How to unlock the potential of eggshells in your garden!
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- Eggshells can be a very valuable asset to your garden and worm bin, and also as a calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus supplement for you. I consume eggshell powder every day!
But eggshells are only useful if you use them the right way by grinding them into a fine powder, by either using a Vita-mix (or some other food processor), or by using my favorite method--- the mortar and pestle.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:20 My background with calcium
1:58 Eggshell size and proof of the longevity of eggshells in the soil
4:46 Eggshells for worms
6:28 Calcium in human physiology
8:36 Is calcium carbonate available to your plants? And plant exudates
14:13 The composition of eggshells
16:29 Making eggshell powder
25:28 Other uses for eggshell powder
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My 2 favorite uses for eggshells: First, running it through a chicken. Use their stomach biology to break it down. Feed it to them crushed in their feed or grit. This replaces their calcium, and then also chelates the calcium in their manure. Second, using an acid to break it up. So after you grind it like you do, use an acid and let it sit in there for a day. Lemon juice or vinegar are good options. This will break apart the calcium carbonate into calcium and carbonate parts, and if you then put this in compost, it will bind to fulvic and humic acid chains and become bioavailable (chelated).
Love seeing your comment on here. Demonstrates your ongoing thirst for knowledge…doing the same constantly learning from all the sources available
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thanks !!!
Electric coffee grinder is what i use for Egg shells and it makes a very fine powder.
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It should be noted that when grinding the eggshells to powder, be very careful to do it outside or allow the dust to settle. If you breath any of that fine dust it is still sharp enough to be a severe irritant to your lungs!
Thanks for reminding us. I don't usually open the blender until all of the dust settles down. But I needed to open it for the video. Thanks again!
The same as breathing DE
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@@phonymontana4254 Diatomaceous Earth. I recommend googling it (& it saves us both from my butchered explanation!)
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This info is a huge blessing for me-like a UTube message from God!! I’m 81 and will start taking a teaspoon per day in coffee/tea 2 see if I feel better. Have been grinding eggshells for my garden slugs/etc..I wash my eggs in baking soda water first- then use them…million 27:29 thanks for the char vid!
The egg membrane will go there..I’m living long enough to learn more, every day!! When you get to the other side, there is no body, only your spirit. Here on earth is the place to learn everything.., that is what goes with you!
You take NOTHING with you-only your spirit-just enjoy gardening and touching God..!!! Thank you 4all your info🤗❤️
But the Lord said you SHOULD store up for yourself treasure in Heaven! When people malign and insult you and reject your name as evil for his sake you have a great reward in Heaven!
A pleasure to listen to someone who actually knows something.
I appreciate that a lot!
I have only used the eggshells when I have boiled eggs. They say it softens the shell. But only recently seen the shells being powdered. Makes a lot of sense as the larger shells were still in the worm bin. Thanks for the free education mate.
You're welcome
Oh my God! I have watched so many videos on this kind of stuff and I’m super jazzed about these alternative methods of using eggshells. Thank you so much for your contacts!
We bought our chickens three years ago. Lots of wonderful eggs and shells! Last year we bought turkeys and they began laying. Man! Those shells were tough to break! We save those too.
When I make dog food I blend the whole egg and add to scramble into their food. Our chicken and turkeys get their shells and eggs disguised. Even our pigs love raw eggs.
Free calcium for all of us!
Thanks for the smoothie suggestion. Also for tooth powder and cleaning my pans. Going to try on my burnt stainless steel pot. Can hardly wait to watch your other videos. Full watch, liked, and subscribed! Thanks!
You might need something a little more heavy-duty than eggshells for a burnt pan!
@@LiveOnWhatYouGrow 😆 yup it is pretty bad 😄!
@@LiveOnWhatYouGrowWhat is your experience with the shells damaging the Vitamix blender goblet? I stopped using mine for egg shells and oats as the interior became cloudy from the scratching. 😢
I'm interested if Vitamix makes a glass goblet.. 🤔 as the coffee grinder is so small the process takes forever, is loud, and the powder dust easily escapes the small space..
This a straight Master Class on the benefits of eggshells. WONDERFUL information!! Thank you!
Hey my friend your egg thing really works 💪🏼
Here is what i did
-had cage free eggs brown & regular white shelled eggs got at market
- i had them frozen after i used them
- let them thaw out
- ran warm water on each individual egg to clean them out with my finger
- Also I noticed that you were talking about that protein barrier. That was really interesting which I will share.
