Egg Shells in Soil?

well i have been doing a lot of research on this subject matter and i wanna see what other people think. I read that putting egg shells in water(evaporated) or distilled with a clean egg shell and the water from this is suppose to help balance the pH level. But I was making a soil mixture today I am on a tight budget so I try to do research on what everyday items will help plants, soil etc so its mostly miracle grow, vermiculite, plant nutes., and this combo. I kind of come about just reading different sources, I made sure everything was throughly clean and got egg shells, put them in my blender, blended with water, retained the water to use for my plants, and got the ground up egg shells and put them with my soil matter, i mean its a perfect example of not wasting any materials. Feedback anyone?

Sure, It will not hurt ! Making a powder is best IMO, I usually feed to worms first then wait for them to do thing and feed castings

The biggest thing to remember with egg shells is that they're slow to break down and it takes months. They're best used as a soil amendment. They're an excellent source of calcium, but don't expect immediate results.

hey how many times should you fertilize using eggshells I have some that been soaking for quite a while now I perfer using it the liquid form is that ok? it stinks very bad doe.

Hello fellow Dank smokers , my pops had seen me struggling with a few plants , (and I'm not all chemistry leader or anything ) so he had me get some coffee grounds mixed with the egg shells , water too. Two days later , what look like a doomed project now looked promising. Beautiful outcome . Now that's All I use

Rj41 said:

The biggest thing to remember with egg shells is that they're slow to break down and it takes months. They're best used as a soil amendment. They're an excellent source of calcium, but don't expect immediate results.

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This ^^^^
Egg shells take a very long time to break down. When I put them in my worm bin, they still look perfect after 4 months, just a little discolored.
I'm thinking they're like greensand -- takes about a year to break down and become available to plants.

I first heard about egg shells being used around the base off the plants after reading True Living Organics(TLO). Was used to release calcium the organic way..

I save all my eggshells and put them in my vegetable garden.

xtsho said:

I save all my eggshells and put them in my vegetable garden.

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And in one year they will become available to your plants.

Do it every year and your plants will have an endless supply of calcium.

Chunky Stool said:

And in one year they will become available to your plants.

Do it every year and your plants will have an endless supply of calcium.

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I've been adding them for years.

My grandmother always put her egg shells in where she grew tomatoes along with some epsom salts. Her tomatoes always did really good. She even won some ribbons at the Oregon State Fair. I never get blossom end rot due to lack of calcium on my tomatoes because of the eggshells. If I was growing outdoors in the ground I'd be using them for weed as well.

I know this is old, but its works for sure. Have put dozens of eggs shells in the past 2 month and they have been loving it. Haven't had any signs of deficiencies ever since I've started. In day 12 for flower.I've used like other nutrients, like coffee grounds and bloom something for growth, and they have been going just fine.

Eggshell contains a shitload of good stuff like calcium and phosphorus but must also be decomposed first in order to be absorbed. I throw them in my worm bin after nuking in the microwave to kill off any live pathogens. Putting them in the soil directly is ok but it takes a real long time for them to break down.

For $19 GNC sells a drink mixer called the Vortex and it absolutely sucks for anything except grinding up eggshells, peanut shells and dried banana peels.

I just throw egg shells in my compost heap then use the compost to fertilize all my plants. I eat about a dozen eggs a week and they seem to break down at a decent rate on a hot compost pile.

For quicker results and less stink. Put your eggshells in the oven on 220 for 30 mins then put in the blender on puree. Grind into a powder. Breaks it down faster. I mix it in my soil before planting and also on top of soil while growing. It helps with pests (cuts them up, they hate it) and the nuts benefits are great as well.