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Eggshells Fertilizer Project

I often saw my mother crushing eggshells in our house and putting them in the flower and vegetable pots. My mother told me the consequences.

The most valuable resource we can get from throwing eggshells is to add value and use it in a way that is more beneficial to the environment rather than releasing it to the environment in vain. Crops obtained using organic fertilizers are more healthy to the body than those obtained using chemical fertilizers. The incidence of diseases is very low when using organic fertilizers.

So, I decided to share the results of the discarded eggshells with others. I started this as a project and collected eggshells thrown in the rubbish in neighboring houses and shops, then processing them as fertilizer, and distributing them to neighboring houses

We are informing them through discussions and articles about the quality of eggshell manure.

Benefits of eggshell fertilizer

  1. Ability to grow seedlings
  2. Ability to use as a fertilizer
    • Eggshell powder fertilizer
    • Eggshell liquid fertilizer

Eggshell liquid fertilizer Eggshell manure is an organic fertilizer. It fertilizes both the soil and the tree without doing any harm to the earth or soil. While chemical fertilizers only fertilize the tree. It harms the earth and the soil.

Eggshell manure provides calcium carbonate to the soil. It also contains 27 elements such as phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, silicon, copper, sulfur, selenium, iron, and zinc.

The white matter inside the eggshells contains keratin, which is an essential nutrient for growing crops.

Benefits to the soil

  • High acidity in the soil and the alkalinity in the eggshells loosens the soil.
  • Reduces damage to crops from certain animals.

Benefits to the tree

  • Calcium builds up the plant's energy, which helps reduce plant diseases.

The method of making

  • Eggshells should be thoroughly washed, dried in the sunlight, and then crushed by a grinder.
  • Crushing makes the plant easy to absorb the fertilizer.

How to use

  • Loosen the soil and place the egg powder a short distance from the tree.
  • Once a week add one teaspoon to a well-grown plant and half a teaspoon to a small plant.

Eggshell fertilizer gives a good crop harvest.
 

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Number of participants
1
Service hours
48
Beneficiaries
5
Location
Sri Lanka
Topics
Nature and Biodiversity
Healthy Planet
Better Choice
Initiatives
Environment and Sustainability

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