- After rinsing and taking up the proteins are you put them on the tray and let them air dry for a couple seconds?
- Mom I made sure they each had a space and I put them in the oven have an electrical oven very hot so I put it on 250 for about 10 minutes and I took them out and I’m waiting for them to cool off to create the powder mixture
This was a very cool experiment. Thanks to you know I must hear a peep things I noticed to pay three old is the Brownell that proteins barrier came out so easy and the shelves are very strong but with the white regular eggs, the protein bear hard to come out what was literally stuck to the shell and I noticed that the shells on the white eggs week and so that tells all the importance of find the farms olds or cage, free eggs I’m sure this would be different if I wait till farmer eggs, fresh that goal but this is a fantastic experiment and thank you for sharing off, so I will be doing this on a regular
First of all, I want to thank you for being so descriptive because I’m a blind person with some usable vision you were very descriptive, and I appreciate that and I’m pretty sure I felt some protein barriers that people would probably not be able to see with her eyes because these eggs were literally squeaking after I cleaned them out some eggs fell apart, but I still made sure they were clean and so because of you, I’ve learned something and I will continue viewing your videos and at some point I will try that homemade biochar with #10 cans and thanks for describing those clippers. I’m definitely going to get a pair of those to get perform. You’ve inspired me to do some container gardening until I am able to get a place where there’s more room and or with a yard. I’m in a very small apartment right now, so thank you and I’ll see you on the lips video. You create
Thank you soooo much!
Right on shiffongray1041, thanks for sharing about your egg-shell exploration and gardening inspirations, and making it clear that the OP's descriptive post helped clarify the video information. Gardening has been so therapeutic for me, I have container garden at home and a garden plot at a nearby community garden, plus the garden neighbors & buddies to learn and share with. I highly recommend seeking out a community garden, most need volunteers for a wide variety of tasks, and give opportunities for hands in the soil ie. Nature therapy. Best wishes on your journey!💚🖖🌱🌈
Absolutely the most fabulous info and explanations I have seen. Thank you so much. I have subscribed and shared.
This is the 2nd one of your videos I have watched this morning, so am looking forward to seeing your others 😀
Oh my goodness! My new favorite gardening channel! I adore the science!!!
Thanks for the encouragement, I never made videos before. It's still kind of terrifying when my wife turns the camera on! LOL
Agreed
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I wash my shells then cook trays of egg shells in the oven to feed back to my chickens. However for 40 years I have been throwing them out into my garden or crushing them slightly to spread around my tomato plants. I'm learning all the things I've be doing wrong all my life. Thanks! 😆
I've been doing things "wrong" for 50 years. My mother gave me a section of her garden when I was twelve. But my gardening got better every single one of those 50 years to teach me the skills I have today. I learned a lot from my mistake, so now a lot of other people can learn from my mistakes! That's why I started this channel! You can learn quickly when you have a community of people learning together, and I'm learning a lot from all of you, especially in the last week. So I hope everyone participating will subscribe and click the ALL button so they can get the notifications whenever a new video comes out!
I felt good sharing a few of your videos already. I binge watched all of them and stayed up all night 😊. I immediately started out making charcoal and in three days have 5 gallon. I had already spread some around in my chicken coop with the ash. By spring I will have it charged 🤣
@@LiveOnWhatYouGrow I grind up egg shells as best I can without making it a big deal and put the grindings in a bucket with vinegar, let it sit for a week or so, pour off the juice and put the shell mess in with the compost. Seems to break down faster and easier becoming useful for tomatoes.
@@robertshorthill6836 That's great to do if your end goal is water-soluble calcium (WCA). And I will be doing a video on how to do that soon.
I would suggest doing both WCA AND powdered shells. I mix the WCA at about 1:1000 with water and use it as a foliar spray at blossoming time.
The powdered shells are for the worms and microarthropods.
Thank you! I had boiled my shells in the past. Your method is easier.
Fanatic information. So glad I found your channel 🙏
Your channel just showed up in my suggestions. Great video! I've been drying shells in the oven or on my wood heater for years, to feed back to my chickens. I've a ton of powder saved up for my garden. I also still have years old shells in my garden. :)
I love this video th-cam.com/video/V_AYLqaHNxQ/w-d-xo.html that shows that indeed eggshells take a LOOONG time to break down in the garden!
