[vineweevil1]

I seem to recall last year on GW, Joe swift putting eggshells and other stuff into a trench for planting his brassica's. I have lovingly saved a lot of egg shells but now can't find anything on t'internet about planting with them in the ground.......am I going do-lally?

[DD.]

I've just tried "brassicas egg shells" in Google & got quite a few hits, either as an extra source of calcium or as a slug deterrent!

[vineweevil1]

I must have clicked on all the ones for slug deterrants, ah so brassica's like calcium. My egg shells won't go to waste then

thanks

[paintedlady]

I remember seeing it in the Grow Your Own Veg series with Carol Klein where an amazing blind gentleman grew healthy brassica crops in a clubroot riddled plot.  He added the crushed eggshell to the potting mix to grow the plants on to produce a good root system before planting out 

[strangerachael]

Is calcium the same as lime? I was wondering because, when I put home made compost in my potato trenches, there was a lot of undigested eggshell still. I had a slight worry about it because I have a feeling you should avoid putting any lime where potatoes are going. Should I worry about it?

[Yorkie]

I wouldn't worry Rachael - lime can cause some scab on spuds but that doesn't make them inedible (put it this way, I'm still here  )

[Yabba]

(put it this way, I'm still here  )

And about as "normal" as the rest of us

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[Yorkie]

I'll set 'em up, you do the punchline 

[Yabba]

boom boom

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