Epsom Salt in the garden?

[Beekissed]

Done and done...foliar spray is done. Now, if that doesn't correct the poor growth and yellow leaves on some of the hot peppers, then it's a phosphorus deficiency and I'll proceed from there.

The sweet peppers look great but the hot peppers leave much to be desired right now, even though they are blooming....should I pinch those off? These plants are only about 4-6 in. high.

 

[valley ranch]

Gave the peppers all a nice bath of Epsom, it has such a good reputation.

We had to turn on the fence charger, there was a rabbit having breakfast in the garden the other morning. He stayed for dinner.

 

[Beekissed]

Love it! How did you prepare him? I LOVE me some good rabbit.

 

[valley ranch]

Nothing fancy, spiced and fryed on a bed of rice pilaf, with a merlot.

 

[Beekissed]

That sounds fancy to me!!! And sounds simply delicious!

 

[ccheek]

I kinda cheated. I pour Epsom Salt on the ground around the base of my tomatoes and peppers before I watered this morning. Not sure how much will make it to the plant, but we'll see. I'll make some spray this weekend just for good measure. So, people have been talking about how great this stuff is on peppers and tomatoes.... are there any other plants that anyone has tried? Successes? Failures?

 

[Beekissed]

I sprayed everything last night....I'll let you know! Even sprayed some of the apple trees.

 

[ninnymary]

I don't want to move my wood chips back so that I can sprinkle the epsom salts.

Can I just fill up my watering can, add a little epsom salts and water my plants this way? I don't have a sprayer to use. If so, how much should I use in a 2 gallon can?

Mary

 

[Beekissed]

You can put the epsom salts right on top of the wood chips and they will filter down when you water or it rains. If you want to add it to water, they recommend 1-2 tablespoons per gallon. I just dump some in until I feel like it's enough...I'm not much on measuring things.

 

[Smart Red]

Nothing fancy, spiced and fryed on a bed of rice pilaf, with a merlot.

While I posted that I 'like' valley ranch's post, I actually would have liked it had I been there for supper. I could have brought the Merlot.