Eggshells can be beneficial for plants & soil; here's how to use them for gardening

Eggshells are popularly used as a great composting material and have or important uses. Apartment rapy claims that eggshell water may be a nutrient-rich supply of water for your plants as eggshells contain a lot of calcium. y also stated that calcium is an essential nutrient that is absorbed by plants. calcium as it helps keep soil's pH levels optimal and supply all calcium soil needs. But it is t going to be beneficial to just throw eggshells into soli and let m decompose. Re more to kw how to use eggshells for plant care.

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How to use eggshells for gardening?

One can use eggshells to make eggshell water that can be used to water plants.  To create plant water, here is  following recipe: Take a gallon of water. Boil it and d 10 clean and dry eggshells. Put shells in boiling water and let m sit in water for a night. Take eggshells out by straining water. water can w be poured directly onto plant-soil for a good nutrient boost. This should be done once a week for maximum results.

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Jeff Gillman, author of Truth About Garden Remedies,  said that eggshell water will give m plenty of calcium. He  too tried plant water recipe and put a shell in water for 24 hours and sent it to a lab for testing. results indicated that eggshell water h around 4 mg of calcium and potassium, along with small quantities of phosphorus, magnesium, and sodium. One can also start using eggshells as a base to start seeds. Here's a video for same. 

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