My 2 favorite uses for eggshells: First, running it through a chicken. Use their stomach biology to break it down. Feed it to them crushed in their feed or grit. This replaces their calcium, and then also chelates the calcium in their manure. Second, using an acid to break it up. So after you grind it like you do, use an acid and let it sit in there for a day. Lemon juice or vinegar are good options. This will break apart the calcium carbonate into calcium and carbonate parts, and if you then put this in compost, it will bind to fulvic and humic acid chains and become bioavailable (chelated).

It should be noted that when grinding the eggshells to powder, be very careful to do it outside or allow the dust to settle. If you breath any of that fine dust it is still sharp enough to be a severe irritant to your lungs!

This info is a huge blessing for me-like a UTube message from God!! I’m 81 and will start taking a teaspoon per day in coffee/tea 2 see if I feel better. Have been grinding eggshells for my garden slugs/etc..I wash my eggs in baking soda water first- then use them…million 27:29 thanks for the char vid! The egg membrane will go there..I’m living long enough to learn more, every day!! When you get to the other side, there is no body, only your spirit. Here on earth is the place to learn everything.., that is what goes with you! You take NOTHING with you-only your spirit-just enjoy gardening and touching God..!!! Thank you 4all your info🤗❤️

A pleasure to listen to someone who actually knows something.

I have only used the eggshells when I have boiled eggs. They say it softens the shell. But only recently seen the shells being powdered. Makes a lot of sense as the larger shells were still in the worm bin. Thanks for the free education mate.

This a straight Master Class on the benefits of eggshells. WONDERFUL information!! Thank you!

We bought our chickens three years ago. Lots of wonderful eggs and shells! Last year we bought turkeys and they began laying. Man! Those shells were tough to break! We save those too. When I make dog food I blend the whole egg and add to scramble into their food. Our chicken and turkeys get their shells and eggs disguised. Even our pigs love raw eggs. Free calcium for all of us! Thanks for the smoothie suggestion. Also for tooth powder and cleaning my pans. Going to try on my burnt stainless steel pot. Can hardly wait to watch your other videos. Full watch, liked, and subscribed! Thanks!

Hey my friend your egg thing really works 💪🏼 Here is what i did -had cage free eggs brown & regular white shelled eggs got at market - i had them frozen after i used them - let them thaw out - ran warm water on each individual egg to clean them out with my finger - Also I noticed that you were talking about that protein barrier. That was really interesting which I will share. - After rinsing and taking up the proteins are you put them on the tray and let them air dry for a couple seconds? - Mom I made sure they each had a space and I put them in the oven have an electrical oven very hot so I put it on 250 for about 10 minutes and I took them out and I’m waiting for them to cool off to create the powder mixture This was a very cool experiment. Thanks to you know I must hear a peep things I noticed to pay three old is the Brownell that proteins barrier came out so easy and the shelves are very strong but with the white regular eggs, the protein bear hard to come out what was literally stuck to the shell and I noticed that the shells on the white eggs week and so that tells all the importance of find the farms olds or cage, free eggs I’m sure this would be different if I wait till farmer eggs, fresh that goal but this is a fantastic experiment and thank you for sharing off, so I will be doing this on a regular First of all, I want to thank you for being so descriptive because I’m a blind person with some usable vision you were very descriptive, and I appreciate that and I’m pretty sure I felt some protein barriers that people would probably not be able to see with her eyes because these eggs were literally squeaking after I cleaned them out some eggs fell apart, but I still made sure they were clean and so because of you, I’ve learned something and I will continue viewing your videos and at some point I will try that homemade biochar with #10 cans and thanks for describing those clippers. I’m definitely going to get a pair of those to get perform. You’ve inspired me to do some container gardening until I am able to get a place where there’s more room and or with a yard. I’m in a very small apartment right now, so thank you and I’ll see you on the lips video. You create

I wash my shells then cook trays of egg shells in the oven to feed back to my chickens. However for 40 years I have been throwing them out into my garden or crushing them slightly to spread around my tomato plants. I'm learning all the things I've be doing wrong all my life. Thanks! 😆

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Wow! So complex. Yes I throw my egg shells outdoors, but no I didn't know how complicated the decomposition process was so complex. I have enjoyed watching crows pick them up and fly away.