That was a lot of plants! Nice to see some new ones. 😀
Wow! So complex. Yes I throw my egg shells outdoors, but no I didn't know how complicated the decomposition process was so complex. I have enjoyed watching crows pick them up and fly away.
Me too I’ll go pick them up and grind the up. Lol
Good for the crows for survival. But if you were in a life-or-death situation, you wouldn't want to see your nutrients fly away like that!
A very informative and detailed video. Thank you.
All you say is true,i hope everybody will learn from all your words of wisdom,may God bless you,always.
Agreed
This was amazingly informative. Thank you
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I have learned a lot today and look forward to more of your videos. Have a great day Sir and again thank you!
I love your new channel. Please keep it going.
We will!
Your channel is gold! thank you for this precious knwloedge sir!
Glad you enjoy it!
Yesss!!! there’s a whole world of chemistry/science in the natural arena
Thanks for sharing … wonderful video
Yes! Thank you!
God bless you! Thank you for all the great information!
AMAZING INFORMATION . thank you
Great content!!! Everything is connected. Often we lose sight of that. Thank you for the science as well as practical application. I will never throw out my eggshells again. Excellent video! Much appreciated.
Thanks, I appreciate that very much. Make sure you watch the 4 year study video in the description section by the other TH-camr. We all have to work together to make a difference and that video is a huge part! Here's a link to his great video: th-cam.com/video/V_AYLqaHNxQ/w-d-xo.html
Good stuff. I've got over 10 gallons of crushed shells I've been planning to use in my garden.
Thaks for the info. Excellent video!!!
Such Wisdom!! Thank you so very much!!
Glad it was helpful!
Great info. Love your channel!!
So glad!
Thank you exceĺlent I enjoyed learning how to use egg shells PROPERLY for worms and more uses! interesting !!! Well done!
Very thorough videos. Tks
Glad you like them!
Thanks for the learning lesson.
Now put it to use!
Thanks - keepem comming 🌺
Will do!
I went to a how to make kefir workshop a few years ago and we ground up eggshells to put into that
When you think of an eggshell as FOOD, you have no problem eating them!
So informative
Glad you think so! Let us know how the ideas work out for you!
I put egg shells first in oven after I remove what l am baking abd leave temp on for less than 10 minutes. Then put them in coffee grinder and turn to powder. Then they go to worm bed for grit and for going thru worm gut..it helps egg shell by putting it into an acidifying and enzyme environment. Been doing this for about 40 years. My gardening is now in tubs on deck and the amount of veggies I get is really good....
Very good!
Wow thank you for the info
Great video! I've been doing this for quite some time. I use it for myself, and I raise worms so they get it daily too. Like you said it MUST be powdered for them to use, since they have no teeth or mouth like other creatures. I also raise crickets, and they are fed the eggshell powder too. I subscribed and look forward to more educational videos like this was. Thanks!
Good video
Thank You
It's certainly true that eggshells don't break down in compost. I've been grinding them down and storing the powder in jars. I think i will give it an extra bake before I use any for toothpaste or nutrients.
I read that it was good for plants and prevented blight in tomatoes and after two ruined outdoor crops I added some to the soil. I had huge plump tomatoes growing in places I hadn't even planted any!
Thanks for sharing
Thank you, thank you for this video! We are making some forms for a raised garden. I have been saving eff shells for the soil & did not know they need to be ground into powder for the worms/soil.
You are correct, that other gardening videos they do not do this. I would have been putting the shells in the soil if not for your very informative video. I can't thank you enough & have subscribed to your videos.
Sorry, for the typo! I have been saving "egg" shells....
@@lauram.511 LOL! WOW I don't know what to say! So what DO you do with your eff shells then? Maybe try mixing them with your egg shells! That's what I do, LOL!
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I have 2 sun ovens and just love them -- cook everything in the summer in them
That's great, I was thinking about doing that!
Thank you.
Great info cheers
Glad to help
I feed my egg shells to my chickens and use the stuff that comes out of the south end of the chicken to fertilize.
