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soil Oyster shells for soil amendment?

Just curious if anyone has every used oyster shells in their garden as an amendment. I was talking to a farmer that buys oyster shells from the agriculture store to feed his chickens. I was thinking that maybe a bag divided up in my gardens, might be helpful. I would till it in this fall, once I do my final harvest for the season. I was thinking of using it as a slow release calcium fertilizer.
 
That was my thoughts. I'm going to give it a try and see how it works. There is a store in town that sells 25kg bags for feeding chickens. One bag should be more than enough for my garden.
 
shaggs2riches said:
The drainage part would be a plus too. My soil is pretty heavy and I am slowly working to change that. This might serve more than one purpose.
 

Not going to tell you how to suck eggs but if drainage is an issue I know double digging works well on heavy soils. If you dump organic matter into the ditches it gets better, nothing too woody though.
 
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