I am astounded by what I Just Learned! I'm 74 BUT I will share it with younger family members, too! THANK YOU also for giving God His Glory here!

Oh my God! I have watched so many videos on this kind of stuff and I’m super jazzed about these alternative methods of using eggshells. Thank you so much for your contacts!

Your channel just showed up in my suggestions. Great video! I've been drying shells in the oven or on my wood heater for years, to feed back to my chickens. I've a ton of powder saved up for my garden. I also still have years old shells in my garden. :)

All you say is true,i hope everybody will learn from all your words of wisdom,may God bless you,always.

Great content!!! Everything is connected. Often we lose sight of that. Thank you for the science as well as practical application. I will never throw out my eggshells again. Excellent video! Much appreciated.

It's certainly true that eggshells don't break down in compost. I've been grinding them down and storing the powder in jars. I think i will give it an extra bake before I use any for toothpaste or nutrients. I read that it was good for plants and prevented blight in tomatoes and after two ruined outdoor crops I added some to the soil. I had huge plump tomatoes growing in places I hadn't even planted any!

Here's how I make eggshell powder. Whenever something comes out of the oven, like a cake or whatever and after the oven has been turned off, put in the eggshells. The residual heat will be more than enough to completely bake them until the oven has cooled down. Afterwards, powder them in a coffee grinder or swing grinder. I keep a large aluminum foil roasting pan under the sink for this purpose. No need to prewash the eggshells or remove the membrane. This method is free and requires no electricity.

Absolutely the most fabulous info and explanations I have seen. Thank you so much. I have subscribed and shared. This is the 2nd one of your videos I have watched this morning, so am looking forward to seeing your others 😀

Yesss!!! there’s a whole world of chemistry/science in the natural arena Thanks for sharing … wonderful video

Great video! I've been doing this for quite some time. I use it for myself, and I raise worms so they get it daily too. Like you said it MUST be powdered for them to use, since they have no teeth or mouth like other creatures. I also raise crickets, and they are fed the eggshell powder too. I subscribed and look forward to more educational videos like this was. Thanks!

I use an electric coffee grinder I bought at a yard sale for $1. Makes a beautiful powder quickly.

I put egg shells first in oven after I remove what l am baking abd leave temp on for less than 10 minutes. Then put them in coffee grinder and turn to powder. Then they go to worm bed for grit and for going thru worm gut..it helps egg shell by putting it into an acidifying and enzyme environment. Been doing this for about 40 years. My gardening is now in tubs on deck and the amount of veggies I get is really good....

That was a lot of plants! Nice to see some new ones. 😀

My mother was taken out of children's home by a dentist., way back in the 30's. She cleaned his house, was a Plat mate for his daughter and helped him in his office. He paid her 5 cent a week. She never had anything bad to say about him. She was treated well. Just some background. He had her grind up egg shells and brush her teeth with it. My mom had all but 2 teeth when she passed away at the age of 93. I am allergic to eyes so I never tried them. She always had great check ups.

Thank you exceĺlent I enjoyed learning how to use egg shells PROPERLY for worms and more uses! interesting !!! Well done!

Thank you! I had boiled my shells in the past. Your method is easier.

I feed my egg shells to my chickens and use the stuff that comes out of the south end of the chicken to fertilize.

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I have learned a lot today and look forward to more of your videos. Have a great day Sir and again thank you!

I make eggshell char and add it to my compost. Also done to make a tincture using Korean Natural Farming (KNF) by soaking it in Apple Cider Vinegar for a couple of weeks.

I will say that although it does not appear that the eggshells are breaking down in the soil, they will definitely be releasing calcium in the soil. This is just like demineralization on our teeth, the acidity from food dissolves the calcium from within our tooth and bacteria use that to create a hard biofilm. This is the tartar that the dentist removes with the ultrasonic cleaner. Although visibly, your tooth doesn't have pieces missing from it, some of the calcium would have been leached out of the tooth structure. It is the same with eggshells. When you put eggshell flakes in vinegar to dissolve them, you'll notice that the eggshell flakes will look almost completely the same as they did prior to being put in vinegar but you will still see the visible reaction of carbon dioxide being released from the solution as the acidity in the vinegar is neutralized by the calcium being dissolved in solution. Of course, it is still a reality that eggshells break down too slowly for our plants' needs when used untreated as an amendment so it's always a good idea to either compost the eggshells or dissolve them in a vinegar solution as this makes them much more bioavailable in the quantities that growing plants need.

