For drying the eggshells, in the summertime I simply leave them out in a bucket in the sun and they dry quickly, in the winter I put the bucket near the woodstove. If you do need to use your oven, wait until after you have baked something, and then put the tray of shells into the oven. You can turn the oven off, as there is plenty of heat left for drying the shells.
if you have a compost pile, blending your eggshells to a powder can help insects decompose the eggshells more easily, and I promise it works! I've been putting my eggshell powder into compost for years and then using the compost to amend my soil. it's the long game, but the time is going to pass anyway! check out my YT video because I use eggshells in other ways too other than composting!
For the nerds out there, vinegar (acetic acid) and eggshells (calcium carbonate) react to produce calcium acetate, water and CO2. It is water soluble, pH neutral and directly bioavailable as acetates are the most common building blocks for biosynthesis.
@@stayliftedgermany4041 not really. Just be sure to wait at least 2 weeks since the weak acid-base reaction occurs very slowly. You can also buy pure calcium acetate in powder form that you dissolve in water. ~$10/lb
i wonder if this liquid is fine for human to consumption to increase calcium in our body ? especially for older people who need bone mass to increase... just wondering..
@ it actually is good for you. It’s a mineral that is needed for many functions of the body, especially bone formation and maintenance. Calcium can also bind to other minerals such as phosphate, and aid in their removal from the body. Another use for Calcium acetate is to to control phosphate levels to keep them from getting too high in people with kidney failure who are on dialysis
My egg shells never turned into the milky white liquid hers did. Wasn't expecting them to because I used the brown egg shells. But I was expecting a brownish version but it never happened. They never broke down. I left it in the closet for months. Nothing.
Hi Christina, Greetings from Windermere, Florida 9b Excellent video ❤ I have used eggshells in my garden for 50 years. But my uses have changed. Now I pulverize them and use as grit in my Worm bins. Their Castings are now calcium rich ❤
Thank you Florida friend! That's a great idea for supercharging your worm castings with nutrients! I want to start a worm bin soon - any tips for keeping them happy in our Florida heat?
Yes, been using this method as I watched filipino channel & they call them CalPhos.. I panfry my smashed eggshells & then use my old blender. So far it works. Very informative video. Thanks for sharing.
heating the eggshells in a pan (fast) or oven (slow) is done to eliminate the fine membrane which if not done can easily turn your an off solution, meaning it goes bad and will damage plants.
Greeting from Queensland Australia Chrsina, even though I'm seventy five I'm as active as and a keen garner. I'M quite a big environmentalists and greeny, I have chocks what you would call chickens I never dispose of the shells they are thrown into buckets and crushed. I'm so impressed with your way I'll do it that way from now on. I'll start tomorrow with shells and crushed one's. I also eat a lot of oranges I never thrown out the the pills as they contain Nitrogen, after peeling, place into the fridge to remove moisture for a fortnight the sit them in a sunny spot till the become stiff place in oven at 250 C for an hour, then food processor. Plus I collect used Coffee grounds where I'm a regular, they also have Nitrogen slugs and snails love it and it kills them with a hart attack, with the result there is no resistance built up unlike chemicals
I dry out the shells and turn them to powder and add to the worm farm or mix into potting soil. A flour sifter is good to dust around plants and scratch into the soil. I do the same with charcoal.
This is 😊k but the calcium would take years on the soil to become available to the plants I’m not that patient so the vinegar really speeds up the process for the plants Cheers bonnie😊
actually, the powdered eggshell are great to add in the compost pile. the calcium will become available readily if add at the beginning of the heating process. indeed there is a wonderful process in biodynamics called cow pat pit you can use and tis very much like your ordinary compost in terms of maturity...blessing
Interesting about the cow pat pit. I will have to try it when I have access to some basalt. Thank you for the tip! I love learning about all these different biodynamic methods.
