I have a question for you guys. My Mom heard that crunched egg shells are good for tomato plants. It completely baffles us as to why, but we saved our egg shells anyway. Can anyone explain to us how egg shells are supposed to help tomato plants?
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I have a question for you guys. My Mom heard that crunched egg shells are good for tomato plants. It completely baffles us as to why, but we saved our egg shells anyway. Can anyone explain to us how egg shells are supposed to help tomato plants?
I've never done any gardening. We have a few cactus' but they're low maintenance.
I live in a place in England that is famous for it's jam, so a lot of fruit is grown here. So, sometimes in the late spring/summer I go and pick strawberries. Nomnomnomnom. :jess:
I don't know why, but I know a few people that use crushed egg shells as a part of their compost. It seems to work. :jess:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kentarou
Oh man, oh man, I love gardening. We grow tomatoes and peppers in the garden, and big gorgeous lillies! :bigsmile:
If you're growing anything edible you want to make sure of the following:
-It's surrounded by a fence that goes into the ground some (six inches at least?).
-It has a high enough fence that doesn't encourage climbing.
-No trees/bushes are near enough for there to be overhanging branches or that allows for jumping into the garden.
It's very sad when rabits nom the strawberries before I can. Also, don't really expect the strawberries to grow big like store bought ones. However they will be tastier. Covering the ground with black tarp that has holes for where the plants are growing up is also a good idea. I think this has to do primarily with discouraging weeds. I'm not 100% sure, but I know my father does it every year. My gardening experience is helping when I remember and eating the tasty foods.
And I don't know the why about eggshells either, but when my family had a compost pile, we'd throw those in.