Good stuff. I've got over 10 gallons of crushed shells I've been planning to use in my garden.

I have 2 sun ovens and just love them -- cook everything in the summer in them

I had no idea that eggshells dont break down in the garden. Thanks for the info.

Pls research calcium levels in the blood. Our bodies take calcium from our bones to keep blood levels sufficient. And, many ppl store calcium in their soft tissues, such as arteries. To get calcium from soft tissues to bones, take supplements of Vit D3 (or sunshine), Vit K2 (MK7), and Magnesium. I'm not a doctor, but I followed this advice from Dr Alan Mandel and cleared my arteries of calcification. Cardiologist was shocked.

I keep a glass pan in oven I throw old shells in ,any time oven is used they are in it. When it gets full i crush them by hand, some I grind into powder and some I don't but they will break down fairly quickly either way

Great information; thanks for the details. I wanted to take a natural supplement for calcium & magnesium & now know how to make it. Blessings 🤗🇨🇦

Wow incredible i am going to do this today. I just cane across your video and find it fascinating Just curious, you mentioned that you were an owner and creator of a supplement company I’m very curious as to what companies Valdes I’ve been involved with a lot of supplement companies and I’m curious which one I may have come across here without even knowing it thank you for sharing and please continue sharing I really enjoy this channel with giving us so much wonderful arm, technical information that we need to know every gardener watch and i I watch many of them on you tube never share the deep, technical chemical components as you do and why this chemical components need to work in harmony with the body and with the earth naturally I really enjoy your channel. Thank you so much and I have subscribed.

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Instead of pealing the membranes out (yuk!) why not just "biochar" them? Put them into the cans and cook them like you're making biochar. The membranes will revert to simple carbon and it's guaranteed to kill any bad bacteria. Another idea: If you regularly drink apple cider vinegar why not set aside a bottle of shell powder infused cider vinegar? The calcium becomes more available and it buffers the acid in the cider vinegar.

This was amazingly informative. Thank you

I went to a how to make kefir workshop a few years ago and we ground up eggshells to put into that

I grind up egg shells fine and use as grit in my worm bin.😊

Thank you, thank you for this video! We are making some forms for a raised garden. I have been saving eff shells for the soil & did not know they need to be ground into powder for the worms/soil. You are correct, that other gardening videos they do not do this. I would have been putting the shells in the soil if not for your very informative video. I can't thank you enough & have subscribed to your videos.

Have you ever compared the results of chelating the eggshells to non-chelated? I let about a dozen shells sit in an unused windowsill (old, single pane, non-UV blocking window) overwinter. The UV rays from direct sunlight convert the calcium to a more bioavailable form (which is also more brittle). My understanding is that exposure to UV also allows the shells to break down in soil much faster. About half of chelated shells are powdered and added to seed starting soil mix (along with biochar and seasoned compost). 1/4 are crushed, but not powdered, and used to keep slugs away. 1/4th are powdered and applied to tomato plants that have a high risk of blossom-end rot during the flowering stage. In fall, I add the eggshells that have been chelating all summer to the compost heap for spring.

A very informative and detailed video. Thank you.

Coffee grinder turns egg shells into powder. Garden gold.

Your channel is gold! thank you for this precious knwloedge sir!

Would love to see your diy solar heater. You mentioned in your biochar video that you used biochar for a water filter, but I couldn't find it using a search option for your videos. Is that still pending or am I missing it? Enjoy the science that you add to your videos, always like to have some info on why I am doing things.

Years ago I went to a yard sale with someone. Bought a blender that is now designated ONLY for my eggshells. A must for tomatoes.

