Re: [CH]V6 #190 Epsom Salts

Cameron Begg (begg.4@osu.edu)
Wed, 24 May 2000 08:22:04 -0400

Hi C-H's,
Keith wrote:

>Epsom salts are recommended as a spray onto Tomatoes to prevent magnesium
>deficiency, this is seen as yellowing of the leaves in-between the leaf
>veins. Standard Tomato food makes this problem worse, not better.

Any tomato food worthy of the name will contain sufficient Mg for 
tomatoes and peppers.

>Spray is at 25gms per litre of warm water, spray weekly until runoff occurs.

Sounds like too much to me. Of course he's in the UK so most of it 
will be washed away!
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                      Regards,               Cameron.