Well. Thank You!❤ I'm an organic gardener and have been making eggshell flour for couple years now but was not aware of this method. I'll definitely give it a try! Thx again!
This is the best channels I've seen on making soluble calcium! I've been buying calcium tablets in the health food section of my grocery store! Desolved in water and fed to my plants. The worms love it! I love the worm castings! Powerful soil!
Yes a older lady from Mississippi taught me this but I don't use all these steps and it works great my plants love it just as good as any store bought fertilizer if not better she called it tankage.... 💚 been using it for decades
Thanks very much for this video, it was as informative as the one on composting. I wash eggshells with hot water. I gather anywhere from 1 to 2 dozen over the course of a week or so together and then microwave them for one minute. I assume that you’re putting the shells in the oven to kill any bacteria, and I am quite sure that putting them in the microwave does the exact same thing. I have been hand grinding them inside of paper towels with the edge of a jar, and I think I’m going to move to the electric grinder method. First of all, it looks a hell of a lot easier, and second it definitely grinds it to a finer powder than I can by hand. I will be adding some of the diluted mixture to my worm bin, and the rest I will add to my compost pile.
I have watched several videos for making fertilizer from eggshells. However, yours was so easy to listen to that all my questions were answered. My confusion was replaced with comprehension after watching this video. I’m ready to to try it, no, DO it!
I totally agree with your comment, this was a great video, right to the point. Some other videos I checked out before this one are way too long and with too much unnecessary content. Being short, sweet and with relevant information is not easy to produce.
Just came across this video and loved your method. I learned this from garden like a viking who went into depth, (love his channel), but yours was a little bit easier to understand. I know people are asking about why baking in over. Viking explained that it not only kills bacteria but destroys the film that clogs up your blender etc. Great tutorial, can't wait to see more. TFS
Garden like a Viking, explained how the frying pan cooking breaks down the membrane so the composting is quicker, I'm sure the oven does the same thing.
i use an old coffee grinder i got at a garage sale for a few bucks. the only thing i would change is evening spraying of leaves is less than ideal. as a general rule avoid doing this especially in humid places like most of usa. with tomatoes, when i plant the starts outside, i put in some of the powder in the hole. adding it to the compost is also excellent. excellent channel.
I do this with my chickens’ eggshells and use an old coffee bean grinder to make a powder. I then sprinkle that powder over their food for extra calcium.
Your dilution example wasn’t one oz to a gallon. What did you do? Otherwise, awesome and educational video! I’m going to do this, as I’m a new garden nerd 😁
Actually, eggshells are very similar in composition to our own bones. Many trace and more significant minerals are in the shells. That red-pinkish color in the dust is magnesium and manganese which the latter combines with silica of the shell to make dolimite. Limestone with dolomite makes lime more usable in plants. Thanks!
Which is why this solution is also a good idea for humans to consume : try replacing the vinegar in your homemade salad dressing with calcium vinegar.😉
It’s a good video to simplify methods. I follow Garden Like Vikings and his prescribe use of liquid calcium is about 1-2% while an ounce to a gallon is also around the same ratio of less than 1% How often you recommend to use as foliar spray and or drench. I have recommended a friend in Pakistan to use the concentration on their vegetables like tomato and eggplant. Tanveer Taj Calgary, Canada Zone 4
Hi welcome! I use it as a foliar spray at the first set of blooms to prevent blossom end rot. How often it needs to be applied depends on your irrigation/rain schedule/soil type. I have sandy soil so during dry season I only drench once sometime after transplanting and before blossom set. During rainy season I have to drench every two weeks as the rain washes it out of the soil and its too humid to apply it as a foliar spray.
@@foreverfoodforest it’s a heavier clay with lots of organic matter. I used it once, but will be applying foliar spray and soil drench with other liquid fertilizer upcoming weekend. Also, I handed over this formula to a farmer friend in Pakistan‘s so they can apply on their crops which are calcium deficient. Thank you for detailed reply.
