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title: "I found a huge bag of various ocean creature shells while thrifting…"
description: "I found a huge bag of various ocean creature shells while thrifting yesterday. Have any of you ever used smashed-up shells as a soil amendment? I didn’t see…"
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author: "Dave_opuntiaface"
published: "2023-10-29T17:14:07.483Z"
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# I found a huge bag of various ocean creature shells while thrifting…

_Posted by Dave\_opuntiaface on 2023-10-29_

I found a huge bag of various ocean creature shells while thrifting yesterday. Have any of you ever used smashed-up shells as a soil amendment? I didn’t see any real complicated side effects when reading about that subject. Thanks!

## 3 comments

### Mullein commented on 2023-10-29

I think oyster shells are used as an amendment for some vegetative plants to add calcium or for pH sensitive plants that like or change color in basic soil

### Plant Father commented on 2023-10-29

i’ve never tried it but i can’t imagine crushed shells being much different than coarse sand, shells are after all a huge portion of beach sand

### Cherrybergher commented on 2023-10-30

I have used crushed up shells in my succulents and found no issues.

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