Egg shells and gardening

Biggest mistake with Egg shells and gardening 627,335 views 3.2K 1K SHARE Garden Fever Published on Nov 15, 2016 SUBSCRIBED 3.7K A break down on eggshells. On how to apply them properly to your gardens. Basically it boils down to using it as a additive, or fertilizer. For its calcium.It can also be used to ward off slugs and snails. However most people fail to do this, simply by how they apply it to the garden. This video explains why this is. I mentioned this in a previous video here is the link https://youtu.be/_kIBNYwSolY Category Howto & Style License Standard YouTube License SHOW LESS 538 Comments SORT BY Oscar del Rosario Add a public comment... Keith Pinned by Garden Fever Keith 4 months ago Hi again Garden Fever. Its is Summer here now and the garden is going well. I can now say the egg shells do have a influence on the snails and slugs I still use the same use beer traps as well and the found Marigold,White petunia,spinach,lettuce combo has been the best success with egg shell method on snails and slugs in my garden so far. .Take care have a good holiday season Read more 11 Garden Fever REPLY View all 3 replies rio skyscraper rio skyscraper 7 months ago hey man...please get to the point quicker. thanks for making vids on these topics. 75 REPLY View all 6 replies Sharon Troy Sharon Troy 9 months ago Spray your plants with orange peel water. Soak peels in water for a few days, pour into a spray bottle and add a tablespoon of dish soap. Kills all kinds of pests and keeps snails and slugs away too !!! 😊. Then sit back and enjoy your garden. 🌹 46 REPLY View all 13 replies Maarten Perdeck Maarten Perdeck 10 months ago You have slugs and snails in that garden you show because it a very unnatural garden, there is nothing else for these animals then your plants. Make it more natural with flowers/shrubs etc around it. Also songbirds and butterflies will come to your garden. My garden is created in a real man made jungle, everybody is amazed about the wildlife here and I have nearly no pests, thanks to the complete ecosystem. 50 REPLY View all 11 replies ReVamp-Ideas 101 TV ReVamp-Ideas 101 TV 7 months ago (edited) I use to put the whole shell on the top of the soil in my container Tropical House plants. I am glad I came across your video it help me a lot seeing that I have my Tropical House Plants on my balcony for Summer. I only use Natural Fertilizers found in my home never bought any Plant Fertilizer in a Store ever and I have great results for years now. Great video! Thanks again. 5 REPLY View all 2 replies star auto industries star auto industries 8 months ago One minute video is made of more than 8 minute.Should try to tell all in short and fast.Thanks. 35 REPLY View all 4 replies Mountain Woman Mountain Woman 9 months ago Try placing them in a zip loc bag and roll a rolling pin or similar item over them. 36 REPLY View all 2 replies Somethings Up Somethings Up 10 months ago i put the egg shells through a coffee grinder and it works great 27 REPLY View all 5 replies The Ultimate Cat Lover Channel The Ultimate Cat Lover Channel 10 months ago I actually liked the crunching sound, kind of satisfying lol 30 REPLY View all 2 replies Carolyn Riddle Carolyn Riddle 8 months ago (edited) Thanks for the info. Good video. Re: negative comments: I live in a town house, so I have no control about what shrubs are around. I can only grow in containers. This is good advice. Give this guy a break. He said it's fall; maybe after a freeze? I can see the soil well. Also, if you do that every year, the shells will break down. Artichokes love it. And broccoli and cabbage take up the calcium which help the gardener's bones as well. Yes, beer works, esp. if you mix it with flour. The slimys get stuck in it. Read more 24 Garden Fever REPLY View all 11 replies Sigmund Q. Freud Sigmund Q. Freud 9 months ago (edited) Please change the description to watching paint dry. After watching this video im going to go crush some eggshells with my hammer to relieve the frustration from watching this. 15 REPLY Carolyn Riddle Carolyn Riddle 8 months ago BTW, in my containers, after harvest I soak the soil with Neem to kill bugs and fungus. Then before replanting, I add egg shell, organic fertilizer, lime for alkaline, tea for acidic. I also user vermiculite to aid drainage. 7 REPLY TimeforaChange InGovernment TimeforaChange InGovernment 9 months ago I got a used coffee grinder from Salvation Army for $2. I grind anything, especially my eggshells. It's easier, in a fine sand consistency, to add to garden, chicken feed, & parrot food. 11 REPLY View all 2 replies Kstay Rude Kstay Rude 11 months ago why are u showing us potted plants of nothing growing?????? all your plants are dead lol maybe slugs and lack of calium is bnot your problem lol 10 REPLY View all 3 replies Gadget Gadget Gadget Gadget 9 months ago I heard that coffee grounds are good for plants as a fertilizer. Would it help if I mixed both the egg shells and the coffee to use as a fertalizer? 4 REPLY View all 4 replies The adventures Of The gang The adventures Of The gang 9 months ago I live in a very dry western Colorado and I use egg shells to keep the moisture in the dirt. 🌞 I don't think we have snails or slugs to worry about. 