[Homestead] Broccoli and potato question
Gene GeRue
genegerue at ruralize.com
Thu May 1 21:53:59 EDT 2008
On May 1, 2008, at 7:42 PM, Lisa K.V. Perry wrote:
> After turning over the last raised bed (and taking apart two of
> them--removing the wood edges), we planted 24 broccoli plants and put
> compost in each hole and also applied it on top. The compost
> originally
> contained egg shells so hope the calcium content of the compost is
> sufficient.
I've long been curious but never did the work to find out just how
long it takes for egg shells to dissolve into calcium and whatever.
Anyone know? I sometimes crumble them, but most often they stay as
they were when the eggs got put into the pan. It just came to me that
many years ago I used to toss them into a large paper bag that would
let them dry really good and then before putting them into compost
piles I would smash them into coarse dust with a piece of two-by-four.
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