Is Epsom Salt Beneficial for Organic Gardening?
Can Epsom salt fix Magnesium deficiencies? Can you Fight Diseases by the Foliar Application of Epsom Salt? Does Epsom Salt help Increase Nutrient Absorption and Yields of garden Plants? Will it help me Grow Tastier Tomatoes and Sweeter Fruit? Dr. Linda Chalker-Scotts paper on Epsom Salt http://puyallup.wsu.edu/~Linda%20Chalker-Scott/Horticultural%20Myths_files/Myths/magazine%20pdfs/EpsomSalts.pdf If your into Organic Gardening and a part of one of the many online communities you have no doubt come across claims surrounding the use of Epsom salt in the garden. As you know I have been putting garden practices and claims to the test to see which ones are supported by science and which ones are not. For example the science behind the use of coffee grounds in the garden is supported whereas the use of cold coffee to fertilize and lower the pH around your blueberries is not. Today we are going to see if Epsum salt really good for your garden? Epsom salt is made of magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) when dissolved in water it releases Magnesium and Sulphur. Magnesium and Sulphur are both essential elements for plant growth and production. Magnesium playing a key role in chlorophyll and sulphur plays a key role in amino acids. [2][3] It would seem logical that more Magnesium and Sulphur in the soil would help your plants and support these claims right? Lets talk about a few of these claims and for the purpose of discussion focus on Magnesium. Magnesium Deficiencies Thumbnail Credit: http://www.urban-wellness.ca/rmt-tip-the-epsom-salt-bath/
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How about disolving aspirin into a gallon of water, and applying that aspirin water to your tomato plant, when they are first planted, to protect against disease?
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I use Epsom Salt to aid in blooming which obviously increases my yield. Once my tomato plants start producing they continue throughout the fall. I always have fresh tomatoes in abundance on Thanksgiving and, depending on the temperatures, into December. I attribute this to my application of Epsom Salt every six weeks, once the plants are mature.
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Boring
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We grew our garden using epsom salts (just spread on the soil around the base of the plants) and banana peels buried between plants. Our garden went nuts. We only had one cucumber plant but there were so many that we were giving them away And the cucumbers were gigantic. And so tasty. We had tomatoes, celery, basil, parsley, peppermint, spearmint, kolrabi and marigolds that all went nuts. Our green and red peppers and our onions did not do so well,,,they stayed tiny but edible. Here it is Octobe
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Very interesting. Nice work. Another myth roundly extinguished. Once again organic materials like well composted leaves, horse manure, worm castings and natural minerals like Azomite or rock dust come out on top as dictated by common sense. Synthetic sucks and isolated, processed chemicals are unnatural, harsh, unbalanced and often toxic. Oh and they make lots of money on the backs of the health of the population. What a shock. Any two year old could tell you the same. But it's still nice when science finally catches up with preschool. :)
Supermarket food is massively deficient and organic (real organic) is king. Whoda thunk? You know, our deficient food may actually be responsible for the major common sense deficit of at least half of the US population. By jove, Watson, we may be onto something. The game is afoot..........! -
Have you ever thought about doing a test on the Back to Eden garden method using woodchips
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Great video, thank you for setting the record straight about the "1 tbsp per gallon" myth. At most you should use 1/2 tsp per gallon and that is for magnesium deficient soil. Since the link is broken, here it is: https://puyallup.wsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/403/2015/03/epsom-salts.pdf
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Here's a potential item to test out: Baking soda.
There's claims that it'll make things such as tomatoes taste sweeter. -
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Great Information... really helpful...
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apply fertilizer once every few years making sure your dirt is able to hold water
then dry out otherwise it will drain away with the water - copper sulfate every year spray on FRUIT TREES
as well as iron and magnesium every two three years -
does it work for purple branches/stems ?
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so how can I used it? in the ground or dissolve when watering?
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I was a simple question
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Great video. I use epsom salt in my garden if it appears the young plants are not appearing to grow as quickly as I think they should. I simply put the epsom salt in my hand and cast it around the plants. Rapid growth always follows and production is heavy. My garden is rabbit manure compost and I'm here in Texas.
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thank you for the valuable information.
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You have said, our home garden soils are usually not deficient in magnesium. Humans are most deficient in iodine and magnesium. What are your thoughts on "Do these two have anything to do with the use of Epsom salt in our foods growing soil"? Also, can atmosphere, altitude, plant stress have anything to do with the affectiveness of Epsom salt usage? I would think the deficiencies depends on the original souls used in raised beds, and how that soil is upkept as well as the demand on the soil of those plants in those beds. How can we attribute the obvious quality of results from Epsom salt home trials, to the actual usage of Epsom salt itself. There can be so many variables in these experiments, yet home Gardner's are finding good results when using Epsom salt. Thank you for the info.
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Dear sir Thank You Very much for sharing video. I have one question. I have in my back yard wooden bed to the size8feet x 4feet
In half of area i.e. in 4feet x 4feet I have planted papper plant & in renaming half I have planted Fotomat plant Papper plants are just 6 inch taller & tomato plants are around 1 feet tall with few yellow flowers.Both the plant seeds are from general grocery store.. I am seeking guidance for how can I add Epsom Salt , What should be the procedure, How-much in quantity , can I use 2 liter plastic bottle to spry dissolved Epsom Salt. Your gudience will be highly appreciated. Thanking you in advance. -
I agree with your take on the benefits of Epsom salt in a regular garden but what about the plants that are grown in containers? IMO the soil will be depleted of magnesium quite fast and its my opinion a foliar or direct application would be helpful... Your thoughts on this?
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