Re: An Old Wives Tale

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• Subject: Re: An Old Wives Tale
• From: R* C* I* <r*@UVI.EDU>
• Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 17:22:31 -0400

At 12:09 PM 3/12/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>I need to check out an old wives tale.  My greatgrandma used to tell me to
>save the water off of boiled eggs and to use it in the garden.  She'd say it
>made the plants grow better.  I was wondering if this might be due to the
>calcium from the shells leaching into the water.  If this is so, would it
>deter blossom end rot in my container tomatoes?
>Last year I had a problem with my container tomatoes and I'm looking for a
>cheap and easy way of fixing it.  I'm gona experiment with it this year and
>see if it helps.  If anyone else has heard of this or knows of any sites,
>please let me know.  If anyone one thinks this might hurt, please let me
>know.  I won't be experimenting right away.
>Thanks and Good Gardening
>Dawn
>Long Beach CA (Zone 10)
>
>
I believe i have heard this one before. I don't know if it's true, but it
sounds plausible. I know from experience that calcium-rich lime does deter
blossom end rot. I don't know how calcium is supposed affect growth.

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• Re: An Old Wives Tale
• From: Bob Carter <bcarter@AWINC.COM>

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