Recycling is a fundamental art that is not only good for your pocket, but also for the environment. In the kitchen, recycling is essential and waste recycling is a magic that never ceases to amaze. That’s why today you can read below how you can recycle eggshells and help your favorite plants at the same time. Anyone who lovingly cares for a vegetable garden knows exactly what benefits an eggshell can bring to a plant and how it can make it grow healthily. If you want to know it too, you have to stay on this page! Eggshells can be used as a repellent and fertilizer.
How should the trays be prepared to be used?
In addition to shredding, we can use them in two other ways:
- Flour
To make an eggshell flour, we need to take a dozen trays and let them dry in a shady place. Then put them in a bag and crush them until they are the consistency of a powder. If necessary, we simply have to put 1 or 2 tablespoons of this flour in the soil for about 40 days. In this way, we give the soil the calcium that is useful for our plants.
- Water
To extract water from the shells, we must pour 3 liters of water into a saucepan and bring it to a boil along with 6 egg flavors. By pouring the result into the soil, we can give the plants the beneficial minerals and calcium they need. Now that we’ve seen how they should be used, let’s take a look at exactly what they’re meant for.
Check the acidity of the soil
Eggshells control the acidity of the soil in which we want to grow the plant. You just need to add the ground eggshell to the ground for a long time. In this way, the components of the husk penetrate the soil very easily when watering.
Pest repellent and
Eggshells form a kind of wall against snails and caterpillars, causing them to move away sharply. By rubbing against the shells, these parasites are injured and then jerk back.
Making compost
Do you usually compost at home? Then you can put eggshells on it. You can easily mix the husks with the coffee grounds, which will make the substrate of the plants much more fertile.
Fertilizer
Eggshells can also be a perfect fertilizer. They are rich in nitrogen, calcium, potassium and phosphorus and only need to be introduced into the soil substrate. They improve plant development very quickly. I would say that the time has come to get down to work!
