Application of eggshell in the garden, in the country and in the garden
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How can I use the eggshell
Chicken egg is a unique creation of nature, and its shell has a number of valuable properties, which makes it possible to successfully apply it in the suburban and personal plot.
Against acid soils
The shell on 93-94% consists of calcium carbonate, and the remaining percent is divided between organic protein, phosphorus, potassium and magnesium, iron, sulfur and aluminum.
It is from this composition that the properties of the egg shell, useful for the soil, also flow. Containing in itself so much calcium, it is an excellent soil deoxidizer.
But the application of the shell not only removes the acid reaction, enriches it with calcium, but also loosens the heavy soils, improves their structure, which has a positive effect on the water and nutrition regime. It is important to note that this effect lasts several years due to the slow decay of the shell.
Plant nutrition
You can use shells in other ways, one of which is laying a layer 1,5-2 cm of the bottom of pots with flowers or seedlings. The shell thus creates an excellent drainage and, as the plants grow, begins to feed them.
You can also use the infusion of the shell as a fertilizer. To do this, "clothes" from 10 eggs are poured with 1,5-2 l of boiling water and, having sustained an infusion of 3-4 day, water the flowers or seedlings at the rate of 0,5 l per square meter. m. Very like shells, such plants as zucchini, peppers and eggplant.
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Shell against a bear
Helps the shell and in the fight against such a pest as a bear, for this it is crushed and, mixed with fragrant unrefined sunflower oil, is laid out on the "dangerous" directions. In a month the harmful insect will leave these beds alone.
In the compost
A good effect is the laying of the crushed shell into the compost, which it will deoxidize and enrich with the elements of nutrition. In this case, it should not be embarrassing that in half a year the shell in the compost retains its original appearance. This does not mean that it does not work. It slowly decomposes, gradually giving away its useful properties.
Council
The shell of eggs of domestic chickens has a greater set of useful properties than the shell of purchased eggs.
Note
When boiling, many elements contained in the shell lose useful properties, and after that it can only be used as a baking powder.
Winter harvest
During the winter (you can also grab the autumn and spring) months, you can collect a considerable amount of eggshell. So that it does not deteriorate, it needs to be dried, and even better - before that, remove the film lining it. Drying, of course, is best done naturally, for example, in plywood or cardboard boxes. In the future, the shell must be stored in a breathable container. Plastic bags are unsuitable for this purpose. Before storage, the shell should be stretched so that it does not take up much space.
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Summer Wisdom
When carrying out liquid top dressing, plants must first be watered with clean water, then with a solution of fertilizers, and then again with water.
Dry fertilizers must be embedded in the soil for maximum efficiency, and then watered. Such fertilizing is easier to do on a rainy day.
Seedlings of any plants before transportation to the landing site should not be watered: juicy stems and flowers are easier to damage than slightly wilted.
Elena I. AKULICH, Grodno
APPLICATION OF EGGSHELL IN THE GARDEN AND HOME - ADVICE AND FEEDBACK
HOW TO MAKE EGGSHELL FLOWER FERTILIZER
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PREPARE AN INCINED FOR PLANTS
Take 200 g of powdered eggshell and pour 800 ml of warm water. Cover and leave to infuse for two weeks, shaking the solution occasionally. Ready infusion once a month, water indoor flowers.
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HOW TO MAKE A QUICK INFINATION FOR IRRIGATION
To speed up the process of preparing fertilizer, it must be boiled. To do this, pour 200 g of crushed shells into 1 liter of water and let it boil for 2-3 minutes. Cool and add during watering at the rate of about half a glass of solution per 1 liter of water.
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FERTILIZE THE PLANTS WITH CLEAN POWDER
To use pure eggshell powder, remove the top layer of earth from the pot. Then mix it with the dry powder and return it to the pot. Similarly, you can feed the soil when transplanting flowers.
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USE THE SHELL AS DRAINAGE
When planting flowers on the bottom of the pot, lay out a two-centimeter layer of not very crushed eggshells. This will protect the root system from rotting with excessive watering.
