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Coffee grounds & egg shells
Coffee grounds & egg shells
Posted by Keith McConnaughhay
from North Central I
on 2010-04-23 06:55:00
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Lots of good additive
I don't know about egg shells, but you can use coffee grounds sparingly to add nitrogen to the soil. I mix it in a wheelbarrel with compost and other materials that I use to side dress my plants about every other week. If you compost, you can add it the pile, but don't use to much.
Posted by Diane from CT on 2010-05-04 02:48:00-
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Egg Shells: Unless you are feeding a Army or have a Diner, you can put all your egg shells and coffee grounds in the compost pile. As a matter of fact, if it isn't grease meat or bones, you can most likely put it in there too. It does however, help if it is reduced in size like crushing egg shells, peanut hulls etc. in order to speed up the composting process
Posted by Josh from Pa on 2010-12-09 11:21:00-
Egg shells
Finely crushed eggshells can be scattered around plants to discourage snails and slugs who dislike the sharp edges of the shells.
Posted by Kitty from CA on 2012-04-05 02:22:00
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