I put my shells in oven mentioned in the video. My egg shells burnt. Threw them away. I now go less time. I am getting ready to winterize my garden. Can I spread the created liquid in my garden now? I mulch up my fallen leaves and spread over garden.
I do the same but use a 1:1 ratio and it works fine. I add 1 TBSP/gallon of water and water it into the soil. I don't need to wait with the 1:1 more than 20 minutes or once all the bubbles stop.
Hi! What is the purpose of baking eggshells? I love cutting corners and if its only for killing possible salmonella bacteria, vinegar will do it anyway.
Baking them not only kills bacteria, but also dries them out and creates a chemical reaction that helps extract water soluble phosphorus along with calcium. It is possible to cut corners and still get a good result. I made my first batch without baking, just eggshells smashed by hand. Strained off the vinegar every two weeks and filled it with fresh. It took about 3 months for the eggshells to dissolve into a fine powder.
Hello from zone 4b in Quebec. I’ve only been growing veggies for our years and have a question. How often do I use this spray, and at what stage of maturity of the plants?
???I watched another video on this and my concoction 5 cups vinegar to 1/2 cup eggshell. It quit bubbling after about 2 1/2 days so I filtered out the eggshell mush. The color of the liquid is still mainly clear vinegar. The taste is different but still slightly vinegar in taste. Can I still use this as foliar?
I’m just wondering if you need to do the vinegar. After drying and grinding into a powder, can’t you just use it like a dry fertilizer, or will it just not produce the calcium that way?
It'll help but still isn't really available for at least 4 months. The membrane needs to break down during watering which won't happen for a long while. So it's better to add long before planting, or compost the ground up shells instead... but the vinegar method usually activates faster as shown.
@@Freedom_Born thank you! Interestingly, I was just shoveling some, “finished,” compost and found a nearly intact eggshell in my compost pile that’s probably been in there for several months at least. I try to break them up but must have missed this one. Anyway, the durability of eggshells is amazing, but I’d sure like to make use of all those nutrients.
Eggshells are the closest form of our bones which exists outside of the body. Which also makes it a superb calcium supplement (for humans) after being ground up. ❤
I've heard it takes a very long time for egg shells to break down and become bio-available in regular compost. That squares with my observations of how long the shells are intact. I just started hand-crushing them (mortar & pestle actually) then soaking them in vinegar for a couple days before putting them in my compost to speed up the process a bit.
It's been ten days- there was no high bubbling and the eggshells remain on the bottom. I used white vinegar- it only creates a tiny amount of bubbles when I stir/shake the glass jar. Is it because I am using duck egg shells? This is the type of egg we eat.
Hi, regarding the oven toasting / baking of the egg shells - you mention 2-3hrs at 200º. Would that be in C or F? Also, could you instead pan-fry the egg shells? Trying to understand the reasoning as to why one would toast the egg shells and what part that has to play in the process? Is it purely to dry them, or does heating them have a chemical / conversion process that's involved?
Baking the eggshells, as the channel owner says below, breaks down both the egg shells and the lining inside the shells so they dissolve much faster in the vinegar than just plain powdered egg shells.
I usually put ground up egg shells in the ground when I plant tomatoes and they seem to grow faster. I'll have to try this method too. Do you put this on pepper plants too?
hi guys, mine never turned into a unified milky liquid like that. however, i stored it in plastic bottles with the lid closed, opening periodically to let the gas out. is it important for the mixture to be able to breathe for it to turn into a milky liquid?
Thanks. Another guy who uses a 1:1 ratio says the egg shells will neutralize the vinegar so that dilution is not necessary. Is it different cuz you use a 10:1 ratio?
What percentage of acidity is the vinegar you used? The stuff I used was diluted with water to 5% acidity and it didn't even come close to dissolving my egg shells.
