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How to Use Eggshells in the Country: 5 Methods - Not Everyone Knows About Them
17.04.2024 20:10
The shell can be a great tool for your garden, so you shouldn't throw it away while cooking.
Some people think that it can only be used for compost.
But this is a mistake, says agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert for the online publication BelNovosti.
What are 5 options to consider?
Drainage
It is important to create a high-quality drainage layer when working with seedlings. This is an important condition for the correct development of young plants.
One of the most worthy options is eggshells.
It is useful, safe and environmentally friendly.
Fertilizer for vegetable crops
You can create a very good nutrient mixture that will definitely benefit plants. To do this, it is recommended to bring the shell to a powder state in any convenient way.
Then you need to pour in boiling water. "Hide" the product under the lid and stir once. After five days, take three parts of water for one part of the composition and "treat" the vegetable crops.
Against the mole cricket
If you are tired of tolerating the activity of this insect, then you should try one simple method of control. Treat the shell with oil and send it to the soil near the crops that are of interest to the mole cricket.
Soon you can forget about the pest.
Slugs
These pests also cause huge damage to the crop. If you simply scatter the shells near the plants, the slugs simply will not be able to get close to them.
Soil composition
Everyone knows that the shell is an extremely useful and high-quality product. Therefore, it is necessary to bring it to a powder state and bury it in the soil.
Two hundred grams of the product are used per square meter of plantings.
Previously, we talked about how to deal with popular types of weeds .
