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How much ground up eggshells can a womery take? Can you overdose on eggshells? Thanks in anticipation. Regards Mick.
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What size have you got? I have one of those original wormery jobbies and I just stick in egg shells as I use them - usually two every other day .
I will consult my book when I get home and see what it says .Gill
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I struggle to get eggshells to compost down, so now I use them as club root deterrent in my brassica planting holes. How do you mange to get them to compost? Is it because I do not have a wormery, just a standard compost unit?Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein
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Our worms don't touch eggshells. We put them into an empty icecream box, crush them , store them and use as a feed in tomato compost or as a slug deterrent.Comment
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I read the eggs shells are there to keep the acidity down. I dry mine in the oven and grind them up fine, then mix a bit into the top layer of the compost. The worms do not eat them. I only have a few, my sister gave me 8 adults in the summer, and my population has gone up to 120 now, some pretty small of course. Sometime I might get enough to set up a proper wormery, so far I just have them in some plastic food containers.I could not live without a garden, it is my place to unwind and recover, to marvel at the power of all growing things, even weeds!
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Morning all, thanks for the replies, I grind mine down realy fine in a pestle & morter. I read somewere that the worms nead the ground up eggshells as they use it to aid digestion. As BarleySuger says also to control acidity. As this is my first foray into vermiculture i think i am getting hooked on the whole idea. I started off with two plastic bins i found in the garage (about the size the size of our three recycle bins) Drlled holes in one bin layered it with damp paper & compost Bought some RedWigglers of E-Bay and that was it all for under 5 pounds. The first week or two didn;t see very much activity and i thought i might have lost them but people on hrer were saying that they do slow down in the winter. Ihave been putting a four pint plastic milkbottle twce a day into the bins and the activity has definately improver, anybody got any comments on this idea? The OH says i look after the worms more than her (might be in trouble here) Everybody invited to the christening when the new babies arrive. All the best for Christmas and New Year. Regards Mick.Comment
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Whoops, foregot to mention milkbottle full of hot/warm water, Regards Mick.Comment
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