Have you ever compared the results of chelating the eggshells to non-chelated? I let about a dozen shells sit in an unused windowsill (old, single pane, non-UV blocking window) overwinter. The UV rays from direct sunlight convert the calcium to a more bioavailable form (which is also more brittle). My understanding is that exposure to UV also allows the shells to break down in soil much faster. About half of chelated shells are powdered and added to seed starting soil mix (along with biochar and seasoned compost). 1/4 are crushed, but not powdered, and used to keep slugs away. 1/4th are powdered and applied to tomato plants that have a high risk of blossom-end rot during the flowering stage. In fall, I add the eggshells that have been chelating all summer to the compost heap for spring.
I've never done it personally, but it sure sounds like you have a great plan! I hope people are reading the comments and will give it a try. I'm certainly going to!
Great comment! Thank you for sharing!
I use an electric coffee grinder I bought at a yard sale for $1. Makes a beautiful powder quickly.
Thank you
You're welcome!
Great video.
I usually bake the egg shells after I am done baking food: When I am done baking food and after turning the oven off, I put the egg shells in a backing sheet and wait until the oven cools down.
The shells turn brown and become brittle. I then crush and put in the vegetable garden to keep snails and slugs away.
I wonder if the backing, initially at 450 F, changes the chemical compound of the egg shell ?
Wow incredible i am going to do this today. I just cane across your video and find it fascinating
Just curious, you mentioned that you were an owner and creator of a supplement company I’m very curious as to what companies Valdes I’ve been involved with a lot of supplement companies and I’m curious which one I may have come across here without even knowing it thank you for sharing and please continue sharing I really enjoy this channel with giving us so much wonderful arm, technical information that we need to know every gardener watch and i I watch many of them on you tube never share the deep, technical chemical components as you do and why this chemical components need to work in harmony with the body and with the earth naturally I really enjoy your channel. Thank you so much and I have subscribed.
Hi Shiffon, thanks for your kind words. My life has really been a journey! I started gardening 50 years ago when I was 12 and was always fascinated by all of God's natural processes. There is always a balance between that which is perceived good and perceived bad. For example, bugs and diseases aren't the enemies of your garden, they are merely the symptoms that show up signifying a deficiency of something in your soil!
Those deficiencies usually aren't of nutrients, but deficiencies of the soil life, namely, good bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and beneficial nematodes.
And all that can be seen only under a microscope! Providing the ideal environment for those microorganisms should be the foremost task of those who want healthy gardens. You know how they say, "Feed the soil, not the plants"? Most people don't even know what that means! Far fewer even know how to do it!
It is exactly the same with our bodies. Scientists tell us that more than half of your body is not human. Human cells make up only 43% of the body's total cell count. The rest are microscopic colonists like bacteria. My view is, if you keep those beneficial bacteria and other colonists nourished, you will be healthy, otherwise not!
The name of our company was LifesMiracle and I think we were a company ahead of our time. We were getting tremendous results with people, including those with very serious health problems. I really can't say any more than that!
But we had to go out of business because of all the issues with the economy and supply chain. I was looking for a company that sold products that were similar to ours, but there really is nothing out there. There is one that I'm looking at, and I'll let you know what I find out, but I'm not going to start a new supplement company
So I'm focusing on what may be a more important work, teaching people how to live on what they grow, and how the LIFE in the soil is the most important factor, NOT the nutrients in the soil!
My mother was taken out of children's home by a dentist., way back in the 30's. She cleaned his house, was a Plat mate for his daughter and helped him in his office. He paid her 5 cent a week. She never had anything bad to say about him. She was treated well. Just some background. He had her grind up egg shells and brush her teeth with it. My mom had all but 2 teeth when she passed away at the age of 93. I am allergic to eyes so I never tried them. She always had great check ups.
Thanks for sharing!
I keep a glass pan in oven I throw old shells in ,any time oven is used they are in it. When it gets full i crush them by hand, some I grind into powder and some I don't but they will break down fairly quickly either way
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Great information; thanks for the details. I wanted to take a natural supplement for calcium & magnesium & now know how to make it. Blessings 🤗🇨🇦
Let us know how it works out.
You can dry the membrane and use it as a bandaid
❤😊 very interesting will employ from now on only today i noticed the said particules in old compost bin! Many thanks need much more excellent info from u in the future
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You are sooooo right!
I make eggshell char and add it to my compost. Also done to make a tincture using Korean Natural Farming (KNF) by soaking it in Apple Cider Vinegar for a couple of weeks.
Coffee grinder turns egg shells into powder. Garden gold.
For sure!
Years ago I went to a yard sale with someone. Bought a blender that is now designated ONLY for my eggshells. A must for tomatoes.
