Have you ever used Epsom Salts in your garden? How did it work out for you, if you did?

This weekend I added a Gypsy Pepper to the garden family, so I was sitting here on Google this morning seeing what I could learn about this new green child of mine.In the process, I came across this article: doityourself.com/stry/fertilizeepsomsalts -- Fertilize with Epsom Salts. Some of the issues it describes are issues in my container garden - I know that the tomatoes, especially, get magnesium-hungry as the season progresses. I plan on trying this.

Have any of you ever used Epsom salts in the garden? How did it work out for you if you did? Asked by laureth 43 months ago Similar questions: Epsom Salts garden work Home > Patio, Lawn & Garden.

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Very successfully - on geraniums! Yes, Epson Salts has a goodly amount of magnesium in it in a soluble form. It has been very effective for me.My geraniums, and pelegoniums, as well as other plants (both in pots and in the earth) that have gone yellow and 'weedy', really appreciate a good dose of salts!

I have not used it as a general fertilizer - that is an interesting idea that I shall bear in mind. Note, I used to live in a heavy clay soil region in Oxford, UK. I now live on sand in south-west France - the only things that grow here without help are pine trees, gorse, broom, brambles and bracken!

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I use it on my roses Back in 10-10, I read an article in the SF Chronicle by Rayford Reddell about a "diet" for roses which involved changing the feeding of roses thorugh the year. It said that the epsom salts activates plant enzymes essential to the growth process. I do not know or understand the chemistry involved but I do know the roses like it!

I have my David Austin New English roses in the ground and they bloom heavily (ATL, GA) from April to first hard frost. Diet for roses: Feed in the first and third weeks of the month, water in fertizers and epsom salts well. March and April First week of month feed with nitrogen fert.31-0-0 or 21-0-0 or 15.5 -0-0 Third week 3/4 C epsom salts May and June First week feed with balanced fertilizer 10-10-10 or 15-15-15 or 20-20-20 Third week 1/2 Cup epsom salts July and August First week feed with balanced fertilizer 10-10-10 or 15-15-15 or 20-20-20 Third week feed with fish emulsion (2 teaspoon in two gallons of water) September and October First week feed with 0-10-10 Third week feed with fish emulsion (2 teaspoon in two gallons of water) unixcorn's Recommendations David Austin's English Roses: Glorious New Roses for American Gardens Amazon List Price: $410-10 Used from: $10-10 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 7 reviews) I adore these roses.

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