Just wondering about this. A friend on FB said something about using Epsom Salt watering house plants. I did a google search and supposedly people use it to water their garden. What ever minerals it has is good for plants. I am going to try it. It's a tablespoon per gallon. Anyone ever hear of this? Or anyone use it already??
we use Epsom salts throughout the grow season in the garden. I have for decades...
We mix it in with the fertilizer that we line the bottom of the holes with when setting tomatoes, peppers, eggplant into the soil.
That is approx. a tablespoon of Epsom to two tablespoons of Organic Chicken fert.
Magnesium Sulfate
Epsom Salts is...Magnesium Sulfate
if your plant's leaves turn yellow all over the plant, it can be a sign they need more sulfate. If lower leaves turn yellow between the veins (that is the veins stay green), they may need more magnesium....and you have the cure all in one with Epsom
On the epsom salts bag (the brand we purchase) it says to add 1 tablespoon per foot height of plants....
we do a mid-season side dressing of fertilizer and Epsom too...
then there is blight..all I can say is this..
We had blight really bad a couple years back..the foliage was dead from the ground..about half way up..
I mixed 1 cup of Epsom into 5 gallons of water...over sprayed (literally BOMBED) the plants with the spray..
1 week later, the plants had recovered..and although the bottom of the plants had no leaves..the rest of the plants grew and flourished..
like a miracle...
Epsom has these benefits...
• Helps plants absorb phosphorous
• Increases a plant’s natural resistance to disease
• Absorbed by both the leaves and the roots
Now, I don't believe that Epsom has any anti-fungal properties..
I just believe that any plant you use it on grows healthier.... because it boosts chlorophyll production and that boosts the energy from light that it gets ...making them a beautiful lush green color agree
here's one of many links out there W8in
www.harvesttotable.com/2012/08/epsom-salt-tomato-and-pepper-growing/
