a hint of rust. I get used coffee grounds free from Starbucks but they go into the compost bin. :o)

Sandra xx

....just tear the teabag before you put it in the compost bin, that way the leaves are released and the paper breaks down quite easily....

Perhaps the teabags would help on heavy soils, stop it sticking together, humus? Love the idea of plantslaughter Tt, not sure which way to take it;-))

More banana tips:
Rub the inside of a banana peel on to your teeth in a circular motion for approximately two minutes; the results are phenomenal
Warts - Rub the wart with the inside of a banana skin.
Emergency shoe shine - Rub your leather shoes with the soft inside of a banana skin. Then clean and buff the surface with a tissue or napkin. Shines lovely.
Knees - If your knees are burned, scraped or grazed. All you have to do is apply the inside of a banana peel to the knee. This really helps in cutting back on the pain while promoting healing as well.
Splinters - Use the banana peel for removing splinters: Just take a piece of the peel and cover the splinter with the inside of the peel. Tape it over the splinter. The enzymes will work the splinter out even dissolving it and sealing the wound.

Plant..... slaughter..... or plant's.....laughter... ?... :o)

Thanks for all the useful ideas and advice....
More suggestions very welcome please...

Wow... lots of banana skin uses there from Wagger...

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Whenever I'm out in my gardens...putting banana skins and coffee around my plants......
I'm thinking... I wonder if other GoY members do this ?
...am I helping my plants or maybe damaging them...?

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... and I did wonder why that fluffly gorilla had such a look of blank concentration....
obviously doing mental arithmetic.....
... one banana plus one banana equals....
errr... two bananas...

Three bananas four. Five bananas make a bunch and so do plenty more... tra..la ...sorry got carried away, think I'm eating too many:-)

Hello TT...(I'm on a "blog catch up session".. lol...) :)
Coffee grounds are toxic to dogs, so I don't use them around my plants....they have a similar toxic effect as chocolate! They are OK used in the compost bin, but please please keep them away from Truffle and Conker...just incase they are tempted to eat them....xxx

Hello Di...
Thanks for the warning....
don't worry... my coffee grounds only go on the front garden where Truffle and Conker don't wander.... but a useful warning to everyone... xxx

Phew! Thank goodness for that TT...I had visions of Truffle and Conker woofing the coffee grounds, and being poorly :(((

P.S. Cocoa shell mulch, sold in GC's is also toxic to dogs....

Yes, useful information on all kinds of plants etc. which are poisonous to dogs can be seen here ~

http://www.dfordog.co.uk/didyouknow_toxic_plants.htm

Cant' be too careful ! :o)

My t bags always get around the roses roots but I rip them open , not justv as they are......I dont drink coffee so cant answer for that, and I use sharp sand around the base of plants that are really delectable to slugs and snails......

Do the tea bags really help your roses, Milky ?...
... and, around plants, do you need to renew the sharp sand very often ?

Would decaf. have different results to ordinary tea ?

Talking of plants that are poisonous to dogs Tt. Did you know that Slugs and snails carryu something that can kill dogs if infected with it? It was news to me but I saw a leaflet when in the Vet's with Paddy last week!

Good point Paul...
I don't think slugs and snails are mentioned in the reference I've given a few comments back.... Must admit from instinct I always call my dogs away if they are sniffing snails which slither across the dog run after dark !

Cor TT what have you started????? We always used tea for house plants...they were the nearest plants...Lol! Think bananas have a lot of magnesium in them so would be beneficial for your Roses....also slugs and snails would skid off them!!!

I compost tea bags but tear them first and coffee grounds go onto the compost heap too along with banana skins but when planting a rose I put a banana skin at the bottom of the hole too.
I have bark mulch over lots of my beds so I don't scatter "stuff " around plants there.
I put pine needles (of which I have plenty thanks to the larches in my garden...eek) as a mulch around my rhodys, not what you asked I know but may be useful to someone! what an interesting blog TT we're all wiser now!

Love your roses TT, and yes I put my banana skins in the compost thats when I`m not slippiong on em!

The inside of the banana skin is REALLY good for moisturising the skin, so you could always give your face & hands a rub before you put the skins inthe compost!
My coffee get chucked out of the door into my mini compost bin, then added to the main one at night!
Dont drink tea, but put herbal teabags in compost!

Thanks, Janey, Neellan, Stroller, Madperth...
Lots of great stories....
more please..... very interesting to read what members do with their used tea bags and banana skins...
Bark mulch, pine needles...
...lots of stuff being chucked at our gardens..Lol. :o)

Hmmm, just happened to think... what about the aggravating little fruit flies that get loose in the house from bananas? Do you get those if the bananas sit on the counter? here's a hand me down remedy - 1/4 C apple cider vinegar, 2 drops dishwashing liquid - leave it on the counter (must be like slugs and beer) LOL. o.c. we live in a humid climate.

Useful tip Hmhb... thanks.. useful for warm, humid environments....
In Britain today any fruit flies would either be blown away by the fierce, strong winds, or freeze from the chilly weather..Lol.

