[WEEDMAN]

hi all... just a quick question has anyone used eggshells in there plant pots and if so what pros and cons does it have many thanx fellow gardeners im still learning

[DD.]

In or around? And to what purpose are you thinking?

[arugula]

We use oven dried/crisped then crushed eggshells around plants in pots/planters and in the growing beds against slugs and snails. They definitely do act as a deterrent to a degree.

(Then you go down to the shore and watch a snail sliding over the dry sand.  Go figure!)

[WEEDMAN]

In or around? And to what purpose are you thinking?

.........inside the pots

[DD.]

In or around? And to what purpose are you thinking?

.........inside the pots

And the purpose?

[WEEDMAN]

calcium ?,so i have been told thanx..

[DD.]

Wouldn't have thought they'd help much.

Egg shell's are quite insoluble.

[joyfull]

they are good for chickens as a form of calcium, but they will have their gastric juices to dissolve them, without this then not too sure they would work.

[arugula]

they are good for chickens as a form of calcium, but they will have their gastric juices to dissolve them, without this then not too sure they would work.

But they do form a deterrent against slugs and snails:

We use oven dried/crisped then crushed eggshells around plants in pots/planters and in the growing beds against slugs and snails. They definitely do act as a deterrent to a degree.