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SHELL IS VERY CONVENIENT FOR SEEDLINGS
The shells can be used for future seedlings. In them, the root system is not crippled when the plant is transferred to the landing site. It can be planted in the ground in such a "cup", after crushing the shell. This will allow the plant to take root in the new soil and continue growing. And the shell will saturate with trace elements and protect against harmful insects.
EGGS IN THE DOUGH - SHELL IN THE GARDEN
“The cockchafer larva does not like shells. Tested! “During the flowering of strawberries, I sprinkle the plants with crushed shells from the weevil and slugs - it helps.”
“I get rid of slugs with shell powder.” Such comments are written in the blog of summer resident Olga Tikhonova. And she herself knows many ways to use it.
Olga Tikhonova, a resident of Tyumen, has a non-waste household. Her eggs go to pies, and the shells go to the garden, for the benefit of plants.
Here are some ways to use eggshell from a blogger.
improver structures soil. The shell powder reduces acidity and nourishes the plants. To do this, you need to sprinkle 1-2 glasses per 1 m2.
Fertilizer. Pour the shell with water and leave for two weeks. Stir occasionally. Then dilute the infusion with water in a ratio of 1: 1 and water the plants every 7-10 days. When insisting, the container must be closed and placed away from the living quarters, because an unpleasant odor is emitted.
Protective against diseases and pests. Shells are a good means of combating mole crickets.
To do this, it is ground, mixed with sunflower oil and buried between rows of plants. From such a "treat" the pest dies.
To protect plants from slugs, it is necessary to make a border from crushed eggshells around the perimeter of the beds.
Powder from the shell can be dusted with seedlings to protect against black leg, and by adding it to the soil, protect the roots of plants from moles.
Additional fertilizing for home birds. The powder is added to any dry food.
Drainage for indoor plants. Large pieces of the shell should be poured into the bottom of the container and covered with earth.
PEPPERS AND TOMATOES LOVE IT
Almost all plants love eggshells. - because it contains a large amount of calcium. According to Olga Ivanovna, peppers and tomatoes especially like top dressing based on the shell. Although experts believe that calcium from the shell is not absorbed by the roots, but the many years of experience of gardeners prove the opposite - perhaps even those insignificant percentages that are absorbed by plants have a beneficial effect on them. Not to mention the improvement of the mechanical structure of the soil, the draining qualities of the shell.
EGGSHELLS: HOW TO USE
“Waste turns into income!” - the slogan of every zealous owner of a summer cottage. So I prepare organic matter all year round: vegetable and fruit peelings, coffee cake, tea leaves. And, of course, eggshells.
HOW TO PREPARATE EGGSHELLS
I rinse the shells under the tap and lay them out to dry. Then I pour it into a specially designated bucket and dry it in a ventilated place. And then I grind it. I keep it at room temperature out of direct sun. I bake the shells that I plan to use as fertilizer in a fire or oven. Then I grind it together with the ash. I keep them in tin boxes with a lid to prevent moisture from getting in. It is very nutritious and a good fertilizer for plants.
HOW TO USE EGGSHELLS
I don’t always grind the shells into flour. It all depends on what I plan to use it for.
GRINDING DEGREE | METHOD OF USING SHELLS |
To the flour | When planting seedlings, I add 1 - 2 tablespoons into the holes.
For liquid fertilizers, I insist 1 - 2 tbsp. powder in 1 liter of water. I add 1 tbsp. for digging to deoxidize the soil. |
Fraction 3-5 mm | I sprinkle it around the seedlings to combat mole crickets.
As a leavening agent in soil for seedlings (1 tbsp per 1 kg). |
Fraction 15-20 mm | Drainage for indoor flowers.
For mulching. |
halves | Cups for seedlings. |
WHO LIKES CALCIUM AND WHO DOESN'T?
