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New to composting
Frogleg wrote:
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 11:11:05 GMT, "Compostman" wrote: "Pam Rudd" wrote In the spring I crush and spread my egg shells like bread crumbs for the birds. Everything from the robins to the wrens get some. That's better than putting them in compost. Egg shells are not organic ?? What are they? Polystyrene? Aluminum foil? don't breakdown very well. I hate to argue with someone named Compostman, but I've been rinsing, crushing, and adding the few eggshells I have to compost for years and they seem to be absorbed into the mass. Or maybe the birds got them. While I tend to lean away from folkloric recipes, crushed eggshells are often recommended as a calcium source for both roses, where a long decomposition time wouldn't be crucial, and tomatoes -- an annual for which they'd be no use at all if their calcium didn't become rather quickly available to the plant. If I add a few eggshells every year, eventually the darned things will become available ... and there will be a steady stream of them coming available every year thereafter for many years beyond the day I stop adding them. Speed of decomposition isn't the only factor to consider ... unless you only intend to use soil once. Bill -- Zone 8b (Detroit, MI) I do not post my address to news groups. |
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