I use crushed egg shells. Beer tends to attract every slug in the neighborhood (at least it seems that way!). Be sure to rinse out and microwave the shells for a minute or two to sterilize them or you will have rodents coming to your garden.
Organic fertilizer includes cow and chicken manure, horse manure, mulching, fish emulsion, blood and bone, seaweed, soya bean meal, coffee grounds and crushed egg shells, nitrogen-producing plants such as alfalfa, straw, and kitchen leavings.
If you are wondering what to do with crushed egg shells, recycle them in the garden. Save the old egg shells from making those scrambled eggs or breakfast burritos! Wash the egg shells off well and place in an open container to dry.
Red worms eat fruit and vegetable scraps, crushed egg shells, coffee grounds, tea bags and leftover bread and grains. They do best not trying to eat meat or fish scraps or fatty, oily foods.
Make your flower bed uncomfortable for little paws. Sprinkle crushed egg shells or decorative rocks to create a rough terrain that kitties won't care to walk across, let alone dig through.
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annual weeds without seedheads
grass cuttings
vegetable and fruit peelings from the kitchen
used teabags
torn up newspapers but only in small quantities and well mixed into the heap
crushed egg shells
straw ...
Slugs must crawl through the powder in order for it to work.
Agricultural lime. Use like diatomaceous earth. Will ‘dry out' the slugs.
Crushed egg shells. Slugs do not like to come in contact with it.
moist, and the best way to do this is to lay down a thick layer of mulch once the ground warms up. Use straw; it's cheap and looks fine in the vegetable garden. Plants deficient in calcium can be prone to the disease. Adding crushed egg shells to the ...
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