It is not recommended to add ground shells to the soil where conifers, blueberries, blueberries, lingonberries, rhododendrons, azaleas and other plants that love acidic soil grow. Other plants benefit from eggshells. Most of all, tomatoes, cabbage, eggplants, potatoes, watermelon, greens, onions, garlic, legumes, cucumbers, peppers, zucchini, pumpkin, and melon like shells. Strawberries, strawberries, apple trees, grapes, stone fruits, as well as dahlias, phlox, petunias, gladioli, lilies, clematis, spring bulbs, and lawn grasses will enjoy the calcium from the shells.
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Collect and dry eggshells. onion peels, bread crusts: in the spring they will be useful when planting seedlings. Save up your tea too. The tea leaves can be used as a universal leavening agent - add it to the soil for seedlings, as well as to the beds in the holes when planting vegetables that love loose soil (cucumbers, carrots, tomatoes, pumpkins).
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I never throw away eggshells, and I also ask my friend to give them to me. It accumulates quite a bit over the winter. I grind all the collected shells, first with my hands and then in a blender. I scatter some of the crushed shells on the beds around the plants - it turns out to be mulch, fertilizing, and protection from slugs.
I also prepare a decoction, which I use as fertilizer for indoor flowers and seedlings. Pour a glass of “shell flour” into a 3-liter saucepan, add water, bring to a boil, then keep it on low heat for a couple more minutes and turn it off.
After cooling, I filter, add about 4-5 more liters of water, stir and water the plants.
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Eggshells are an excellent fertilizer
Eggshell is a valuable organic fertilizer. I use it to feed berry bushes.
I collect shells only from raw eggs. I wash it and carefully remove the film, then dry it and put it in a box.
After the berry bushes shed their leaves, the juices from the branches go into the roots. During this period, I distribute the collected shells into bags and press with a rolling pin to a powdery state. I make holes under each shrub, pour out the prepared powder and cover it with earth. Winter moisture will deliver this valuable raw material to the roots for the next harvest.
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I used to grind the eggshells accumulated over the winter in a coffee grinder and only then put them into the soil. Then a sober thought came to my mind: why am I doing this?! A package of dolomite flour costs mere pennies, and in order to grind the same amount of "shell" powder, I have to bathe with a coffee grinder all winter. It's worth it?!
But it is a pity to throw away the eggshell.
I thought that in general it would not act as a deoxidizer and fertilizer ... Or would it still work? Observations have shown that in the soil (we have
initially acidic - sod-podzolic) shell completely dissolves in one or two seasons. Since then, I have boldly thrown a whole shell into the compost or right under the plums and apple trees.
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The shell from chicken eggs should not be thrown into the trash, but added to soil mixtures.
Where crushed shells are poured into the seed furrow, the calcium process will go so actively that the plants will not accumulate radioactive substances. And the bear will bypass these furrows and holes with shells.
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I pour a glass of crushed dry eggshells into 5 liters of warm water, leave it warm for 3-4 days, filter it. I water the greens growing on the windowsill, seedlings and indoor flowers with this liquid. I noticed that after such feeding, all plants begin to grow better and suffer less from a lack of light.
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Examining the beds with beets, cabbage and carrots, I found drooping plants. She pulled it out, and there were almost no root crops in the ground, and the cabbage had roots - someone ate them! And they just started to get it right, as they say. And only then I remembered the warning of my neighbor Praskovya Andreevna, who had long been teaching me to throw a handful of ash and crushed egg shells into each nest when planting potatoes, assuring me that this was good protection from rodents.
But in my spring rush I always forgot about it. And now, in the summer, what to do? Yes, and after all, it was about potatoes. But maybe you should try something after all? And around each plant I sprinkled thickly with shells. Three days later I checked the beds - there were no new "arrivals". For greater persuasiveness, I also poured onion skins. So it saved the harvest.
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Eggshells are 90% calcium carbonate. It does not dissolve in water, and if the crushed shell is spread over the surface of the substrate or added to it, or soaked in water and insisted, it will not show its properties. It is better to use balanced ready-made fertilizers for plant feeding.