Nice videó. Which one ís best á) foliat spray or b) giving to plant( watering to plant)? Ör both are same. Can you give me qty of eggshell-Vinegar dilute liquid require for chillies, eggplant & okra vegetables plants at fruitting stage? At what interval We should give this liquid?
Hi! Great questions. Foliar spray acts faster and is good if you have sandy soil. Sandy soil and rainy climate cause calcium to wash out of the soil. Use as soil drench if you have clay soil. Clay holds on to calcium and it also helps make heavy clay soil more workable over time. Use at transplant stage when plants are establishing if on clay soil - that should be enough to last through the season. If you live in a rainy climate with sandy soil use about once every 2 weeks at fruiting stage as a foliar spray. Plants only need a small amount of calcium and normally there's some in the soil already, unless you're growing in soil less potting mixes.
For drying the eggshells, in the summertime I simply leave them out in a bucket in the sun and they dry quickly, in the winter I put the bucket near the woodstove. If you do need to use your oven, wait until after you have baked something, and then put the tray of shells into the oven. You can turn the oven off, as there is plenty of heat left for drying the shells.
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Thank you so much for the tips! Two hours in the oven uses a lot of energy.
I do the exact same thing, after making breakfast I toss them in to the residual heat
if you have a compost pile, blending your eggshells to a powder can help insects decompose the eggshells more easily, and I promise it works! I've been putting my eggshell powder into compost for years and then using the compost to amend my soil. it's the long game, but the time is going to pass anyway! check out my YT video because I use eggshells in other ways too other than composting!
You need heat to kill off the Salmonella and other pathogens.
For the nerds out there, vinegar (acetic acid) and eggshells (calcium carbonate) react to produce calcium acetate, water and CO2. It is water soluble, pH neutral and directly bioavailable as acetates are the most common building blocks for biosynthesis.
So, No need to "Stretch" the mixture 🤔🤔
@@stayliftedgermany4041 not really. Just be sure to wait at least 2 weeks since the weak acid-base reaction occurs very slowly. You can also buy pure calcium acetate in powder form that you dissolve in water. ~$10/lb
i wonder if this liquid is fine for human to consumption to increase calcium in our body ? especially for older people who need bone mass to increase... just wondering..
@ it actually is good for you. It’s a mineral that is needed for many functions of the body, especially bone formation and maintenance. Calcium can also bind to other minerals such as phosphate, and aid in their removal from the body. Another use for Calcium acetate is to to control phosphate levels to keep them from getting too high in people with kidney failure who are on dialysis
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I gave up saving eggshells because they never broke down in my compost; now I can start saving/using them again. Thank you!
Takes 3 years to start leaching until 10 years. Not a waste. No harm done.
I feed small eggshell pieces to my chickens in there mash along with diatomaceous earth in small amounts keeps the parasites away.
Your chickens will love you for that!
My egg shells never turned into the milky white liquid hers did. Wasn't expecting them to because I used the brown egg shells. But I was expecting a brownish version but it never happened. They never broke down. I left it in the closet for months. Nothing.
Use worms. Feed the worms. And they will take care of it all
Hi Christina, Greetings from Windermere, Florida 9b
Excellent video ❤
I have used eggshells in my garden for 50 years. But my uses have changed. Now I pulverize them and use as grit in my Worm bins. Their Castings are now calcium rich ❤
Thank you Florida friend! That's a great idea for supercharging your worm castings with nutrients! I want to start a worm bin soon - any tips for keeping them happy in our Florida heat?
Excellent video. Thank you for educating us about garden ideas
Yes, been using this method as I watched filipino channel & they call them CalPhos.. I panfry my smashed eggshells & then use my old blender. So far it works. Very informative video. Thanks for sharing.
throw a pinch Epsom salt in in for your magnesium, your fruiting and flowering plants will love you for it ✌️💚
heating the eggshells in a pan (fast) or oven (slow) is done to eliminate the fine membrane which if not done can easily turn your an off solution, meaning it goes bad and will damage plants.
