Can I use sea shells as a garden mulch? have lots of shells from beach?

Have lots of shells from beach. Asked by Lj 47 months ago Similar Questions: sea shells garden mulch lots beach Recent Questions About: sea shells garden mulch lots beach Home > Patio, Lawn & Garden.

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It's up to you, but there are things to consider... Keep in mind that whatever you mulch with will eventually get ground into the dirt, unless you remove it. This means that eventually your garden dirt will be full of seashells. This can have a few possibly-unexpected side effects... 1.

Seashells are usually made of a calcium-rich substance that the creature exudes to protect itself. Does your garden need a lot of calcium? Some plants like it, but others will not do so well, so it depends on what you're growing, but I don't know any plants that need *that much* of it.

Many plants like a neutral or slightly acidic soil, but shells will make your soil quite basic as the calcium dissolves in the rain. 2. Shells can be heavy.

They may weigh down the soil, and plants don't grow so well unless they have room and light fluffy soil to stretch their roots out in. Plants don't push their roots through packed soil as much as they grow through gaps in the soil, which is why many people try to avoid stepping in the garden. Most mulch is lightweight (think straw, newspaper, black plastic, or woodchips) for this reason.

3. Similar to #2, but shells are like spoon-shaped rocks, as far as plants are concerned. Wherever the shells get mixed in with the soil, plants will not be able to send roots.

Many people try very hard to dig all the rocks out of a garden, and I would hesitate to put something like rocks back in the garden soil. Consider these things, and the plants that you want to grow, and the overall size of the shells (small and fine? Big and clunky?

) before deciding to use them. Once you put them out, they might be hard to re-collect if you change your mind. :) Sources: home gardener :) laureth's Recommendations Improving Your Soil: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-202 (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin, a-202) Amazon List Price: $3.95 Used from: $3.55 Gardening Success with Difficult Soils: Limestone, Alkaline Clay, and Caliche Soils Amazon List Price: $18.95 Used from: $14.35 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 2 reviews) .

YES I used to live in Brick town N. J which borders PT. Pleasant N.J. Very beachy area completely surrounded by water.

I saw seashells used alot in their landscapes it looked great! .

1 Please note that when I think of "mulch," I think of a substance spread over the ground to some degree of thickness to keep out weeds, much like other ways gardenerd use mulch, and am not thinking of the occasional seashell as a decorative touch (which would not be mulch).

Please note that when I think of "mulch," I think of a substance spread over the ground to some degree of thickness to keep out weeds, much like other ways gardenerd use mulch, and am not thinking of the occasional seashell as a decorative touch (which would not be mulch).

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