Eggshells, how to use chemistry to optimize calcium for your garden

Today we're going to be talking about the best way to use egg shells in your garden. The best way to get a calcium boost to your plants (and also a P, K, Fe, Zn, Mg, Mn boost!). It's all about turning Calcium Carbonate (a bound-up mineral) into Water Soluble Calcium (calcium that your plants can use immediately). For that, we need to do some chemistry. Don't worry, it's not difficult.

Note: If you are using method 1, once your reaction stops, if you still have eggshells remaining, you likely ran out of acid. So seive the solution into a bottle, put the remaining eggshells in a new acid bath. If the reaction still doesn't go, then you are all out of calcium carbonate and are done. Drain the acid ajd put what's left of the eggshells into the compost.

Note x2 for anyone thinking "oh no! CO2!!!!": this will happen regardless. So no, this is not a new CO2 source. It's similar to the silly argument that we shouldn't compost because it's a huge CO2 source. That's just a terrible bad faith argument, because we either make CO2 or we make Methane. THAT is the choice. I.e. what is the other option? To freeze the compost and prevent microbiology from closing the loop? Remember, nature doesn't do waste. It's a human invention.

Have fun with your chemistry!
Cheers 🍻

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