Greeting from Queensland Australia Chrsina, even though I'm seventy five I'm as active as and a keen garner. I'M quite a big environmentalists and greeny, I have chocks what you would call chickens I never dispose of the shells they are thrown into buckets and crushed. I'm so impressed with your way I'll do it that way from now on. I'll start tomorrow with shells and crushed one's. I also eat a lot of oranges I never thrown out the the pills as they contain Nitrogen, after peeling, place into the fridge to remove moisture for a fortnight the sit them in a sunny spot till the become stiff place in oven at 250 C for an hour, then food processor. Plus I collect used Coffee grounds where I'm a regular, they also have Nitrogen slugs and snails love it and it kills them with a hart attack, with the result there is no resistance built up unlike chemicals
Greetings from the land up over.
Thank you for this tip, I have a huge problem with them eating my hostas. Anything for pill bugs or any bugs?
Great tip for getting rid of slugs & snails! Thank you! Btw, I'm 70 and don't feel anywhere near 😊 Here's to us 🥂
I dry out the shells and turn them to powder and add to the worm farm or mix into potting soil. A flour sifter is good to dust around plants and scratch into the soil. I do the same with charcoal.
This is 😊k but the calcium would take years on the soil to become available to the plants
I’m not that patient so the vinegar really speeds up the process for the plants
Cheers bonnie😊
Keep sending more videos like this 💯🧠💪 you're doing a great job !!!!! keep it up 👍👍
actually, the powdered eggshell are great to add in the compost pile. the calcium will become available readily if add at the beginning of the heating process. indeed there is a wonderful process in biodynamics called cow pat pit you can use and tis very much like your ordinary compost in terms of maturity...blessing
Interesting about the cow pat pit. I will have to try it when I have access to some basalt. Thank you for the tip! I love learning about all these different biodynamic methods.
Well. Thank You!❤ I'm an organic gardener and have been making eggshell flour for couple years now but was not aware of this method. I'll definitely give it a try! Thx again!
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This is the best channels I've seen on making soluble calcium! I've been buying calcium tablets in the health food section of my grocery store! Desolved in water and fed to my plants. The worms love it! I love the worm castings! Powerful soil!
I always save all my egg shells for the garden. I'll make the foliar spray. Thank you.
Yes a older lady from Mississippi taught me this but I don't use all these steps and it works great my plants love it just as good as any store bought fertilizer if not better she called it tankage.... 💚 been using it for decades
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Thanks very much for this video, it was as informative as the one on composting.
I wash eggshells with hot water. I gather anywhere from 1 to 2 dozen over the course of a week or so together and then microwave them for one minute. I assume that you’re putting the shells in the oven to kill any bacteria, and I am quite sure that putting them in the microwave does the exact same thing. I have been hand grinding them inside of paper towels with the edge of a jar, and I think I’m going to move to the electric grinder method. First of all, it looks a hell of a lot easier, and second it definitely grinds it to a finer powder than I can by hand. I will be adding some of the diluted mixture to my worm bin, and the rest I will add to my compost pile.
Well done, clear, informative
Great information never knew to add vinegar to it and that it benefits soooo much thank you for sharing this vital information stay blessed
Thanks! Working on first time bed w tomatoes and watermelon, hoping for the best!!
I just discovered your channel today and I love your videos. I am learning and laughing all at once. I love your authenticity. Happy growing!
Thank you so much!
I have watched several videos for making fertilizer from eggshells. However, yours was so easy to listen to that all my questions were answered. My confusion was replaced with comprehension after watching this video. I’m ready to to try it, no, DO it!
I totally agree with your comment, this was a great video, right to the point. Some other videos I checked out before this one are way too long and with too much unnecessary content. Being short, sweet and with relevant information is not easy to produce.
Appreciate your clear recipe to make the mother” solution of vinegar & egg shells and then the all important recipe for dilution !
