Save them for your garden! That's right, your tomatoes will love them. Grab a container and save them throughout the year. I recommend drying them first and than storing them; otherwise, you could end up with a rotten egg smell. I sit mine outside on sunny days to dry or stick them in the oven after cooking a meal to dry out. They don't need to be in the oven long or on a high temperature. Once cooled, crush them and put them in a plastic bag or container and store them in your freezer or the refrigerator. You can use a rolling pin to crush them.
Once garden season arrives, crush a few aspirin or calcium tablets and sprinkle it along with the crushed eggshells in the hole when you plant your tomatoes. I also sprinkle some around the soil once I get the tomatoes in the ground. I actually do this throughout the growing season. The eggshells will help give your tomatoes a calcium boost, and help fight off blossom end rot. It's also suppose to be a deterrent for slugs, cutworms and snails.
Do you use eggshells in your garden? How do you deter blossom end rot?
My tomatoes are taking off, so to give them a boost through out the growing season I'll be feeding them eggshells and calcium tablets. My tomatoes were good last year, but they were small. In addition to the calcium, I'll be diligent in removing the suckers.
I'll be going on vacation this week, so I wanted to give them a good dose before we leave. I grinded up a bottle of calcium tablets into powder, and boiled a half dozen of eggs that were ready to expire. Calcium tablets are rather expensive, so I'll be relying on eggshells the majority of the season.
The eggshells should be dry, so I placed them in the oven for 5 minutes to dry then out. I then placed them in a plastic bag and used a rolling pin to crush them into fine pieces. I mixed the calcium powder and eggshells together and placed a healthy dose around the base of the tomato plants. I used a plastic fork to mix the mixture into the soil and replaced the straw mulch. We received a good shower this evening after I placed the mixture, so I'm hoping that it will help mix the powder into the soil.
I'll continue this process throughout the growing season. I'm hoping for a bumper crop with the boosts of calcium. How do you feed your tomato plants.
