Most often, eggshells are simply thrown into the trash after cooking. This is a big mistake: the shells can come in handy at the dacha.
For example, it can be used as a mini-container for seedlings. Pour some soil into the shell, put a seed in, water. The sprout should move to a permanent place of residence together with the "house".
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", an agronomist and landscape designer, told how to act in such a situation.
Large fragments of shell can become a drainage layer in flowerpots with indoor plants, containers with seedlings, and planting holes.
Flour made from dried eggshells will speed up the development of seedlings. It is enough to sprinkle it with this stimulant.
If you put eggshells in a composter, they will make the humus looser and thus improve its quality.
Using these food scraps, you can improve the structure of the soil, especially clay soil. Raw shells should be crushed and mixed with soil.
Egg shells are also suitable for deoxidizing the soil. For these purposes, egg flour is added when digging the soil or poured into planting holes.
Eggshells are rich in microelements, so they are a good organic fertilizer. They use both liquid and dry fertilizer.
The shells are also useful for mulching the soil: lightly crushed, they cover the surface of the beds. This measure will help get rid of weeds and protect the soil from drying out.
Another option for use is to combat pests of garden crops. Powder is used against snails, slugs, and cruciferous fleas, and large fragments are used against moles and shrews, the sharp edges of which scare away uninvited guests.
The shell can serve as a cure for various plant diseases, such as black leg. The powder prepared from eggshells should be poured in a thick layer around the affected green pet. The soil is moistened before this.
Previously we talked about how to use yeast at the dacha .
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