4 REPLY View reply Lavonia Harris Gansworth Lavonia Harris Gansworth 8 months ago A'Ho! Nya:Weh for that info, Includin' plantin' a fish with each seed, the way Native American did it!! 4 REPLY View all 3 replies Trisha Weilert Trisha Weilert 8 months ago I like the slugs in my garden they're so cute ✨ 2 Garden Fever REPLY View all 5 replies Wendy M Wendy M 1 month ago Egg shells in garden are great for so many reasons! I was having fly issues when I first used them because I didn’t wash them out first. Also 30 seconds in a micro wave will enable you to crush them easier. Keep up the great videos! 3 REPLY Cooking With Joanna Louise Cooking With Joanna Louise 8 months ago blender or small processor grinds for your powder shells 3 REPLY View all 3 replies Jeans Roses Jeans Roses 8 months ago Thanks for that tip; now I know why it hadn't worked for me! However, I have had really good results using hair around plants to keep slugs/snails out, as well as barley hulls. 2 REPLY View all 4 replies MemoGrafix MemoGrafix 1 month ago Get an electric blender/food processor, get extra blades for blender, boil eggshells in water, allow them to dry completely, place in electric blender/food processor, grind down to powder, wait for shell dust to completely settle (do not inhale), generously add to soil, carefully store in an airtight container when not in use. 3 REPLY View all 2 replies Marlean Hunt Marlean Hunt 8 months ago you can use a rolling pin to crushed these egg shells works great an faster for tiny parts thanks for sharing 3 REPLY View all 6 replies carz g carz g 9 months ago Just wrap some copper tape around the plant pot, about 1 inch up from the bottom and those pesky slugs and snails won't go near your plants again. Job Done! 2 REPLY Pepprina Malt Pepprina Malt 8 months ago Thank you. 1 REPLY ELAINE'S GARDENING AND C0OKING CHANNEL ELAINE'S GARDENING AND C0OKING CHANNEL 6 months ago great video, thanks--- subscribed. Hope you don't mind, but I shared your show on my facebook gardening group as well... [gardening tips and tricks] happy gardening to you, sir ! 1 REPLY View all 2 replies imap Arcanso imap Arcanso 7 months ago Thanks, very good idea ! 1 REPLY View reply Gabriela McConnell Gabriela McConnell 9 months ago Hi, a quick way too is to put it in a deep cylindrical plastic container and smash it with the end of a rolling pin, the cylindrical container stops it from spilling everywhere and the end of a rolling pin breaks it up real quick!😄 1 REPLY View reply Catherine Fredericks Catherine Fredericks 7 months ago (edited) They make the same mistake when putting egg shells in worm bins. They have very tiny mouths and need to have them crushed into powder in a coffee grinder. 1 REPLY View all 10 replies Evelyn Milne Evelyn Milne 5 months ago I put my eggshells in a coffee grinder. 1 REPLY Patricia Muhammad Patricia Muhammad 7 months ago I love running my fingers threw the dirt...feeling the healthy soil. 1 REPLY View reply Elizabeth Henley Elizabeth Henley 4 months ago All of you gardeners out there.Here is a no sweat way to pulverize the egg shells. What I do is after getting the egg yolk and the white I just toss it under the sink in a container lined with two used grocery bags. I have another container with a cover lined with two used grocery bags for kitchen scraps for compost and when that is full,I take the bag of egg shells and the bag of kitchen scraps to the garden.i pulverize the egg shell s with a spoon or round shovel .i toss and turn the bag of egg shells until they are almost very fine and I mix it with the compost pile. It 's that easy. Read more 1 REPLY View reply Diarmuhnd Diarmuhnd 10 months ago thanks Garden Fever ; i was asked to add eggshells to a balcony potted garden and just did it with no research 1st, i am so lucky i did it right !! woot. have a nice summer ! 1 REPLY View reply Rosemary Chain Rosemary Chain 6 months ago most informative n helpful, thanks. 1 REPLY View reply divya gariganti divya gariganti 5 months ago THANKS 1 REPLY View reply Donna Harter Donna Harter 9 months ago had to hear. need to speak up or put the microphone closer 1 REPLY View all 2 replies Mid Null Mid Null 1 month ago It'll take 4 to 6 months for the organic compounds to break up and leach into the soil...so even tho you sprinkled egg shells onto your garden, the plants wont start getting the calcium till 4 to 6 months when the proteins in egg shells start to break up... It's better to prep your soil before hand. 1 REPLY Nazmi Hamzy Nazmi Hamzy 2 months ago What to do when there is fungus on the rose plants 1 REPLY View reply Linda Stimer Linda Stimer 1 month ago would this be harmful to the earthworm population? 1 REPLY View reply Silver Kasilag Silver Kasilag 7 months ago you can put em on a blender or a mortar and pestle, add a few cups of water then put em in a watering can. It melts in less than a week, I've tried it, and leaves the leaves a little healthier. However, take care when using on strawberries unless you actually wanted the seeds to grow on the fruit before it even fully ripens. 1 REPLY View reply sandi wright sandi wright 2 months ago You can get a nice powdery egg shell by putting it in the blender and hitting burst