Iplanted a garden and used some old hard boiled eggs and shells in the soil I heard that provides xtra nutr.?

is that correct? Cause now my graden really stink and a lot of stuff hasn't come up Did I ruin my garden? (first time gardener)

Iplanted a garden and used some old hard boiled eggs and shells in the soil I heard that provides xtra nutr.?
Any organic matter will decompose %26amp; enrich the soil.
Reply:for egg shells to have any nutritional value as a fertilizer you would need to eat a great many eggs, they are also used as a slug/snail repellant though there efficiency is questionable. you would be better off using a proprietry fertilizer such as "blood, fish and bone meal" or any long acting feed.
Reply:Any organic compost is going to enrich your soil. This would include egg shells, but I have to admit, I've never heard of using the egg itself. I also use coffee grounds, potato peels, etc.
Reply:Egg shells yes are great compose...not the egg itself. Compose is like fertilizer, however it is usually applied to plants that have already grown some. Hope this helps!!
Reply:The shells are good for the soil. We usually add coffee grounds, veggie peels, and egg shells to the soil when we are ready to use rototiller before we plant. (we have even added the remains of fish after it's been scaled/gutted -tomatoes love this) After the garden is planted we water it regularly. Soaking is best, and we use miracle-gro.
Reply:oh dear god - old eggs, yuck! i suggest you go and hide some at the place of the person who told you so that he can "taste his own medicine"



the eggshells are good in compost, but if you just bury them in the soil it will take long time to decompose. They contain just calcium, so first think you find out what kind of soil, or geology, you have - then you will know what is rare and what is abundant in your soil - not only it can somehow limit the spectrum of plants that can be easily grown at your place but you will know whether it is a good idea to try to add calcium. for instancce there is too much calcium in my garden soil, because we have the limestone bedrock here. so replenishing it would make absolutely no sense as well as planting plants that hate calcium, like azaleas, unless i dig a big big hole and put different soil in it ans then the azalea. You didnt ruin your garden for good, take it easy, but i would do something nasty to the person who told u this. owww it must stink horibly - how many eggs did you plant
Reply:no you nutr a dog or a cat, but i think egss can help your garden grow
Reply:You don't seem to be having too much luck with the garden eh!

Although eggshells are good for the garden, they take an eternity to break down. Using eggs is just fodder for the neighbourhood cats and dogs, or where I live, skunks racoons and bears. (Canada)
Reply:No, what it does is change the PH of the soil and make it less acidic.
Reply:those are good for it, too much water/not enough?
Reply:I've heard of shells but not the actual eggs themselves. What is it you're trying to grow? Not all soil is suitable for everything you try to grow. Some soils are natuarally high in ph and or clay and will need bags of compost dug into it for anything to be able to take root.
Reply:shells ok meat no