Thursday, April 28, 2011

Egg shells and Banana peels for your tomatoes

Here is the article regarding adding the banana peels to your tomato plants that I mentioned last night.  I also included the link so you can read the full article if you want.

ADVANCE PLANNING:
Over the winter, save banana peels and egg shells. 
Keep a gallon sized freezer bag or other container in the freezer and just keep adding banana peels until you have about 2 peels per the number of tomato plants you think you'll want to grow. 
The egg shells need to be rinsed thoroughly, allowed to air dry and then crushed and stored in an airtight container.  You'll need approximately 12 to 18 crushed eggshells per plant. (Note:  Just recently learned that some gardeners have gone to either baking their eggshells or boiling them (you can water your plants with the egg water when done too) to avoid the risk of spreading salmonella.  I assumed that an airtight bag for a lengthy period would be sufficient, but I am going to start doing this too just to be safe.)
SOIL PREPARATION:
Lay a couple of banana peels in the bottom of the hole.  Cover with about 4" soil.
Sprinkle on a couple of handfuls of crushed egg shells.http://www.thegardenguide.typepad.com/the_garden_guide/how-to-grow-tomatoes.html

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