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  • From: Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
  • To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Ground Egg Shells
  • Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 16:38:37 -0500 (EST)

Hi,

My experience is that drought is the main cause of blossom end rot on
tomatoes. In my experience roma varieties suffer most from this during
drought, possibly due to the shape.

With no water coming into the carrying nutrients, the plant steals what
it needs from the fruit. A blister occurs in the fruit and the rot
develops from there.

Later,
Tom

--
Southwest Ontario
Canada Hardiness Zone 6a
(similar to US zone 5)

On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, John Barbowski wrote:

>
> I grind my egg sheels in a food processor too - much dust that I try to
> avid inhaling. Foreign substances other than food, don't normally do much
> good in your body!
>
> I put one tablespoon with each tomato plant. I believe I read somewhere
> that black blossom rot on tomatoes is aided by calcium defficiency. The
> egg shell also aids the breakdown of my heavy clay soil that is
> ubiquitous arount the Thornhill Ontario area (Zone 6B - Canada). Good
> success since I started using it.
>
> John B
>
> >From: Thomas Olenio
> >Reply-To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> >To:
> >Subject: [NAFEX] Ground Egg Shells
> >Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 10:37:03 -0500 (EST)
> >
> >Hello All,
> >
> >I have a question regarding grinding egg shells in a food processor. I
> >use the ground shells in soil, and for a vermiculture composting bin
> >(worms require the roughage).
> >
> >While I was grinding egg shells this morning the thought crossed my mind
> >whether the dust that arises from this would be healthy to inhale?
> >
> >The egg shells are rinsed to remove the slippery film inside and then
> left
> >to thouroghly dry before grinding.
> >
> >Any thoughts? Sort of like the "Is bonemeal dust safe to inhale?"
> >question.
> >
> >I try to use as much waste as possible around the home, not because I
> >worry about the landfill, but the township is starting to charge for
> every
> >bag of trash they remove from your property. So grinding egg shells
> >serves a couple of purposes for me, but are there any issues I should
> keep
> >in mind?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Tom
> >
> >--
> >Southwest Ontario
> >Canada Hardiness Zone 6a
> >(similar to US zone 5)
> >
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