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FW: Egg Shells



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From: Blair Capling
To: Hickman, Tony
Subject: Re: Egg Shells
Date: Tuesday, 24 June 1997 4:53AM

> Date:          Tue, 24 Jun 1997 16:02:00 -0400
> From:          "Hickman, Tony" <shickam@rgh.sa.gov.au>
> Subject:       Egg Shells
> To:            DANIEL GARDNER <PUMPKINS@ATHENET.NET>

>
> I've been flat out making compost lately and I have a question for some
> clever person to answer.
> I have read that egg shells are good for composting and are great for
tomato
> plants.
> It just so happens that I can get a trailer full of egg shells any time I
> like.
> The big question is.  Can I over do it with the egg shells in my compost?
> The compost is for the pumpkin patch by the way.
>
> Tony Hickman
> One of the heaviest burdens a man can carry is a chip on his shoulder.
>


Tony,

Things like orange peels will make your compost more acidic.
Egg shells add calcium, which will make things more basic.
If you over do it with egg shells, the pH of your compost will get
very high. If you let the pH level get too low, (no egg shells) compost
tends to attract flies.  There is an optimum pH range for
effective composting, if you go beyond it in either direction, the
activity of the composting microbes may be slowed.

Blair
Kitchener Ontario
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