Great idea
I have a designated eggshell grinder too. The smell lingers. Since I am a professional baker I have a huge supply of eggshells.....yeah!!!! Been using eggshell powder for the 3 years I've been gardening.
Hi There so you have blown what I watched recently about putting seeds/. seedlings in egg shells to grow expecting the roots to break through the shells.Thats saved me a lot of time and disappointment as I was going to try this method later so I will stick with toilet tubes cheers
Thanks
I grind up egg shells fine and use as grit in my worm bin.😊
Great idea~!
I've been cooking the egg shells and feeding them to the chickens but I wasn't crushing them and I should have been because like you say they can't digest when they're too big
Excellent information -- Thank you!!!
Well, they will certainly absorb more actual calcium if they're crushed or powdered! Because they can't chew them... the larger pieces would be just like swallowing razor blades because of their shape and sharpness!
i grind them in my pestle and mortar and then i grind them again in my little coffee grinder. I don't even know why i started doing it or how i even knew to do it but i mix it with my soil and my tomato plants do very well even at high altitude (7800) and i mix it in with my indoor citrus trees.
Good stuff!
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Wonderful!
Good garden talk, any thoughts on adding garden lime powder to the soil and tilling, some say it's good some say it isn't, thanks
Of course, it depends on who you ask. Garden lime is thought of as being natural when in my opinion it really isn't... especially when well-made compost will have the same effect.
Probably one of the most well known soil scientists, and one whose views I would trust, Elaine Ingham, has stated repeatedly that adding lime to your soil damages what defines healthy soil, and that is soil microorganisms.
As far as tilling is concerned, it is said that tilling does as much damage to your microbiology as adding chemical fertilizers. So I would avoid it altogether, although I MAY do it once, if needed, on hard as a rock highly compacted soil.
Would love to see your diy solar heater. You mentioned in your biochar video that you used biochar for a water filter, but I couldn't find it using a search option for your videos. Is that still pending or am I missing it? Enjoy the science that you add to your videos, always like to have some info on why I am doing things.
I'm sorry to say I haven't made that one yet!
Instead of pealing the membranes out (yuk!) why not just "biochar" them? Put them into the cans and cook them like you're making biochar. The membranes will revert to simple carbon and it's guaranteed to kill any bad bacteria.
Another idea: If you regularly drink apple cider vinegar why not set aside a bottle of shell powder infused cider vinegar? The calcium becomes more available and it buffers the acid in the cider vinegar.
That is a GREAT idea! The end product would be very similar to bonechar. When you make your eggshells into char, you're retaining all the minerals. So this would be a great way to "process" your eggshells during the winter!
On your second idea, I talk about that all the time. You can put it into any acidic drink like coffee or orange juice as well!
If you put a piece of plastic wrap over the top of your vitamin, prior to placing the lid on top- you will have much less fine dust loss / snd easier cleanup of your blender.
What are your thoughts on using Seaweed you can get at the beach?
I think it's a great idea, although the salt COULD be an issue. I watched a David the Good video where he tested washed vs. unwashed seaweed and the unwashed stunted the growth.
Others may come to a different conclusion, which is why, if I had access to it, I would definitely do a trial before using it all across my garden.
Thanks for the info. :) Do you think that mixing powdered eggshells with (fresh) coffee grounds (and maybe let this mixture sit for a while) would help breaking them down before adding them to my compost and worm bin?
That IS a great idea!
Good video. I would like to add another point that with good soil biology plants can send exudates to attract bacteria which can adjust the PH most desired by the plant to grow optimally.
Great point! And that's why I prefer to POWDER the eggshells, rather than processing it into WCA (Water Soluble Calcium). I much prefer to have the plant exudates convert the eggshells to the plant usable form of calcium, rather than doing all the work and spending the money to produce WCA which will then leach out of my soil!
I do this also except I remove the membranes with washing. The powder is fed to my worm bins.
Thanks
Agreed. I did the same thing and I did this for the first time have a slight we water running over them and removing them in the membrane.
Also I ran across some calcium tables that were way too expred. (I know things don't expire when they say they do). I dissolved some in a gallon of water. It was AMAZING the results
Thanks
How do you get the protozoa and nematodes in indoor potting mix?
I'm so glad you asked, I've been pondering about this subject for a long while. Most people focus on the bacteria and fungi life forms in the soil while neglecting protozoa and nematodes. But the truth is, bacteria and fungi are decomposers that can't alone turn compostable matter into plant-available nutrients.
