How to Use Eggshells for Plants

Eggs are one of the nature’s most wonder foods, packing delicious flavor into a convenient parcel of goodness. A fertilizer is one of the best ways to encourage growth in colder seasons. What if we told you that instead of buying one. You could make your own from something you’ve probably been throwing in every time.

Using eggshells for plants can a great contribution to home or yard health and productivity. Eggshells are supposedly the great wonder cure for list less houseplants in need. Putting crushed eggshells in their soil is a boost of calcium to promote cell growth and it brings a new life to your plant babies.

How to Use Eggshell

Eggshells are rich in calcium and this makes a common ingredient in them for commercial organic fertilizers. But there’s no need to pay for the nutrients to the plants could bring to your soil. Crushed eggshells provide an organic source of nutrition for the houseplants, patio pots and hanging planters. Sprinkle the pulverized shells on the soil surface and they will break down over time whether you are using eggshells for houseplants or outdoor plant containers in garden. Use the powder of eggshell sparingly and drop a few pinches in when it comes to watering your plants to increase the calcium levels in the soil.

Dig eggshells carefully into the earth, and they’ll release their calcium and other minerals as they degrade. Crumbled eggshells are valued as a food supplement by the garden birds, they need the base mineral content to produce their own eggs. Crush the shells and mix them into your regular bird feed or place the whole shells of egg on the bird table to peck at. The grateful avian diners will repay your thoughtfulness by helping keep slugs, aphids or other garden pests in check.

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