WHAT IT WILL BE
The shells mixed with the soil are suitable as a baking powder. Or you can pour it in as a drain. Another option is to use it as a soil deoxidizer by grinding with a submersible blender or pestle in a mortar into dust. However, it will be useful only in the garden (0,5 kg per 1 square meter), and you need to take it from raw eggs, previously washed and dried, with an inner film.
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I would not say unequivocally that there is no benefit from the shell. Still, when added to the soil, calcium is subsequently released. Yes. this process is slow, and the flowers want to "eat" now, especially the flowering ones. For them, ready-made fertilizers are preferable. And in I, for non-I rebovachel cacti and other succulents, the shell is an excellent food.
The shell does slightly acidify the soil. This useful property can be used when preparing earth-mixes. For example, add to the substrate if the drainage is made of granite stones, which acidify the soil.
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I collect eggshells throughout the winter. I use it as a natural fertilizer that is quickly absorbed by plants. From my own experience I was convinced that the shell reduces the acidity of the soil and makes it looser. I noticed that the shell from raw eggs "works" much better (it contains more calcium, magnesium, fluorine, copper, iron and manganese).
Before you dry it, be sure to mine it, store it in shredded form in paper bags. I bring in when digging the soil, 1 tbsp. for 1 sq.m. When planting potatoes and planting seedlings of tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage, I add a handful to the hole. After such feeding, the plants grow faster, they get sick less often.
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Helper shell
Like fertilizer. To improve soil fertility, add 1 - 2 handfuls of crushed (in a blender) eggshell per 1 sq. M, then close it into the ground when digging. Use in combination with other fertilizers.
To improve the structure of the soil. The shell crushed into the middle fraction will decompose in the soil for 5-6 years, working all this time as a baking powder.
Deoxidizing agent. The shell contains a large amount of calcium carbonate, therefore, helps to reduce the acidity of the soil. The application rate is 200 g per 1 sq.m. It is better to use it as a part with dolomite flour or chalk.
Glasses for seedlings. The egg is gently broken in half, washed and dried. Awl make several holes in the bottom. Fill with moistened soil and sow seeds. Cardboard boxes for eggs are used as a stand. Seedlings can be planted in the ground in the shell, after tapping on it with a spoon so that it cracked.
Drainage. The shell is crushed into medium
fraction and fill it with the bottom of the tank, fill it with soil and plant a plant.
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Eggshell protects against rot
I collect egg shells all year round. To avoid an unpleasant smell, carefully wash and dry. Keep in cardboard boxes on the balcony.
In a greenhouse, where the soil eventually becomes less fertile, I scatter crushed ground shells at the rate of 2-3 in a handful per 1 sq.m. Then I plug it into the ground with a hoe. I noticed that it not only deoxidizes the soil, but also protects peppers and tomatoes from top rot.
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Collect eggshells
Throughout the winter, gardeners periodically look into the shops in search of mineral fertilizers or toxic chemicals, without taking into account the opportunities available in their families. How much, for example, does an egg shell weigh? Xnumx? Little! But throughout the year the family
out of three people, with the 3-6 trash, throws up a kg of valuable fertilizer. Now this is not so little. Meanwhile, in the composition of the shell 94% of calcium carbonate salts, 1,3% of magnesium,
1,7% phosphates, 3% organic substances.
Only collect the shells need to be careful not to decompose
protein residues and no unpleasant smell. It is better to put it in a cardboard box.
The shell must be brought into the soil in a carefully crushed form, for which, during the winter, you can 2-3 fold it through the grinder.
The systematic and purposeful use of this tool contributes to the improvement of soil fertility.
The shell must be applied to the soil when digging in early spring or autumn after harvesting (about 300 g per 1 m).
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I begin to collect egg shells for feeding peppers in the fall. Before drying carefully wash with dishwashing detergent. I put the dry shell into a fabric bag, crush it into a powder with a rolling pin and store it in a three-liter jar near the battery.