Do eggshells stop vegetables from rotting?

[rootball]

Sorry not sure where this should go.

I normally put my veg peeling in a bag ready to go out to the compost bin every few days or so. Last summer I found a bag I had missed, it had dropped behind my veg rack. The bag had been there some weeks so was expecting a soggy mess but to my surprise the peeling looked like they were new . The bag had eggshells in it too, I normally don�t put eggshells in the compost bin I have no idea why I don't.

So my question is does anyone know if eggshells stop veg from rotting?

R

[alldigging]

I saw something this week about carrot storage tests. Plastic bag in the kitchen kept them fresher than in the fridge. Will see if I can find a proper reference link.

[WendyC]

Interesting question. I wonder if they absorb moisture so therefore slowing the rotting process. I took on a new plot in October and when I moved the compost bin that had been left, all that was left was eggshells. Hundreds of them. I've tried smashing them up more in the hope they will disappear over time, but they are a bit of a nuisance

[Two_Sheds]

Rotting requires warmth, moisture and bacteria. Eggshells have nowt to do with it ��

[shushkin!]

Egg shells make no difference. I dont put egg shells in my compost bin because it might attract rats.

[Dynamo]

I save all our egg shells and crush them with my pestle and mortar. I add them to the ground around my brassicas because they are a good source of lime.

They are beneficial in wormeries and in compost bins too because worms love them.

[Alison]

Egg shells make no difference. I dont put egg shells in my compost bin because it might attract rats.

Egg shells are fine in the compost bin although mine tend to go in the wormery to keep the ph up. It is worth rinsing them first though.

[Scarlet]

Egg shells are fine in the compost bin although mine tend to go in the wormery to keep the ph up. It is worth rinsing them first though.

Mine go in the worm bin too - though I need to buy a new one it sprung a leak a year or so ago that I managed to fix and now it's got a few more. Leaking non stop.

[Bill HH]

We used to dispose of large quantities of hatching waste from our incubators, mainly shells of course.It was buried in a hole. years later we found it all still there intact. Shells just dont rot down quickly. to be of any benefit to plants they would need to be well chrushed almost to powder. I suppose in the soil they do get chrushed eventualy by soil movement and worms etc.

[Dynamo]

I noticed a while back that egg shells in my compost bins were virtually the same as when I'd put them into the compost in the first place, that's why I always use a pestle and mortar to crush them.

[muddled]

I crush them with pestle and mortar and feed them back to the chooks.

Helps keep their shell strength up.