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Originally Posted by Richard
 Oh my, what some people will pay ...
Anyway, common crab shells are about 2% Nitrogen, 3.5% Phosphate, plus Calcium and trace amounts of Potash and other minerals. If I were going to use it, I'd put it in a flower bed. It breaks down slowly and is not going to burn your plants -- provided you spread it out thinly. |
I add crab shell as well as egg shells to my soil for the the above reasons and everything is thriving.