Almost all of us have a tendency to throw eggshells away, because we mistakenly believe that they are just rubbish. However, they have much more use than one might imagine. Instead of getting rid of them quickly, we are going to reveal their main uses.
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1- A nice decoration for germinating plants
With a bit of luck, if you manage to leave the shell almost whole and only break the upper part, you immediately obtain a bowl shape. An ideal aspect to make a set of small pots in which you can place delicate plants or germinate seeds. By arranging them in a planter, you will then obtain a real decoration for your kitchen. As you can see in the photo, it’s very simple to make and very pretty to look at.
2 – A valuable weapon for plants
Plants are often attacked by different pests , such as snails or slugs. In this case, the eggshell will be very useful to avoid this problem, simply by placing small pieces on your plant. As a bonus, if you mash it further, you can mix it into the soil to give your plants more strength to grow.
3 – Cleaning the blender blades
It sounds surprising, but eggshells are also used to deep clean your blender. Just put them in the glass with a little water to remove dirt and sharpen the blades. Here they are completely cleaned and sharpened!
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4 – Strengthening the nails
Are your nails fragile? Here is an unexpected solution to strengthen them: reduce the shells to powder and add them to your nail polish. This little trick will allow you to enrich your nails with calcium to help their growth.
Tomato plant – Source: spm
5 – Growing tomatoes
Did you know that tomatoes, the weight of which causes the trunk that supports them to fall, risk causing you to lose the entire harvest? Also, to overcome this problem, farmers generally use eggshells that they distribute under the tomato plants in the ground. This is how they manage to grow the trunks strong enough to support the tomatoes.
6 – Disposal of leftover food
Even with all the good will, when you wash a pan or a pot, small particles can remain stuck. For a radical elimination, we have an effective technique: crush eggshells, place them on the sponge with which you clean them and it will help you eliminate stuck-on food in a few minutes.
Remember that this method is not suitable for pan bottoms.
