Egg Shells GREAT for tomatoes!
Submitted by Rajnicek Household on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 9:00pm
You'll never catch us throwing our egg shells in the garbage! They are a GREAT source of calcium for tomatoes, peppers, eggplant etc. Attached is a picture of the process. After using the eggs, save the shells in an open container ( we keep ours in the pantry. ) Then crush them and sprinkle around your tomato family in the springtime after planting. You could also sprinkle around plants that attract slugs ( celery etc.) to deter them. Pictured from left to right, Carsen, Sugar, Pepper, Tayler, Silly, Bonita and Jayden : )
Great photo.
Love the photo with the kids and chickens! Egg shells also work great in the compost. You will see bits of the shells in your finished compost but that is fine- they will still release the calcium into the soil. I am gratified to see so many families, especially the kids, getting the hang of composting veggie scraps and building up their soil.
- Karen Fiedler, Waukesha County Recycling