Making Our Own Fertiliser #4

Making Our Own Fertiliser #4

By Emerald Witch | Growing Our Own | 30 May 2021


Powdered Egg Shells

 

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We eat a lot of eggs in this house so I started collecting them, after about a week collecting them I washed them and dried them. I ended up putting them in my dehydrator and they dried up great really quickly.

 

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I pulled off a lot of the membrane thinking that's what I was supposed to do but I read after that you should leave as much on as possible, this is where a lot of the nutrients are.

 

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My nutribullet, I love this thing it blitzes everything up real good.

 

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I blitzed the egg shells, it's important to make sure the shells are completely dried. The smell when you open the nutribullet after blitzing is nasty so stand back because a cloud of it comes out.

 

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I checked online and apparently powdered egg shell if kept in an air tight container will keep for 3 months.

 

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I sprinkled some of the powdered egg shell on the ground where I was planting the carrots. It's full of calcium and other goodies. This isn't something you should use on berries or any plant that needs acidic soil. I don't know if I'd bother doing this again unless I really needed it for some reason. 

 

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