Very educational and what u said makes sense ty very much

Very thorough videos. Tks

My tomatoes suffer from Blossom End Rot, which is mostly a Calcium deficiency in and around the root system. Toms are heavy feeders and require a good source of minerals during the fruiting and ripening stages. Mix broken down egg shells ( soaked in vinegar for two weeks) into composted soil and mix this with tomato soil. BER is never going to be eliminated completely, but this will help.

i grind them in my pestle and mortar and then i grind them again in my little coffee grinder. I don't even know why i started doing it or how i even knew to do it but i mix it with my soil and my tomato plants do very well even at high altitude (7800) and i mix it in with my indoor citrus trees.

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I've been cooking the egg shells and feeding them to the chickens but I wasn't crushing them and I should have been because like you say they can't digest when they're too big Excellent information -- Thank you!!!

If you put a piece of plastic wrap over the top of your vitamin, prior to placing the lid on top- you will have much less fine dust loss / snd easier cleanup of your blender.

Good video. I would like to add another point that with good soil biology plants can send exudates to attract bacteria which can adjust the PH most desired by the plant to grow optimally.

I do this also except I remove the membranes with washing. The powder is fed to my worm bins.

Great video. I usually bake the egg shells after I am done baking food: When I am done baking food and after turning the oven off, I put the egg shells in a backing sheet and wait until the oven cools down. The shells turn brown and become brittle. I then crush and put in the vegetable garden to keep snails and slugs away. I wonder if the backing, initially at 450 F, changes the chemical compound of the egg shell ?

Great info. Love your channel!!

God bless you! Thank you for all the great information!

You can dry the membrane and use it as a bandaid

Eggshell power can be added to your dogs homemade dog food. Dogs need calcium. But do your research on what all dogs need

Thank you so much for sharing your very interesting knowledge. I have learned a lot of new things from you. You forgot to tell how much of the egg shell powder you are consuming in your orange juice. Is it 1 tablespoon or teaspoon? Can it also be added into apple cider vinegar water?

So informative

Perhaps the calcium leaches out of the eggshells before the shells break down. I have used eggshell water, for houseplants, and those houseplants are much stronger, than those who don't get it. I used it on African Violets 1st, and wow what a difference!

❤😊 very interesting will employ from now on only today i noticed the said particules in old compost bin! Many thanks need much more excellent info from u in the future Knowledge is no good without UNDERSTANDING Best wishes Geraldine Ireland

Hi There so you have blown what I watched recently about putting seeds/. seedlings in egg shells to grow expecting the roots to break through the shells.Thats saved me a lot of time and disappointment as I was going to try this method later so I will stick with toilet tubes cheers

Thank you

I've done the method of baking the egg shells and then grinding into a fine powder, worked great but I don't feel the need to keep adding more of it every year to the same spots. In the meantime I'm not gonna get rid of extra eggshells, they get thrown in right with the compost . Sure they will take a long time to break down but I don't mind that, they fit right in with my bio char charged compost as long term soil stabilizers to my degraded local soil. Too much egg shells in a particular portion of compost? Incorporate that portion a little extra deep into the soil if you need to, it's not like it's going to hurt anything. This all being said I do like using it as a slightly less grounded version for mulching around the base of some plants (prevent the ants from farming the aphids), I generally use a garden sprayer to kill the actual aphids so I don't use the fine ground powder version of pest control.

Just to add to this great content ✨ a while ago I read a book/study that analyzed chickens/chicken feed and they concluded that supplementing with “Added Calcium” did not necessarily produced harder eggshells that were rich in calcium. The study determined that supplemental calcium did not lead to stronger eggshells or possibly stronger bones in humans. The book mentioned, that to produce stronger bones or eggshells the organisms need Silica. Silica is a fundamental mineral and basic building block for all protein structures. The study and book hinted at ✨biological transmutation ✨where silica is transmuted by the organism into Calcium. Maybe that is why people who regularly supplement with Calcium sill have a hard time increasing Calcium in their bodies. Just sharing some food for thought ✨ ;)

