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Angela Patrone & Amber O'Connor

Tasty fruit could be magic ingredient to help your roses produce 'enormous' flowers

For many green-fingered pros, an English garden is not complete without a classic rose. But cultivating and caring for the much-loved plant is easier said than done.

It can also cost you a pretty penny if you shell out on expensive fertiliser. Thankfully, there's a much cheaper fix for those of us who enjoy snacking on bananas - since the peel can be used as a source of potassium.

Additionally, the popular fruit contains much-needed calcium, magnesium, phosphates and sulphur, which are all key for plants.

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