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Post by clarencebunsen on Apr 8, 2023 13:41:34 GMT -5
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Post by Clipper on Apr 8, 2023 14:07:41 GMT -5
I only read about this a couple of years ago and started saving egg shells. I wait until we have a few accumulated and then I give them a couple of quick pulses in the blender to break them down a bit. No ground but small pieces.
When I plant the plants I put some in the bottom of the hole, put a bit of soil over it and put the plant in the hole. It seems to make a difference with tomatoes and peppers. I haven't tried it with anything I planted from seed or with flowering annuals. I don't know if it would be of any benefit to ornamental plants or not.
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Apr 8, 2023 14:34:56 GMT -5
My Grand father from Italy who had a huge veggie garden swore by this tradition. He also saved and used old coffee grounds. My Grandma used the coffee grounds in her rubber plants in her enclosed front porch and I remember those plants all 8 of them and they were huge. I so wish they were around today such friendly great hard working people. She made 25 to 35 loaves of Italian bread ( the round ones with and without sesame seeds) every Saturday and I would deliver them to people who did not have cars and who lived along James St and side streets. Loved doing that. When I got done I would get a large warm slice of fresh bread topped with her homemade ricotta cheese some I so enjoy this day. I also would get a small glass of watered down home made red wine to drink along with it. I liked that wine. I know they were sangiovese grapes and loved to watch him crush them in this wine grape press then put the juice into four large wood barrels. Hard part was pushing them up a ramp to a storage area under the front porch where the miracle of making wine took place.
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