Egg Shells Can Be Used As Plant Pupuk, Here's How To Make It

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JAKARTA - Not only the inside, the egg shell also has benefits. Egg shells can be used as fertilizer to fertilize plants.

Quoting from the Mirror, the benefits and how to make the egg shell a fertilizer for this plant are explained by Laura, founder of the Young Growers Club. He said that the manufacture of egg shells as fertilizer is very cheap and easy.

"This egg skin fertilizer is very easy to make and cheap," Laura said, quoted Wednesday, February 12, 2025.

To make the eggshell into fertilizer, it must be combined with several other ingredients. Starting from water to apple juice vinegar.

"Basically you need to cook eggshells, then defecate. Then, the eggshell is relaxed and add organic apple juice vinegar to the jars," he said.

In addition to boiling, the eggshell can also be roasted and then smoothed to make it as fertilizer. After smoothing it, the eggshell must be remixed with apple juice vinegar.

Egg shell fertilizer is very good for fertilizing plants. This is because on the egg shell there is calcium content that plants need for growth.

"I will use this during the planting season to fertilize my plants, this provides additional calcium," said Laura.

The chemical reaction that occurs looks amazing, but also makes calcium available to plants in soluble form in water. This can be used to fertilize soil for tomatoes and peppers, he added.

Meanwhile, Garden Esque, the chicken egg shell does contain high calcium carbonate, which is around 96 percent. Calcium itself is an important nutrient for plants and balances soil acidity.

Plants can thrive and quickly will require calcium from a lot of soil. Therefore, egg shells are a very ideal supplement for flowers, vegetables, or other plants.