Oyster shells for garden or compost

Oyster shells for garden are very beneficial for the farmers & gardeners. Oyster is a common name that everyone know about them. Oyster is a shell that cover the outside of the animal’s body. The quality of the oysters are from silicate. Some of the oyster shells are edible & some of them are good for using in the gardens or agriculture. In this article, we are going to talk about the oyster shell uses in the gardens & agriculture. Stay with us. 

• What is the usages of the oyster shells in garden?

The mineral seashells are one of the materials that is very useful in the gardens. Because of that they are a lot of usages & benefits in using the oyster shells in garden. Producing the oyster shell powder or the oyster shell flour is very easy & cheap in the beaches region. First, we should crushed seashells & make them soft.

These oyster shells are full of calcium carbonate & phosphor. Using these oyster shells are good for preparing the calcium carbonate & phosphor in the garden. These oyster shells are reacting like the calcium carbonate. I mean that the calcium carbonate or the oyster shells are very good for correcting the PH of the soil. Also, these materials or flours are neutralizing the acidity of the soil & increasing the PH of the soil.

On the other hand, calcium carbonate in the oyster shells are alkaline. The other benefits of using oyster shells in the garden is good because the calcium carbonate in the oyster shell is going through the products. Products can have a little calcium carbonate inside them. In this way, people who are using these products can prevent from lacking calcium carbonate in their bodies & make them very strong. 

• What can we make from these oyster shells?

They are a lot of things & foods that we can make from the oyster shell. As we know, we can use the oyster shell to decorate our rooms, kitchens or every part of our houses. We can boil the oyster with the delicious spices & eat them without anything else.

Or you can boil these beautiful oysters & add them into your spaghetti or the vegetables salad. When you have some especial guests, you can design your table with these delicious & extraordinary seashells. Especially when you have some guests from Korea, you have to make foods with these oysters. Because the Korean people love these foods very much. If you don’t know how to make foods with these oyster mussel, you can search on the internet.

In this way, you can get new ideas & make some new foods for your family. On the other hand if you like seashells or oysters very much, you can decorate your house with them. For example, you can decorate your computer’s desk with the oysters. Also, you can decorate your room or pencil case with these beautiful & colorful oysters. The other way is that you can decorate your bed or other things with these oysters. 

• Does oyster shell raise PH in soil?

As I said in the before article, calcium carbonates are very useful for the soil & agriculture. Also, it is very affordable for the farmers who want to use this kind of oyster shell flour. According to this sentence oyster shell flour includes about 1 % phosphoric acid. This means that oyster shell flour are one of the calcium carbonate sources & phosphorus. If the farmers use these oyster shell for their souls, these oysters are going to increase the PH. Variable particle size provides both immediate & long term, slow release fertilization.

So, we understand that oyster shells are reacting look like the calcium carbonate. It means that when you want to prepare this kind of fertilizer for your soil, you can prepare one of them. Some shops don’t have both of them & you can buy each one you are going to find. On the other hand, using these kinds of fertilizer makes plants growing faster & in the best situation. By using this fertilizer, the plants can have a little calcium carbonate or phosphorous from them. So, every people who are going to use these products can improve the strong of their bodies. Make sure you are going to try them. 

• How to use oyster shells in the garden?

There are some moles & insects that are very harmful for the gardens, products or flowers. These things are going to damage your garden in the fast speed. So, you can use the oyster shell or calcium carbonate products. Now I’m going to tell you the oyster shells uses in the gardens. 

1. Dig a trench around the garden that you want to protect. The sizes of the trench should be about 2 feet deep & 6 inches wide. 

2. Fill the trench around the garden with the crushed seashells. 

3. Strong your trench or make it firm with the back of your rake or by walking over it. 

4. After that, cover the trench with a thin layer of the soil. This layer helps your family or pets or other animals to walk on it carefully without hurting their feet. 

5. Toss a handful of crushed seashells at the bottom of your planting holes. 

6. At the end, add a final layer of protection by sprinkling oyster shells on the soil surface surrounding vulnerable plants. 

These are the benefits of the oyster shells. In this way you can protect your soil against the moles & insects. On the other hand, you can protect your plants, products, flowers or other things with these fertilizers. 

• What is the fastest way to lower PH in soil?

In chemistry, PH is a scale or measure to identify the acidic or basic of a soil. The range of PH is about 0-14. A PH near to 0 is extremely acidic, a PH near to 14 is extremely basic & a PH near to 7 is natural. In gardening & agriculture, the PH of the farm is very important for growing plants & flowers. On the other hand it effects on the people, too. there are a lot of ways that you can lower the PH that is very important for the farmers:

1. You should test the PH. Before you are going to add something into your soil, examine that how much the number is far from your PH goal. 

2. Then, you should dig five small holes in the planting area. The sizes should about six to eight inches deep. In this way, you can find the average of the PH degree.

