Gardening Articles: Care :: Soil, Water, & Fertilizer Fertilize
with Epsom Salts by Charlie Nardozzi Spray a solution of Epsom
salts to quickly boost magnesium levels in leaves After working
with home gardeners for more than 10 years, I know that they
love to use home remedies on their plants. From setting out beer
traps for slugs to hanging bars of soap to repel deer, if the
household product seems to work, gardeners try it. That's why I
was intrigued by the often-mentioned idea of using Epsom salts
as a fertilizer. Gardeners apply it to tomatoes, peppers, and
roses, hoping to produce more flowers, greener plants, and
higher yields. You can use it to improve magnesium content if
you know you have a soil that's deficient in that element, but
home gardeners are most likely to apply Epsom salts to peppers,
tomatoes, and roses. I wanted to find out if it really works and
learn the best ways to apply it for best growth, so last summer
I asked some of our test gardeners (home gardeners who tested
seeds and product