Just came across this video and loved your method. I learned this from garden like a viking who went into depth, (love his channel), but yours was a little bit easier to understand. I know people are asking about why baking in over. Viking explained that it not only kills bacteria but destroys the film that clogs up your blender etc. Great tutorial, can't wait to see more. TFS
Good information 👍
Nice vedio thanks
Thanks for sharing. Will be doing this. I have a huge bucket of eggshells. 😮 im a organic Gardner. 😊
Garden like a Viking, explained how the frying pan cooking breaks down the membrane so the composting is quicker, I'm sure the oven does the same thing.
I love those flowers in the kitchen it’s different
i use an old coffee grinder i got at a garage sale for a few bucks. the only thing i would change is evening spraying of leaves is less than ideal. as a general rule avoid doing this especially in humid places like most of usa. with tomatoes, when i plant the starts outside, i put in some of the powder in the hole. adding it to the compost is also excellent. excellent channel.
Thanks, Forever Food Forest. ❤❤❤
I like your video so much you have a good idea very good see you for next videos thank you.
Thanks a lot. From Malaysia.
Thanks for the video, I am trying the experiment and will let you know the results.
Very nice sharing friend.
Thanks, from Nepal. I just found your channel and subscribed.
good information
Very thorough! Thx!
Your simplicity and netcharAl
I don't wash them but sun dry the egg shells. Will it make a difference. Thank you for your video ❤
Great video. I have never baked my shells before blending. I usually let sit for weeks till bone dry. Is that still ok?
Hello Christina, Greetings from Michael Staten Island NY 7b. how often do you spray your plants with the eggshell solution. Thanks
What does your house smell like when baking those egg shells please share 🙏 Love this video! Thanks you ❤
Thank you great tips God bless you always 💖 😘 🙏
Thank you for the information. You say an ounce mixture to a gallon of water, but in the video you add about 3 ounces to a quart.
Good eye! Its not an exact science. A more dilute mixture will last longer.
@@foreverfoodforest Thank you.
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Excellent video thank you can be store for along time
I do this with my chickens’ eggshells and use an old coffee bean grinder to make a powder. I then sprinkle that powder over their food for extra calcium.
Your dilution example wasn’t one oz to a gallon. What did you do?
Otherwise, awesome and educational video! I’m going to do this, as I’m a new garden nerd 😁
Thank you Lady I will do it in my garden
Why do you bake the eggshells? Can I use an fryer or microwave and for how long?
Actually, eggshells are very similar in composition to our own bones. Many trace and more significant minerals are in the shells. That red-pinkish color in the dust is magnesium and manganese which the latter combines with silica of the shell to make dolimite. Limestone with dolomite makes lime more usable in plants. Thanks!
2-3 hours@ 300 deg.
Add 5 cups white vingar to egg shells
@@simple4me2 Why so long? I baked mine at 375 for about 45 minutes and they powdered out well in the past.
Which is why this solution is also a good idea for humans to consume : try replacing the vinegar in your homemade salad dressing with calcium vinegar.😉
@@tmckmusic8584 Probably real viable.
Very cool love this thanks ,
Thank you for sharing this video
Thanks for the tips. ❤😊
It’s a good video to simplify methods.
I follow Garden Like Vikings and his prescribe use of liquid calcium is about 1-2% while an ounce to a gallon is also around the same ratio of less than 1%
How often you recommend to use as foliar spray and or drench.
I have recommended a friend in Pakistan to use the concentration on their vegetables like tomato and eggplant.
Tanveer Taj Calgary, Canada Zone 4
Hi welcome! I use it as a foliar spray at the first set of blooms to prevent blossom end rot. How often it needs to be applied depends on your irrigation/rain schedule/soil type. I have sandy soil so during dry season I only drench once sometime after transplanting and before blossom set. During rainy season I have to drench every two weeks as the rain washes it out of the soil and its too humid to apply it as a foliar spray.
