Believe it or not, leftover water from boiling your eggs is useful! Many DIY tricks are the go-to when you’re looking for cost-effective and easy ways to achieve everyday tasks. One that we — and most likely, you will — find very surprising is the application of egg water to plants because of its golden content — calcium.
Eggs are an everyday food staple all around the world. It is highly likely that not a week passes by that the average person wouldn’t have boiled eggs!
However, just that many people also throw out the water used to boil the eggs because very few to none are aware of its potency when it comes to gardening.
Eggshells contain a tremendous amount of calcium, protein, and small amounts of other minerals, like strontium, fluoride, magnesium, and selenium.
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These beneficial components seep from the eggshells into the surrounding water during boiling, making it useful to plants.
Plants love calcium because it helps regulate the soil (neutral soil pH is between 6.0 and 6.5), providing them with the perfect soil conditions to help them absorb the nutrients efficiently.
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