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Incorporate Crushed Eggshells for Calcium

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Must know tips for raised bed gardening

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For plants such as tomatoes, which can suffer from blossom end rot due to calcium deficiency, the presenter recommends incorporating crushed eggshells into the soil of the raised beds. He demonstrates the presence of eggshells mixed around his tomato plants. The eggshells provide a slow-release source of calcium, which is crucial for healthy fruit development and preventing this specific disease. This method offers a natural and effective way to supplement calcium in the soil.

Goal: Prevent common issues like blossom end rot in tomatoes and other calcium-loving plants by incorporating crushed eggshells directly into the garden soil.

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better boys these are the big boys those are the better boys big boys seem to be doing better and be a little bit more drought tolerant as you look down in here you'll see eggshells there are eggshells that i incorporate into the soil along with my compost to help prevent a illness called or a predicament called blossom end rot blossom end rot looks similar to this this is uh this is a summertime heat problem the blossom end rot would be black right there now all

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