Using eggshells for plants: loose, fertile, breathable potting soil, plants grow strong and bloom more

For those who love plants and flowers, keeping a few pots on the balcony or windowsill is a daily joy. But if you want potted plants to grow vigorously and bloom abundantly, fertilizer is the key. The eggshells left over from everyday cooking in the kitchen are a great fertilizer, and saving them for plants works especially well.

First, they contain phosphorus and potassium fertilizer as well as calcium and other rich trace elements, so they can fertilize plants and provide nutrients.

Second, adding them to potting soil also makes the soil breathable and well-draining, and less prone to compaction.

The specific steps for using eggshells as fertilizer:

1. Collect all your everyday eggshells and put them directly on the balcony to dry in the sun.

Then use a hammer to crush them all into small pieces. The finer the better.

Add them to the soil. The ratio of eggshells to soil is 1:8; a bit more or less is fine. Then you can use it directly to plant flowers.

2. Keep a drink bottle or small bucket in the kitchen and put all the eggshells into the bucket. Pour in water, then use this water diluted with more water to water the plants. The residual nutrients in the eggshells soak into the water, making it excellent for watering plants, nutritious, and helping plants grow strong.

3. If you have relatively intact eggshells, you can wash them clean and fill them with loose, fertile, breathable soil.

Then put in a few seeds and use them as seedling starter cups.

You can also put in a few succulent leaves to propagate succulents from leaf cuttings. It is quite fun too. When the seedlings grow bigger, just break the eggshell and plant them into a pot.

4. You can also, while caring for plants, add crushed eggshells directly to the potting soil as fertilizer. The method is simple and flexible.

Potted plants with added eggshells all grow vigorously, with flowers blooming in abundance!