Using eggshells in the garden can help provide calcium to plants and can also help fight off blossom end rot in some plants, such as tomatoes, squash, and peppers.
Before using the egg shells, rinse them out first. Doing so will help to keep unwanted animals away and will also assure that the shells don’t have a bad odor.
By crushing the eggshells with your hand, compared to pulverizing them in a blender, you will achieve sharp edges. These sharp edges can help deter crawling pests in your garden, such as slugs. They won’t want to crawl on or near the sharp edges, and if they do…well, they shouldn’t survive.
This was a new adventure for me and my first attempt was a failure. You can read about it HERE. Yes, I failed the first time, but as the saying goes, ‘if at first you don’t succeed, try again’.
When that first little sprout appeared, I was so happy! I jumped for joy, I did the happy dance, I talked to that baby, and yes, I took a picture. See that tiny purple thing in the picture above?
That was just the beginning…every single eggshell had seedlings popping up. It may sound quirky, but I loved watching it unfold…every day was something new…
a stem…a leaf…a young plant emerging…all from a tiny seed!
When the seedlings started to outgrow the eggshells, I transplanted them into larger containers. When I transplanted them, I crushed the eggshell and mixed it right into the soil. Read how I thinned and transplanted the seedlings HERE.
The next stage will be hardening them off to be planted in the garden.