Epsom Salt in the garden?

[Nyboy]

Or use your epsom salted bath water to water garden.

 

[Beekissed]

Now, I LOVE that idea! I'm going to be bathing my granddaughter in epsom salts later on and I just may try to save some of that water and use it. It will have a mild baby shampoo in it that just may help with bugs as well. And all those good little girl germs can't go amiss either....'specially if she pees in the water!

 

[Beekissed]

I have heard good things about it, and even bought some for my garden this year.... put it up and forgot I had it come planting time. I'm guessing I will copy @Beekissed and spray it on my plants. Hopefully that will help some at least....

@ccheek, "they" say it works best if done early in the morning or at dusk when the stomata are more open and able to absorb nutrients better.

 

[Carol Dee]

Time to get out the Epsom salts, I think I still have some....somewhere.

 

[Nyboy]

I remember a gardener using the water, after washing dishes. I forgot what the old dish soap helped,

 

[ccheek]

@Beekissed, I water my garden in the morning (although thanks to the Lord and some mulch my chickens help me make I have only had to water it twice this whole year) so that'll be perfect! Thanks for the idea.

 

[so lucky]

Can you over dose on the Epsom salts? Anyone know what adding too much would do to the plant?

 

[Beekissed]

This link states very little information on that....

http://www.haifa-group.com/knowledg...equirements/nutritional_disorders_in_peppers/

http://www.spectrumanalytic.com/support/library/ff/Mg_Basics.htm

Toxicity
Magnesium toxicity's are rare. Crops grown on heavy Montmorillonite clay soils that have been poorly fertilized with potassium may exhibit excesses of Magnesium in their tissue. But, before the tissue level approaches toxicity, Potassium deficiency will occur. Higher tissue levels of Magnesium are usually found in the older leaves on the plant and may be associated with diseased or damaged leaves

 

[Smart Red]

Geez, here I have been wasting all that good stuff by soaking around in it !
Gonna go right out and sprinkle some around my weak looking tomato (only one looks anemic -?) and peppers!!

Soak first and then use it as a foliar spray in the garden. No need to waste it.

 

[Jeni Ann]

Soak first and then use it as a foliar spray in the garden. No need to waste it.

Oh Red! You are so smart!