[CH] Epsom Salts
Byron Bromley (Byron.Bromley@gsd-co.com)
Tue, 16 May 2000 21:32:35 -0400
FYI
A note from a friend that has a big green house
ES when used with care and in the proper amounts can supply magnesium and in
so doing, increase the uptake of calcium, so if your soil is magnesium
deficient, it can be of benefit.
But the blanket and repeated application of it by so many without knowing
first of a deficiency and without regard for it's side-effects and proper
amounts can cause many different problems including killing the plants. I
know that I will hear from it's devotees on this but having just gotten home
from making 2 house calls on greenhouse clients who, between the 2 of them,
managed to kill some 80 tomato plants and 12 pepper plants by adding varying
amounts of ES (one added 1/2 cup and the other 1/2 cup of ES and 1/2 cup of
bone meal) to each planting holes - I'm currently on my soapbox so please
bear with me!
Both argued that "they had 'heard' how good it was and so if a little was
good, alot was even better". Can you imagine the amount of salt that put in
each of those planting holes?! And then they wonder why all their plants
died.
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Byron