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News India Live, Digital Desk: Gardening Tips: Often we hear in homes that egg peels should not be thrown, they act as very good manure for plants. Many of us also do this. After using the egg, wash the remaining peels, dry it and mash it by hand and put it in the soil of the pot. We feel that we are giving a ‘superfood’ to our plants, but have you ever thought how much it really benefits the plants? Is this method really correct? What happens in the peels? There is no doubt that egg peels are the treasure of calcium carbonate. And plants also need calcium for their growth, to strengthen their cells, just like our bones. It was here that the perception became very beneficial for egg peels plants. So where is the mess? When we put thick pieces of hand-mashed peels into the soil, we forget a very big thing. The calcium carbonate present in the egg peels breaks very slowly. It may take months, even years to get available to the soil by completely dissolving for plants. By the time it reaches the roots of the calcium plant, perhaps the need of that plant is over. So, in a way, thick peel is just like making the soil slightly or chunky, it is not an immediate effect. What is the right way to use egg peels? Wash the used peels and dry it thoroughly in the sun, so that there is no moisture in them. Create them. Now put these dried peels in a mixer or grinder and make a very fine powder, as fine as you can, like flour. The more fine the powder is, the sooner it will penetrate the soil and the roots of the plants will reach the roots. Some people dissolve this powder in water and put it in the plants, which causes its effect even more quickly. Next time when you think of putting egg peel in your plants, remember – Remember – only the mind will be shocked, the plants will not get the plants. The real advantage is hidden in fine powder itself