It is a great calcium fertilizer for plants, making flowers and plants grow vigorously, so stop throwing it away as trash
More and more people are growing plants, and as part of daily life, potted flowers and plants are receiving more and more attention. The flowers and plants commonly kept at home these days generally include pothos, spider plant, lucky bamboo, clivia, kalanchoe, moss rose, Christmas cactus and money tree, and so on. Although each type of flower and plant has different growth habits and characteristics, they ultimately cannot do without these three factors: watering, fertilizing and nutrient soil. When it comes to the tricks of growing plants, watering and nutrient soil are relatively simple, and the harder part to get right is fertilizing the flowers and plants. Fertilize well, and the plants will grow more and more vigorously; fertilize wrongly, and not only will they fail to grow well, but it may also cause root rot, yellow leaves, or even death. So what exactly is there to pay attention to when fertilizing flowers and plants? Next, Potted Plant Corner shares a little trick with everyone.
It is a great "calcium fertilizer" for growing plants, making whatever you grow thrive, yet it gets thrown away as trash, so stop throwing it out
Do you see what that thing in the picture above is? Look carefully, and you will find that it is actually crushed "egg shells." For some experienced plant growers, using them to grow plants is very common. After all, experiments have shown that they really do help potted flowers and plants. Egg shells are extremely common in daily life, and many people pay no attention to them. For example, when I was little in the countryside, egg shells were generally used as firewood for the stove, or simply thrown into the garbage heap by the river. Using egg shells as fertilizer for growing plants is very practical, since their composition determines what value they have.
What are the benefits of using egg shells to grow plants
This starts with the composition of egg shells. Their main component is calcium carbonate, and after a long period of decomposition, their calcium element will be absorbed by the root system of the flowers and plants. Some plant lovers may ask, then what happens if plants and flowers lack the calcium element? When the stems and leaves of a plant lack various trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus and potassium, photosynthesis will weaken, and the plant's antibacterial ability will also decline. With long-term deficiency of trace elements, the flowers and plants will show signs such as wilting and drooping leaves. So it is necessary to regularly supplement trace elements for flowers and plants. The earlier sharing that applying potassium dihydrogen phosphate helps stems and leaves grow strong is also based on the principle of trace elements.
How do you use egg shells as flower fertilizer
First, prepare the egg shells, then wash them clean, because if egg white residue remains, burying them in the flower pot will cause fermentation and release heat, directly burning the root system of the flowers and plants. After washing clean, the egg shells can be put in the sun to bake. The purpose of sun-baking is, first, to remove the smell, and second, to sterilize at high temperature, so as to prevent bacteria from breeding in the potting soil and harming the root system of the flowers and plants. After the egg shells are done sun-baking, they can be crushed and set aside for use. You can mix them in as a base fertilizer when making nutrient soil for flowers and plants, or bury a little in the flower pot every two months as a top dressing. Both of these fertilizing methods work.
Egg shells come from life and are also used in life, so it can be said to be turning waste into treasure. In fact, growing plants is the same: as long as you are good at observing and put in more care, you can always sum up some little tricks for growing plants. For example, watering flowers with fermented rice-washing water, or using cooked and fermented soybeans as nitrogen fertilizer, and so on. These are all summed up by people with experience in growing plants. That is all for the sharing of the knowledge about using egg shells to grow plants as a calcium fertilizer. Thank you for reading!
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