My mother put her coffee grounds around her rhodies..along with grapefruit skins..since rhodies like acidic soil..banana skiins would be better around roses..but I would think blending them up with a few other rose type friendly foods or just making a special compost pile for roses...rhodies...etc. would be a good plan..yummy they would be happy. Oh and coffee grounds are good for the earth worms they like them..and wood ash of course it nice for making soil more alkaline..

Is that Hottie Blobby? up there with the banana?

Cat..... Hottie Blobby...
some time I'll explain why you are a VERY clever girl.. :o)

... and thanks for the info. in the previous comment..

LOL....you are up to something...TT..aren't you? LOL

Lol. Cat..... probably can't explain till next summer time. :o)

Gosh, what a lot of useful information. Will certainly remember the tea and banana ones. Do you just cut up the banana skins and put them on the top of the soil, and tip the tea dregs the same?
I would really like to try to do some sort of composting, but only having a little garden and only pots, how would I go about it? any info greatly appreciated

Hi Jean...
If the banana skins are thrown whole onto the garden, they look unsightly as they get older... very black... so, yes, better to cut them into pieces...

You'll see that most people in the comments above suggest cutting tea bags or emptying the old tea out of them...
I hope this helps...

Jeanh...you could try getting a wormery.....I've not tried one but they're supposed to be excellent and don't take up too much room.....some good sites online, like 'wrigglywigglers' ( or something like that! ) - or is it wigglywrigglers???? Can't remember!
;-)

Sorry, Jeanh...it's'Wigglywigglers'!!!!!

Hi Brenda..
...your wriggles mixed up with your wiggles again ? ;o) xxx

Happens all the time, TT!!!!
xxx

Calm down, then, B!!

Oh...my wrigglers are wiggling
My wigglers are wriggling
But the best thing of all is
I've set you off giggling!

;-)
xxx

Too many bananas....you're all going bananas....
chuck them around your roses instead....;o) xxx

Honestly! What cheek! Who was it started all this bananas thing, anyway????
Whatever you chuck round your roses, TT, I do hope they'll benefit...they're lovely, so they deserve to prosper ( I use Vitax 10 on mine! )

;-)))
xxx

I always pop a banana skin into the hole when I plant a rose. I also bury bananas around the roots of established roses. Tea bags go in the compost but I tear them open first. Coffee grounds either go around my roses or into the compost.
Bananas are full of potassium and trace minerals. Tea and coffee are acidic and are great for helping acidify the soil. Coffee grounds are also very high in nitrogen apparently. They do get the compost heating up.
I didn't know about coffee grounds being poisonous to dogs. My dogs have never bothered with the grounds on the ground but I'll keep that in mind.
I also pour the leftover liquid coffee and tea into the compost.

Thanks, Gilli...
lots of useful information there...
I hadn't considered about tea and coffee helping to acidify the soil...
very interesting :o)

I remember my dad used to say he didn't like using coffee grounds as it made his soil mouldy .....

Hi Terry60 ..
Hadn't thought of the soil going mouldy because of the coffee....
...I must watch out for that.. Thanks. :o)

A fascinating blog to read, TT, with so many people's explanations of what they do with their banana skins & teabags & coffee grounds. :-) I've nothing to add as my teabags, 1 a day, go into the normal rubbish bin. We only drink instant coffee so, no grounds. As for banana skins the same as the tea bags! No composting here - no room on balcony & no collection in blocks of flats!!!

As far as I have been able to see in the few blocks of flats here in Huntingdon nobody but me fills up their balcony with plants! I seem to be unique!!!

The other blocks of flats are no higher than 3 floors whereas where I live it is 6/7 floors high with 4 flats on each floor - a total of 25 flats & I'm the only one that uses their balcony for growing plants! People may have a few house plants but I can't see any plants form below in any balcony.

Hello Balcony...
Yes, I have very much appreciated the input from members about teabags, coffee and bananas.....

It is amazing how many wonderful plants you fit onto your balcony.... and it would be lovely if other Huntingdon residents were to be inspired by your plant collection and put some fuchsias etc on their own balconies.... :o)

If a person joins GoY under the name of "another Huntingdon balcony"....we'll know where they got the idea...LOL.

I very much agree with you TT! But after 9 years of growing plants on my balcony I don't seem to have inspired anyone in Huntingdon! :-(

I get plenty of compliments & there is a bus stop very close to our block of flats. We used to have up to 3 different routes stop there so we had many buses a day stop very close & so people would see the balcony from the buses as they slowly pick up speed after stopping. People would have got a good view! Even bus drivers have complimented me on my balcony!!!

It could be that others think they could never have their balcony flowers looking as wonderful as yours...Lol. :o)

That's a possibility of course but I think it's unlikely! LOL! There aren't that many balconies here. In fact there may be more on this block than in the rest of the town!

I've heard that tea is almost good for any plants, particularly roses, Mind you in my case it has to be Yorkshire Tea!

Hi Micky...
Interesting to read your comment that the tea must be YORKSHIRE tea....
.. of course, there are some Chimpanzees who disagree. ;o)

phew tt the climb down all these comments have shattered me lol,all my waste goes in compost but not heard tea & coffee deter slugs will have to try it & see..

Well done to everyone who has read this blog ... and all the comments ;o)