Banana water or banana peel is often recommended to help bigger and better blooms (Image: Getty Images) Peace lilies are fairly easy to care for as long as they have the right environment, but even if a plant’s foliage is flourishing, some people struggle to get their plant to flower . Often this has to do with the light or amount of water the plant is getting, however, there are some ways to help your plant flower and even increase how many beautiful white blooms it produces. READ MORE Orchids and peace lilies grow bigger when one kitchen scrap is added to soil [INSIGHT] In a Reddit forum dedicated to peace lily care, one houseplant enthusiast revealed a simple leftover food item made a huge difference in how many flowers their plant could produce.

Sharing to the forum, the Reddit user explained: "Honestly. it sounds crazy but I heard that putting a banana peel just sorta in the very top bit of soil helps so I did that..

..and then mine re-flowered.

So, whether or not it's true I'm not sure, but I did get a whole load of flowers." The reason peace lilies like bananas is the potassium, which makes up one-third of most plant fertilisers. This nutrient can give your flowers an added boost.

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