{"id":11545,"date":"2022-03-01T02:44:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T02:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecofamilylife.com\/?p=11545"},"modified":"2022-03-01T02:46:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T02:46:27","slug":"microwaving-egg-shells-for-compost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecofamilylife.com\/garden\/microwaving-egg-shells-for-compost\/","title":{"rendered":"Microwaving Egg Shells for Compost | Should you do it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Some people have been discussing microwaving egg shells before composting them or putting them into worm farms. There is no need to microwave eggs for compost to kill off bacteria. The small amount of bacteria in egg shells will disappear into your compost or worm farm and will be balanced out by the other bacteria species.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can oven bake egg shells to dry them out and make it easier to crush them. Crushing egg shells will help them to break down faster. It can take months for worms and soil bacteria to break down half egg shells but if you bake and crush them they will disappear in the mix within weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n