Boiled eggshells are an excellent flower fertilizer; toss them into the flowerpot and the plants bloom like crazy

Don't throw away boiled eggshells - use them as flower fertilizer, and the results are outstanding. The main component of eggshells is calcium carbonate, and boiled eggshells are essentially sterilized once, so you can use them with more peace of mind. Besides calcium carbonate, eggshells also contain magnesium, potassium, iron and phosphorus, making them very good for growing flowers.

Many people just place eggshells on the surface of the flowerpot, which is useless and can also attract small insects or give off an odor. The correct way to use eggshells is below.

Collect the eggshells

Whether they are eggshells from cooking or boiled eggshells, you can collect them in a small bucket, and once you have accumulated a certain amount, put them in the sun to bake for two to three days. Some people wash them, but I find washing quite troublesome, all sticky, so I just sun-dry them directly.

Crush the eggshells

Placing eggshells directly on the surface of the flowerpot or scattering large pieces on the surface is not of much use. If you want the plants to absorb the calcium and trace elements they contain, you need to find a way to crush them. You can put them in a bucket and pound them with a stick, or put them in a bag and step on them... In short, the finer the better. Some gardening enthusiasts directly use a grinder to turn them into powder, which is even better.

Fertilizing

The crushed eggshell powder can be shallowly buried in the potting soil, but be careful not to place it too close to the roots. You can also mix it directly into the potting soil when repotting, and then plant the flowers directly. Or, if you don't crush the eggshells too finely and leave them in slightly larger pieces, mixing them into the potting soil can loosen the soil, increase water permeability and air permeability, and do no harm.

Eggshells don't just have the one benefit of being usable as fertilizer; you can also break them into small pieces and spread them on the surface of the potting soil to prevent some pests. In addition, if you grow chives on a balcony, you can shallowly bury eggshell powder around the chives, or scatter some eggshell powder around them, and the chives will grow