Eggs as Compost?

[vfem]

I agree with both. I buy truck loads of the compost done from yard debries. I take the risk because its affordable for me. Best advice to help with that, pile it with your compost and let it sit a year. Turn it with your compost and make sure its had time to let anything that may be bad seep out.

Your own is the best way to go, but it takes a lot of collecting to get a lot of compost. We do quite a bit and I promise in one year when its all broken down, I barely have enough to fill a bed!!! So I just my compost as an additive to what I already have. I also use it to make compost tea to add as a nature fertilizing feed throughout the season, and my garden loves it.

I would stay away from the whole egg in the compost, but keep them egg shells for it! Good calcium suppliment for the garden. I also keep the eggshells to the side and add to the holes when I plant my tomatoes in the spring. Helps keep away blossom end rot.

Sorry again for my ignorance, but how does an eggshell keep away blossom end rot? Is it the calcium?

Not sure why I am so curious as I don't even know what blossom end rot is! XD

Blossom end rot is when a tomato turns brown and scraggly (almost black) at the end where the blossom fell off the fruit. Its a sign of lack of calcium in the soil that tomatoes need. So by putting a handful of crushed egg shell in the hole of the tomato I don't end up having to deal with blossom end rot.

I also throw in Bone Meal in the hole as they need alot of phosphates too.

I always put in a little extra love into those tomatoes! LOL

The easiest thing to do it just cram all that stuff into your compost. But you can tell, compost is good stuff because it comes from so much. So don't be afraid to use a good mix and lots of stuff!

 

[Lanatwo]

Thanks!

I'm off to the outside to do some cramming!