Yes, there seem to be good, relevant reasons for using Epsom salts for plants. Epsom salt helps improve flower blooming and enhances a plant’s green color. It can even help plants grow bushier. Epsom salt is made up of hydrated magnesium sulfate (magnesium and sulfur), which is important to healthy plant growth.
Why Put Epsom Salts on Plants?
Why not? Even if you don’t believe in its effectiveness, it never hurts to try it. Magnesium allows plants to better take in valuable nutrients, like nitrogen and phosphorus. It also helps in the creation of chlorophyll, which is vital for photosynthesis. In addition, magnesium greatly improves a plant’s ability to produce flowers and fruit. If the soil becomes depleted of magnesium, adding Epsom salt will help; and since it poses little danger of overuse like most commercial fertilizers, you can use it safely on nearly all your garden plants.
Makes Plants Greener
Epsom salt makes greener plants. Magnesium, one of the main elements of Epsom salt, is said to make plants greener. It does this because magnesium is useful in the plants' creation of chlorophyll, which is what determines a plant's leaf color, and ultimately results in the plant's foliage appearing lusher. Chlorophyll is also important for the plant to photosynthesize, a process that enables the plant to make food and energy for itself.
Deters Pests
Epsom salt can help to deter some garden pests, including voles and slugs. Treating your plants with Epsom salts may decrease numbers of slugs in your garden, but it likely won’t be the miracle pest deterrent you are hoping for. Realistically, if you are looking to treat your pest problem, then Epsom salts should not be your first port of call, however, if you are using Epsom salts to help your roses grow, then their ability to discourage some pests from setting up camp is a beneficial side effect.
Neutralizes Soil pH
If you have a high soil pH in excess of 7.5 pH, then adding Epsom salts to it could help to neutralize it. Many plants will struggle to grow in soils that are too alkaline, and so reducing the pH level of the soil in these instances will be very beneficial. The Epsom salts should be worked into the soil, and will gradually increase the acidity of the soil over time.
Balances Nutrient Levels
Epsom salts can help balance nutrient levels in particular types of soils. If your plants are not performing well and you suspect a nutrient deficiency, you can get your soil tested to find out what is missing. Magnesium is a common nutrient that is deficient in agricultural soil or soil, which has been overworked, and it will need replacing to ensure plants growing in that soil remain healthy. If the magnesium levels of your soil have been depleted from years of growing tomatoes, for example, then supplementing your soil with Epsom salts could balance out the nutrient levels and improve future crops.
How Much Epsom Salt For Plants
There are many different ways to use Epsom salts in the garden, and the ratio you can use will differ depending on the application method, and the plants you are treating.
For a general Epsom salt supplement that can be used in the garden and on houseplants, use two tablespoons of Epsom salt per gallon of water, and use this to water your plants once each month in between regular watering. For roses, work in half a cup of Epsom salts around the base of the plant to encourage new growth and flowering.
When initially planting roses, it is recommended that you add one spoon of Epsom salts to the hole before lowering the plant in. Shrubs, including azaleas and rhododendrons, can benefit from an Epsom salt feed once a month, while trees can be treated with Epsom salts around three times each year.
How to Apply Epsom Salt to Plants
Mix Epsom salt with water in required amount, then spray it on the leaves of a plantMix in the required amount of Epsom salt with water and spray it on the leaves of a plant
Epsom salts in the garden are most commonly used as a foliar spray. You simply mix in the required amount of Epsom salt with water and spray it on the leaves of a plant. Ideally, do this in springtime just as new leaves are emerging, and again after blooming. Epsom salts can also be added to water and used as a soil drench, watering the plant at the soil level. When planting, you can add Epsom salts directly to the soil, or work it into the soil without diluting it in water first.
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