Eggshell Seed Starters

Step 2: Prepare the eggshells

If you eat eggs, then save the eggshells when you use them. If you don't eat eggs, ask a friend to save the shells and carton for you.

1. Carefully crack the top third of the egg. You can do this by tapping the egg on the edge of a bowl, or tapping with a sharp knife.

2. Empty out the eggshells completely.

3. Wash the eggshells out well.

Optional step: If you are concerned about salmonella on the eggshells, put the empty eggshells in a pot of boiling water for a few minutes.

Comments

[shantr0n]

D'you think one could use hard-boiled eggs for this? Or does it not matter?

Awesome instructable -I'm definitely doin' it when I get back from a trip so I can have my own li'l herb garden =)

[Lady Dawn]

I think hard boiled eggs would be way easier. You can cut off the top and spoon it out. It's hard to break a raw egg in the right way. It also eliminates the salmonella threat.

And before planting you can easily crack the bottomside of the shell by tapping it on the ground and roots will have no problems breaking through.

I like this idea. :D

[Hebinho]

I'm using the cardboard packaging directly and have good results!

When having reached the right size, the cardboard sections are cut into separate "pots" and planted "as is".

Roots are getting through the material apparently without any great efforts.

[millardjk]

I suspect that it would be very difficult to remove the shell in a sufficiently intact fashion from a hard-boiled egg.

[brian3140]

no it think the idea was to use the egg as a growth medium. that'd bee sick. ima try it

[ac-dc]

rotting egg bacteria and mold would destroy the plant... they can resist some but not that much