3. After that, mix the soils in the bucket & spread on newspaper to dry. Make sure your soil is going to be dry completely. In this way, you can continue the proceeds in the best way. 

4. Finally, you can use your testing kit to determine the precise PH level.There are some information about the crushed seashell that is good to know. 

   1. Oysters taste better in cooler weather. Oysters are going to spawn in the warm months of May, June, July & August. 

   2. Oysters are considered as the aphrodisiac. American & Italian researchers found that they are the source of amino acid & zinc. Amino acids are increasing the levels of the sex hormones. And zinc can produce the testosterone. 

   3. Eating oysters are very good & are the best choice. Seafood in this category is abundant, well-managed & caught or farmed in environmentally friendly ways.

   4. Oysters are good for the agriculture & your garden. Oyster shells have enough calcium that can balance the PH. Also, calcium helps build strong cell walls which leads to healthier plants. But don’t just throw them in your garden, you should ground them in the best way.  

• Are mussel shells good for the garden?

As I said in the last section, the kit of determining PH of the farm is different from each other. In the most common test kits, you’ll put a small amount of your soil in a test tube. Add a few drops of liquid solution, mix by shaking, & allow the mixture to settle for a few hours. If the color of the solution change, it means that you can determine your soil’s PH. Sometimes the PH of the soil is very low & you have to increase it.

Because your plants & products may not grow up in this PH. For this reason, you can use the different calcium carbonate brand name. Or you can use the mussel shells compost in the gardens. As I said, these mussel shells are full of calcium carbonate & this calcium carbonate are good for the increasing the soul’s PH. On the other hand, these calcium carbonates in the mussel shells are very good for growing the plants, products, flowers & trees. So, if you can’t find the calcium carbonate products in the shops or sites, you can use the mussel shells for your gardens or agriculture.

In this way, you can protect your soil in the best way. As I said before, oyster shells are full of calcium carbonates. In other ways, they are calcium carbonate sources. In this way, a lot of people like them very much because they are going improve the lack of calcium carbonates & other nutrients in the body. Oyster shells can help people to lose weight, fasten the metabolic activity, lower the cholesterol levels, decreasing the blood pressure, improve the immune functions, curing the wounds rapidly & reduce the osteoporosis. Here are the other benefits of the oyster shells. Stay with us.

1. Oysters are a source of zinc. As all people know, zinc is good for the growth & development, strength the immune system & fasten the healing.

2. Oysters have a lot of omega 3, potassium & magnesium. These vitamins are reducing the risk of heart attack, stroke & lower the blood pressure. 

3. Oysters can help people who have diets because they can lose their weights. Oysters are low in calories, low in fat & a good source for the protein. Protein helps you to feel full after eating the oysters. 

4. Oysters are full of vitamin A, E, C, zinc, iron, calcium, selenium & vitamin B12. 

• What is the oyster shell fertilizer benefits?

The benefits of the oyster shell fertilizer or the calcium carbonate shells are a lot. As we know many people around the world are using this kind of oyster shell fertilizer. Oyster shell fertilizers are one kind of natural fertilizer that people use them a lot, especially people of the Florida. These fertilizers are using for the aesthetic purposes, too.

Most of the people are using the eggshells & other compost materials into their garden. Using oyster shells as the nutrients is a great option. Crushed seashells or the oyster shell fertilizers are increasing the soil organic matter, phosphorous & exchangeable cations concentrations. These kinds of fertilizers are going to improve the soil PH nutrients & increasing the microbial biomass, it means the calcium & nitrogen. As I said before, they are going to improve the soil PH, soil chemical & biological properties.

These fertilizer benefits are going to improve the crop productivity. According to this sentence, farmers are using oyster crushed shells as an alternative liming material to restore the soil chemical & microbial properties. We can use oyster shells for both backyard gardens & agricultural operations. These fertilizers can release nutrients in the soil & balance the PH. As I said in the previous section, oyster shells have a lot of benefits.

I’m going to tell you the other benefits of the oysters again. Also, oysters can help people to improve their energy. Oysters are full of iron. This vitamin helps the body to transport oxygen the other cells of the body & producing more energy. Oysters can help the people to lower the cholesterol. It means that eating oysters can help to raise the HDLs (good cholesterol levels) & lower the LDLs (bad cholesterol levels). According to these benefits, we can understand that seafood are very good for all of people from the younger ones to the older ones. You can prepare these kind of seafood from the wholesalers.

Some wholesalers are good for the people who want to buy the seafood in a large number. Especially the people who have business in selling the seafood.

You have to find a good wholesaler because it is very important to buy the high quality seafood. Some wholesalers don’t bring the high quality seafood. So, you have to understand which oyster shell is good to buy. But there are a lot of wholesalers that are selling good high quality oyster shells.