The bacteria and fungi actually must be consumed by protozoa and nematodes to complete the process before the nutrients become plant-available.
(BTW, as I'm sure you already know, we're specifically talking about the fungi and bacteria-eating nematodes NOT the root-eating forms we DON'T want in our soils!)
What I've been doing to make sure all the trophic levels of microorganisms are represented in my potting soil is to mix in a cup or so of my garden soil for each five-gallon bucket of my potting mixes. And I always add water to keep the buckets moist while in storage over the winter for spring use. There are millions of EVERY form of microbiology my plants need, and they will spread throughout the whole bucket as long as we keep the environment suitable for them.
Like I said, I've been thinking about this for a while, and I'm working on some videos where I will be talking more about it! Thanks for your comment!
I will say that although it does not appear that the eggshells are breaking down in the soil, they will definitely be releasing calcium in the soil. This is just like demineralization on our teeth, the acidity from food dissolves the calcium from within our tooth and bacteria use that to create a hard biofilm. This is the tartar that the dentist removes with the ultrasonic cleaner. Although visibly, your tooth doesn't have pieces missing from it, some of the calcium would have been leached out of the tooth structure. It is the same with eggshells. When you put eggshell flakes in vinegar to dissolve them, you'll notice that the eggshell flakes will look almost completely the same as they did prior to being put in vinegar but you will still see the visible reaction of carbon dioxide being released from the solution as the acidity in the vinegar is neutralized by the calcium being dissolved in solution.
Of course, it is still a reality that eggshells break down too slowly for our plants' needs when used untreated as an amendment so it's always a good idea to either compost the eggshells or dissolve them in a vinegar solution as this makes them much more bioavailable in the quantities that growing plants need.
I agree!
My tomatoes suffer from Blossom End Rot, which is mostly a Calcium deficiency in and around the root system. Toms are heavy feeders and require a good source of minerals during the fruiting and ripening stages. Mix broken down egg shells ( soaked in vinegar for two weeks) into composted soil and mix this with tomato soil. BER is never going to be eliminated completely, but this will help.
Glad you're making and using Water-soluble Calcium (WCA). More people should try it
What you're describing is a perfect reason for using WCA. If you're still having BER after that, you might want to try foliar spraying at blossoming time! You only need a 1:1000 ratio. It really helps!
Check out this PDF from the University of Hawaii: www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/SA-10.pdf
BER is often caused by inconsistent watering. I’ve been growing them in my greenhouse for years and have been very lucky with eliminating this each year.
This is fantastic information! Do you know if preserving eggs in pickling lime would change any of the steps you presented or the integrity of the shell in any way? Thank you.
Everything is exactly the same if you're going to feed it to your worms or add it to your garden. I'm not going to suggest eating the eggshell powder from it though.
Food-grade calcium hydroxide is generally regarded as safe.
However, industrial grade calcium hydroxide can be toxic. Ingesting it can result in calcium hydroxide poisoning leading to severe injury or death.
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Thank you for what you say! If you have any questions I would be happy to help if I can. You can email me at LiveOnWhatYouGrow@gmail.com
I've done the method of baking the egg shells and then grinding into a fine powder, worked great but I don't feel the need to keep adding more of it every year to the same spots. In the meantime I'm not gonna get rid of extra eggshells, they get thrown in right with the compost . Sure they will take a long time to break down but I don't mind that, they fit right in with my bio char charged compost as long term soil stabilizers to my degraded local soil. Too much egg shells in a particular portion of compost? Incorporate that portion a little extra deep into the soil if you need to, it's not like it's going to hurt anything. This all being said I do like using it as a slightly less grounded version for mulching around the base of some plants (prevent the ants from farming the aphids), I generally use a garden sprayer to kill the actual aphids so I don't use the fine ground powder version of pest control.
Good plan!
You can use a spice grinder too right?
Yes a morter and pestle works good too as well as a coffee grinder.
Excellent. I just used my vitamix to pulverize my egg shells. I saw another video where people baked them at 350 for an hour or 2. Is this too much heat? What does it do? Should I not bake them?
The CDC recommends a temperature ranging between 145 and 165 degrees F to kill bacteria, including Salmonella. They say that even one second at that temp will kill the bacteria.
