1 tablespoon/15ml of Epsom salts in one gallon/5 litres of water. Spray on foliage or pour over using the fine hose on your watering can. Very cheap, very simple and won't do any harm.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Working at ICI you picked up all kinds of useless knowledge .
MgSO4 Epsom salts, magnesium sulfer ( sulphur ) oxygen. Good for potato's tomato's roses carrots peppers even fruit trees, it is a trace element of chlorophyll and takes in moisture from air hence the good effect it has on green leaves. It does not alter the PH of soil, only affecting the leaves of acid loving plants, as with all things there are a few myths connected to it.
Topping up my tomato pots every few weeks with good compost a spray with Epsom salts does wonders, easily soluble in water two tablespoons to a large watering can does the job.
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1 tablespoon/15ml of Epsom salts in one gallon/5 litres of water. Spray on foliage or pour over using the fine hose on your watering can. Very cheap, very simple and won't do any harm.
Steve the GV......not sure whether it works or not but its a good excuse to have a soak in the bath in peace for half an hour
What actually are Epsom Salts?
Where does the Epsom bit originate from?
Detox, never heard of it, Are they drunk plants then
Tootles - they originated from a spring in Epsom, hence the name. Mix of magnesium and sulphur and oxygen apparently.
Working at ICI you picked up all kinds of useless knowledge .
MgSO4 Epsom salts, magnesium sulfer ( sulphur ) oxygen. Good for potato's tomato's roses carrots peppers even fruit trees, it is a trace element of chlorophyll and takes in moisture from air hence the good effect it has on green leaves. It does not alter the PH of soil, only affecting the leaves of acid loving plants, as with all things there are a few myths connected to it.
Topping up my tomato pots every few weeks with good compost a spray with Epsom salts does wonders, easily soluble in water two tablespoons to a large watering can does the job.
Frank.
thanks, Bob, Ob and Frank! Two lessons in one thread!