Never fertilize your garden beds with eggshells: what many gardeners do not know

10.09.2024 06:50
Updated: 27.09.2024 21:06

Many gardeners sprinkle eggshells on the soil to replenish calcium deficiency.

However, experts strongly recommend against doing this.

We explain why sprinkling eggshells on your garden beds is not the best idea.

Why you shouldn't sprinkle eggshells on your garden beds

Because it won't do any good to the garden. Using the shells in this way, you're just littering the beds.

No calcium will enter the soil; it takes years for eggshells to decompose.

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Calcium deficiency should be replenished with special fertilizers.

And eggshells are only suitable for soaking in water with a small amount of vinegar and ash.

Timur Khomichev Author: Timur Khomichev Internet resource editor