BTW, use an old Vitamix container if you have one, or the plastic will be damaged by the shells whirling around in there at 100 mph!
I seen were a guy said there is a membrane on the inside of the shell that won't decompose. He broke them up had heated them up in a skillet until they turned light brown and then used them.
Sounds like a good idea.
You can also use a ball mill, this will make the powder absolutely fine, like dust.
I've never heard of that but I'm going to look it up. My blender doesn't grind them fine enough in my opinion. Thanks for the suggestion!
@janp7660 I made my own ball mill using 12 volt car wiper motor. Just remember to use some grinding material like glass or lead or even ceramic to do the tumbling work. You do not need a spark to ignite the gun powder. And yes willow wood makes for the best Charcoal.
So it's like a cell sending out messages. Interesting
How much of the powdered eggs shells should one use for calcium? Not for the soil or worms but humans? I broke my foot back in Sept. of 23 VERY BAD (all the bones going to my toes were broken) and they x rayed my knee and back since I fell and I have those E words you talked about so I really NEED this egg shell powder but also need to know how much to use each day of it please.
I can't tell you how much to consume, but I can tell you that I take about a teaspoon every day.
Eggshell power can be added to your dogs homemade dog food. Dogs need calcium. But do your research on what all dogs need
Does including the eggshells in the container for making biochar help with their decomposition and making them suitable for absorption by te organisms in the soil?
One thing we know is that powdered eggshells will definitely decompose faster and will also provide grit for the earthworms.
Thanks. I Saw where one person was adding broken eggshells to his biochar when he was making it and wondered what you thought about that.@@LiveOnWhatYouGrow
It's okay to do that, but in my opinion it would be better if he ground them up in an old blender or food processer. A big part of the soil food web is the contributions of the earthworms and compost worms, arthropods, and microarthropods. If the shells aren't ground up these creatures can't ingest them. They don't have teeth to make the eggshells smaller, so I don't think crushed eggshells will benefit much at all, both in the worm bin or garden! Maybe it will have a long term benefit, in a hundred years or so, but I don't want to wait that long!
Thank you so much for sharing your very interesting knowledge. I have learned a lot of new things from you. You forgot to tell how much of the egg shell powder you are consuming in your orange juice. Is it 1 tablespoon or teaspoon? Can it also be added into apple cider vinegar water?
I put in one teaspoon at a time usually 2 times a day It's a little gritty but I don't mind it at all because it's really helping me a lot! I was having painful leg cramps every night and now I don't have them at all. If you add it to any acidic liquid it will turn into a more absorbable form. In apple cider vinegar it turns from calcium carbonate to calcium acetate from the acetic acid, a much more bioavailable form, in my opinion!
@@LiveOnWhatYouGrow Thank you for the answer. I have tried to grind the shells to a fine powder, but that doesnt seem to happen, it is still a little course.. So I will use it this way,. Lets see the results.
@@rabeHH When I drink it, I swish it around and try to swallow it all at once, but I always have a little crunch. I've gotten used to it and it doesn't bother me at all! That little inconvenience is a whole lot better than the painful leg cramps I used to get every night!
@@LiveOnWhatYouGrow I have good news. I milled the shells with my stone grain mill and got a very fine powder, which one almost dont recognise on the tongue. With the mixer I didnt get a good result. so if you have a stone grain mill at home, you can try it this way. Very easy to intake now.
@@CB-hl5mw Thanks for letting us know that!
can I use this powder in hydroponics as I use calcium Caltrate ATM .? also I have budgies can I add it to their water to boost their calcium for their egg laying. ?
I'm not sure, but probably not for the hydro. I think it would be better to make water soluble calcium (WCA) per the instructions from the University of Hawaii:
www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/SA-10.pdf
As for giving it to your birds, if I were you, I would go ahead and do it, if they don't need it they won't eat it.
How do you replicate this in a container or pot?
I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean by that.
Great stuff.
3 QUESTIONS:
1) Will a basic blender do the trick or must it be a Vitamix?
2) How much should we apply to our soil?
3) I have been crushing Walnut, Almond and Hazelnut shells with a 4x4 in a metal pot. Is that crushed walnut good for my compost? I've crushed it down to roughly 1/8 inch chunks.
Thank You in advance!
I usually put a teaspoon or so of eggshell powder into the planting hole when I put my plants in, and it doesn't matter how you crush it. Vitamixes are really good blenders, and if you use a less powerful one, it will still get the job done, although it may take a little longer.