"You can go on KZfaq and see a lot of people who really don't understand how to use them correctly. They put out these videos and say we're going to dispel the myths about using eggshells in your garden, and then give you totally wrong information". Be aware that this warning is ABSOLUTELY true before watching this video with a dude who says he's going to dispel myths about using eggshells in the garden. Eggshells DO disintegrate in compost and soil. Compost is usually slightly alkaline and they do take some time to break down in a compost pile, but the food waste I bring in often contains egg shells and when i sell it 3 years later, as a hand-riddled material, I can absolutely say that they have become part of the compost, and have broken down to small particles or dissolved. They dissolve because rainwater is actually carbonic acid, and this dissolves alkaline rocks as well as eggshells based on calcium, and soils with organic matter contain humic acids or humic substances which react with basic substances (ones with a pH 7 to 14) and this will include egg shells. So, carry on putting egg shells in your compost and stop worrying about them 'lasting for 100s of years' which is nonsense - unless you're talking about the atoms which they're made of, which in normal circumstances cannot be destroyed. Might I also add that some recent research has found that earlier theories about plants and fungi 'talking' are greatly over-egged. There is no evidence that plants are 'intelligent' and tell bacteria and fungi to 'go and get the nutrients they need'. It's a lovely idea, but fallacious.

Also I ran across some calcium tables that were way too expred. (I know things don't expire when they say they do). I dissolved some in a gallon of water. It was AMAZING the results

Thank you for your excellent video and comment answers. Does finely ground eggshell powder disappear from the soil surface of my worm bin because of soil acidity, microbiological consumption, or worm consumption ? And why does equally finely ground seashell powder take longer to disappear ? Thank you.

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Such Wisdom!! Thank you so very much!!

Thanks for the learning lesson.

could be Vitamin K2 its for putting calcium in the right spot rather than in the arteries. Probably calcium deficiencies is due to high glucose/carb diet. Insulin Resistance causes many problems like high blood pressure, heart disease, weight gain, fatty liver disease.

Egg shells are a fantastic source of calcium. Try it!

Thaks for the info. Excellent video!!!

AMAZING INFORMATION . thank you

Just want to ask you to be careful with your only lungs. It's probably not healthy to breath that in. 😬 I just found your channel and enjoy it! Thanks! 🌱

So it's like a cell sending out messages. Interesting

I fry the shells in a dry skillet until very brown. Then i smash them up small and soak in plain white vinegar until all bubbles stop. Drain the vinegar and save the shells for another run through fresh vinegar. The used vinegar can be diluted 20:1 water:vinegar and used as a foliar spray or soil amendment. You can also cook all the water out of the vinegar and collect the dry white powder. This, mixed with methanol, makes gelled fire fuel like STERNO.

How do you get the protozoa and nematodes in indoor potting mix?

You can also use a ball mill, this will make the powder absolutely fine, like dust.

You are very informative and I like watching you I just wish your videos weren’t that long

I seen were a guy said there is a membrane on the inside of the shell that won't decompose. He broke them up had heated them up in a skillet until they turned light brown and then used them.

My shells go in a large can, when dried they get the handle end of a shovel, then the chickens get them to make poop or stronger eggshells, my soil here is already 8.3PH, we have calichi ( Calcium carbonate) in our soils, so much so that the PH ties up the nutrients, This my recycling them.

Wow thank you for the info

I have a couple questions.....Can you use a coffee grinder? Also, since you said the powder was a little abrasive, could it be used as an exfoliant on your skin? Thank you. I suppose you also recommend pasture raised organic eggs? Thank you, I'm definitely going to try this in my smoothies.

Thank you.

Eggshell powder can be added to vermicomposter; your worms need fine grit to deal with your compost.

A coffee gringer works excellent

This was fascinating and I am so grateful to have her. The explanation. you covered. Everything is someone who is an ADHD #WhyChild,. I always have questions and you gave the 360 circle response. symbiotic important. Ty

I have a few questions: Since watching this, I've been collecting raw egg shells (brown), rinsing them, leaving the membrane on, boiling them, drying them, pounding and blending them to powder, which turns out a light tannish brown color. 1. Is boiling ok (rather than baking or microwaving)? 2. The eggshells had no smell, but the powder has a smell that reminds me of sawing into an antler, or perhaps of burnt hair (not all that pleasant). Is this what it's supposed to smell like? Does it indicate something went wrong? 3. I'm assuming the light brown color is because I'm using brown eggs, yes? Would that potentially contribute to the smell? Note: these eggshells are fairly tough/thick. Thank you :)

I dry my egg shells in a single layer in the sun for 2 3 days. Is that enough to kill bacteria?