Egg Shells And Uses For Them
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (159020)
Boise, Idaho
January 5, 2019 7:47am CST
Using ground up egg shells can help you around the house in many ways. It is amazing how much they can give back.. Here are several uses:
* Brighten the old coffee stains in your favorite cup. Just crush up some egg shells, put them in your cup with water over night and the calcium will disolve that brown stain.
* If you have chickens or other pet birds grind up egg shells and let them snack on them as they will to help make their own shells be strong.
* Spread some egg shells in your garden to keep pests away. Soft shelled creatures such as slugs don't like crawling over these sharp shards.
* Make home made sidewalk chalk with flour, hot warer, food coloring and crushed egg shells.
* Egg shells put in those grimy pots and pans before you scrub with a sponge can help to clean stuck on dirt and grime.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
9 Jan 19
I did learn one thing not to do with them, put them down the disposal, it broke mine.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
10 Jan 19
are you sure that broke it? i did that all the time to sharpen the blades when we had one. only thing broke ours was when people put apple cores and one time shrimp tails in it it. got plugged up. the one thing that finally broke it was when one of the kids left a fork go in there
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
11 Jan 19
@bunnybon7 I'm sure, I went to the hardware store and they said the stickiness of eggshells is very bad for a disposal. I also looked it up online and they are not recommended.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Jan 19
@BelleStarr okay. could be i just ran the hot water through long enough to get rid of it. i don't know. i was told to do it when we had it put in years ago. maybe they have just found out it causes problems.
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@celticeagle (159020)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Jan 19
@MarshaMusselman .......We don't get those bugs. We plant them in big gallon drums.
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@MarshaMusselman (38657)
• Midland, Michigan
9 Jan 19
I've had that problem before with my tomato plants because we used to grow them in a large container. But, I didn't notice that it really helped much at all. If it works for you let me know next year. It may also work better when not using a container to grow the tomatoes in, but I don't really know.
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@paigea (35690)
• Canada
10 Jan 19
@MarshaMusselman you tried adding egg shells to the soil?
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@Hate2Iron (15730)
• Canada
5 Jan 19
I didn't know that you could do half of those things!! And I have been putting them into the green bit all this time!!
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@celticeagle (159020)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Jan 19
@Hate2Iron ......I thought that might be a fun thing for grandkids. Enjoy!
@Hate2Iron (15730)
• Canada
8 Jan 19
@celticeagle I just might try to save some and then plan an afternoon of chalkmaking with the granddaughter. She would love that!
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@celticeagle (159020)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Jan 19
Always good to learn something new.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
5 Jan 19
I have heard of using them in the garden, I should try that.
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@celticeagle (159020)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Jan 19
@jaboUK ......May they were alcies.
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@MarshaMusselman (38657)
• Midland, Michigan
9 Jan 19
Have you used your last idea before and did that really work? I normally just let those pans soak a bit overnight and that usually does the trick.
Egg shells are also supposed too help improve the health of tomato plants when using containers, but I didn't find that it worked very well at all.
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@celticeagle (159020)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Jan 19
No, I haven't. A sponge with the scratchy probably would work as well. I mix egg shells and potato peelings with water to make food for my plants.
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@celticeagle (159020)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Jan 19
I like to let people know such things in case they don't.
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@just4him (306216)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
16 Jan 19
@celticeagle I'm glad you do.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
5 Jan 19
These are great ideas. I only heard of a few of these before but there are others that I am definitely going to try.
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@resukill22 (25052)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
5 Jan 19
It good to add eggshells in plant soil
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@celticeagle (159020)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Jan 19
Yes, and they can be added to potato peelings (and water) to make plant food.
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@resukill22 (25052)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
10 Jan 19
@celticeagle yes that is good also
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
10 Jan 19
also if you have a garbage disposal in your kitchen sink, it sharpens the blades to put them through it
@jstory07 (134460)
• Roseburg, Oregon
9 Jan 19
Those are good uses for the egg shells. Thanks for sharing this with us.
@florelway (23134)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
5 Jan 19
I sometimes put it on my plants.
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