@@foreverfoodforest it’s a heavier clay with lots of organic matter. I used it once, but will be applying foliar spray and soil drench with other liquid fertilizer upcoming weekend. Also, I handed over this formula to a farmer friend in Pakistan‘s so they can apply on their crops which are calcium deficient.
Thank you for detailed reply.
@@VOTE4TAJ Thank you for passing along the info! Good thing about clay soils is that they hold on to nutrients far better than sandy soils.
Can I use it on all my plants including orchids?❤
Question: Would happen to know a indoor process for spraying the leaves under lights/LEDs if applicable? Thanks
Last season I ground the egg shells and then just sprinkle around the veggie plants and watered. Did not have any tomatoes with end rot.
I Sun dry mine. Then I blend them to powder. I use my own homemade vinegar. Works great minimal electric used.
I put my shells in oven mentioned in the video. My egg shells burnt. Threw them away. I now go less time. I am getting ready to winterize my garden. Can I spread the created liquid in my garden now? I mulch up my fallen leaves and spread over garden.
Great video. Thanks
I do the same but use a 1:1 ratio and it works fine. I add 1 TBSP/gallon of water and water it into the soil. I don't need to wait with the 1:1 more than 20 minutes or once all the bubbles stop.
Thank you so much for the advice .😀
this is very good to do..tnx for sharing
Most welcome 😊
Hi! What is the purpose of baking eggshells? I love cutting corners and if its only for killing possible salmonella bacteria, vinegar will do it anyway.
Baking them not only kills bacteria, but also dries them out and creates a chemical reaction that helps extract water soluble phosphorus along with calcium. It is possible to cut corners and still get a good result. I made my first batch without baking, just eggshells smashed by hand. Strained off the vinegar every two weeks and filled it with fresh. It took about 3 months for the eggshells to dissolve into a fine powder.
Hello from zone 4b in Quebec. I’ve only been growing veggies for our years and have a question. How often do I use this spray, and at what stage of maturity of the plants?
???I watched another video on this and my concoction 5 cups vinegar to 1/2 cup eggshell. It quit bubbling after about 2 1/2 days so I filtered out the eggshell mush. The color of the liquid is still mainly clear vinegar. The taste is different but still slightly vinegar in taste. Can I still use this as foliar?
throw a pinch of Epsom salt in there with it, your fruiting and flowering plants will love it ✌️💚
Oh no... Epsom salt cannot be mixed up together with Calcium. Antagonist effect I mean.
I’m just wondering if you need to do the vinegar. After drying and grinding into a powder, can’t you just use it like a dry fertilizer, or will it just not produce the calcium that way?
It'll help but still isn't really available for at least 4 months. The membrane needs to break down during watering which won't happen for a long while. So it's better to add long before planting, or compost the ground up shells instead... but the vinegar method usually activates faster as shown.
@@Freedom_Born thank you! Interestingly, I was just shoveling some, “finished,” compost and found a nearly intact eggshell in my compost pile that’s probably been in there for several months at least. I try to break them up but must have missed this one. Anyway, the durability of eggshells is amazing, but I’d sure like to make use of all those nutrients.
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This amazing information. Thanks for sharing how to make calcium available for plants using egg shells
Eggshells are the closest form of our bones which exists outside of the body. Which also makes it a superb calcium supplement (for humans) after being ground up. ❤
Wow, thank you for sharing your video ❤
Made some last year, its in sealed mason jars, Is it still good yo use?
For How many days it can be stored?
And instead of viniger can i use lime juice?
You can use lime juice! Any acid will work. I've even used over brewed kombucha. I've stored it for up to 3 months in a dark place under the sink.
You said the preparation time is 10 days.
Should we have to mix or shake daily?
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Very Good. Thank you very much
I just throw them in the compost pile. I’ll let the natural process takes it course.