As far as the nut shells, the only one I would be concerned with is the walnut. Unless they are composted completely, black walnut contains a chemical, juglone, which inhibits plant growth in some garden plants, especially tomatoes.
Thank You very much!!! The walnut shells are not black walnut. Just the plain store bought which I believe are English.
Hi Michael, it is pretty hard to find info on the web concerning English walnuts and juglone, but here's a site with some info: sweetishhill.com/do-english-walnuts-have-juglone
What I would do is observe the effects and see if there is anything detrimental when using them, or of course, if you compost them completely, you have nothing to be concerned about!
Thank You. Yes since your eggshell video and juglone concern when I asked about nutshells I've been thinking and searching about the web. I decided going forward to not use the walnuts. I'll just toss them on my trail as mulch. For the other crushed nuts I'll be sure to compost them fully since some walnuts are already in. I'll mix 50/50 with coffee grounds and keep moist to speed up the break down then I'll add them to a new compost pile. That should ensure them being fully broken down.
Thanks for getting me thinking about this.
If you garden inside in buckets. How do you get the helpers to help the plants.
I'm not sure what you're talking about. Could you please clarify?
could be Vitamin K2 its for putting calcium in the right spot rather than in the arteries. Probably calcium deficiencies is due to high glucose/carb diet. Insulin Resistance causes many problems like high blood pressure, heart disease, weight gain, fatty liver disease.
Is it necessary to remove the membranes?
Research shows that it really isn't necessary to remove the membranes. I only started doing it when powdering the shells with a mortar and pestle because it comes out better this way. In the Vitamix it comes out good either way. Here's a website that talks about it: www.healthline.com/nutrition/eggshells-benefits-and-risks
Pls research calcium levels in the blood. Our bodies take calcium from our bones to keep blood levels sufficient. And, many ppl store calcium in their soft tissues, such as arteries. To get calcium from soft tissues to bones, take supplements of Vit D3 (or sunshine), Vit K2 (MK7), and Magnesium.
I'm not a doctor, but I followed this advice from Dr Alan Mandel and cleared my arteries of calcification. Cardiologist was shocked.
The only reason our bodies rob the calcium from our bones is because we're not getting enough in our diet. That's why osteoporosis is so common, especially for women. I have been working with dietary calcium for the last twelve years and calcium that comes from a food source is the best option because of all the cofactors inherent in it, (for example magnesium, potassium, and phosphorus) that are not found in chemically created ones, like pure calcium carbonate.
The minimum daily calcium requirement is 1,000 milligrams (mg) a day for women ages 50 and younger, and 1,200 mg for women over 50. Most women consume nowhere near that much every day. If there were a food crisis, caused by whatever reason, calcium deficiency would be an even greater problem.
How to sandblast the inside of your Vitamix container to change it from transparent to opaque !!
I know right! 😆 I use mine to make nut milks and then dehydrate the solids into flour. Hmmm, maybe I should buy another container to look pretty on the counter. Not! I'd forget and use it! 😆 🤣 😂
Wow ,ate what a write you have. What about if eggshells turn into calcium carbonate powder that's what they use in making GESSO, TEXTURE PASTE ETC..... true stuff I will try it but good reminder to be the shepls to sterilise awesomeinfo😂❤,.. love your knowledge I have subscribed like, so kia ora from kk rotorua nz. P.S. also great eggshells on canvas crafters,.,.Beach scene landscape you nameit..
I have a couple questions.....Can you use a coffee grinder? Also, since you said the powder was a little abrasive, could it be used as an exfoliant on your skin? Thank you. I suppose you also recommend pasture raised organic eggs? Thank you, I'm definitely going to try this in my smoothies.
Hi Gail, I've gotten a lot of comments from people who successfully use a coffee grinder to grind their eggshells. I suppose you could use it as an exfoliant if you grind it fine enough, but you might want to check with someone who has tried it. I can't tell anyone what to do, but I would definitely give it a try. BTW, I now grind the powder longer in the Vitamix until it becomes the consistency of very fine flour. That might be what you want to use for that application. Then again, you might want more abrasiveness than that! If you try it let us know the results.
I use coffee grinder and it works very well.
You are very informative and I like watching you I just wish your videos weren’t that long
Sorry about that. That's what happens when you're new to making videos. My newer ones are shorter!