But this works too. 😃👍🏼
I've heard it takes a very long time for egg shells to break down and become bio-available in regular compost. That squares with my observations of how long the shells are intact. I just started hand-crushing them (mortar & pestle actually) then soaking them in vinegar for a couple days before putting them in my compost to speed up the process a bit.
It's been ten days- there was no high bubbling and the eggshells remain on the bottom. I used white vinegar- it only creates a tiny amount of bubbles when I stir/shake the glass jar. Is it because I am using duck egg shells? This is the type of egg we eat.
I left my powdered egg shells in vinegar for a month, but it did not look like oat mild. I got egg shell residue at the bottom and cloudy liquid.
Hi, regarding the oven toasting / baking of the egg shells - you mention 2-3hrs at 200º. Would that be in C or F?
Also, could you instead pan-fry the egg shells?
Trying to understand the reasoning as to why one would toast the egg shells and what part that has to play in the process?
Is it purely to dry them, or does heating them have a chemical / conversion process that's involved?
Out in California leave them out for a day. It’s summer here so they will get dry after once day.
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do you store this at room temp and for how long?
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What is the reason for heating the eggshells in the oven at the start?
I am wondering the same thing.
Very costly on energy putting them in the oven for two hours. I never use the microwave for food but Better microwave for a minute with the eggshells.
Baking the eggshells, as the channel owner says below, breaks down both the egg shells and the lining inside the shells so they dissolve much faster in the vinegar than just plain powdered egg shells.
Can you answer a question for me? is there any reason we can't just dissolve a calcium supplement from the drug store in water?
Good question.
I have done that!, and it definitely helps prevent blossom end rot
I usually put ground up egg shells in the ground when I plant tomatoes and they seem to grow faster. I'll have to try this method too. Do you put this on pepper plants too?
I haven't tried it with peppers. I only apply this when plants show a deficiency. But it should work with peppers too!
hi guys, mine never turned into a unified milky liquid like that. however, i stored it in plastic bottles with the lid closed, opening periodically to let the gas out. is it important for the mixture to be able to breathe for it to turn into a milky liquid?
Thanks. Another guy who uses a 1:1 ratio says the egg shells will neutralize the vinegar so that dilution is not necessary. Is it different cuz you use a 10:1 ratio?
White vinegar is only 5% acetic acid so you need much more vinegar than eggshells/CaCO3 for the stoichiometric ratio to be balanced
Nice dear ❤
Definitely worth trying out. Thank you.
My pleasure!
Can I leave the mix to fermentation in a plastic container, for the 2 weeks?
What percentage of acidity is the vinegar you used? The stuff I used was diluted with water to 5% acidity and it didn't even come close to dissolving my egg shells.
Is it better to put it with vinegar to remove the calcium faster? I did it like that, and the vinegar killed my plants.
Nice videó. Which one ís best á) foliat spray or b) giving to plant( watering to plant)?
Ör both are same.
Can you give me qty of eggshell-Vinegar dilute liquid require for chillies, eggplant & okra vegetables plants at fruitting stage?
At what interval We should give this liquid?
Hi! Great questions. Foliar spray acts faster and is good if you have sandy soil. Sandy soil and rainy climate cause calcium to wash out of the soil. Use as soil drench if you have clay soil. Clay holds on to calcium and it also helps make heavy clay soil more workable over time. Use at transplant stage when plants are establishing if on clay soil - that should be enough to last through the season. If you live in a rainy climate with sandy soil use about once every 2 weeks at fruiting stage as a foliar spray. Plants only need a small amount of calcium and normally there's some in the soil already, unless you're growing in soil less potting mixes.
When growing potatoes, at what point do you add the eggshell fertilizer to the plants?
Can the calcium fertilizer be stored in plastic containers or should it be stored in glass? Ty
How often do you spray the plants?
Thank you. Every other source I looked at either gave me incorrect ratios or didn’t tell me what the finished product looks like.