See What Happens When You Add Epsom Salt to Your Plants
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- Опубліковано 11 кві 2018
- Epsom-salt is a natural mineral that was first discovered in Epsom, England. People typically use Epsom-salt in the bathroom to relieve aches and pains or internally as a laxative, but it is also a garden additive that expert gardeners swear by. It can help you produce lush, healthy plants, flowers and trees.
Here Are 7-Amazing Reasons to use Epsom-salt in your garden.
1.Make fruit Sweeter.
Epsom-salt, when added to trees, bushes and vines that produce fruit, boosts the chlorophyll inside the plant. When plants have more chlorophyll, they have more energy, when they have more energy, they produce more sugar. More-sugar means sweeter fruit for you to enjoy.
2.Tree stump remover.
Tree stump removal can be costly, but if you don't have the money to get a stump removed, let Epsom-salt come to your rescue. Simply drill few holes into the stump and fill in the holes with Epsom-salt. In weeks, the stump will begin rotting.
3.Epsom-salt increases Nutrient Absorption.
Many commercial fertilizers add magnesium to help plant roots take up vital nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur.) For those using all organic materials to feed their gardens, adding Epsom-salt to soil will improve absorption naturally, eliminating the need for processed chemical-fertilizers.
4.Lush lawn fertilizer.
If your lawn isn't lush and beautiful, it probably needs a little magnesium in its life. To perk-up grass, add 3-pounds of Epsom-salt to every 1,250 square feet of grass and then water your-lawn.
5.Beautiful blooming roses
Ever wonder why your neighbor’s rose bushes are fuller than yours and sport so many more blossoms? It is highly likely that the answer is Epsom-salt. Epsom-salt to rose bushes encourages them to produce larger flowers with darker, deeper colors. To incorporate Epsom-salt to your rose bush's diet, add it at the time of planting and when flowers are in bloom.
6.Keep leaves green
Plants that aren’t getting enough magnesium can be identified by their yellowing leaves. This is because magnesium is an essential component in the production of chlorophyll. Try sprinkling Epsom-salt around your plants to achieve healthier foliage. About 1-tablespoon per 12-inches of height once a month will benefit the plants in your vegetable-garden, as well as any trees, shrubs, flowers and grasses you want to green-up.
And 7. Produce abundant nightshades.
Many people enjoy growing plants from the nightshade family such as peppers, tomatoes, eggplants and potatoes. All nightshades need a lot of magnesium, so that they produce greater yields. Epsom-salt also helps improve the flavor of nightshades. To ensure the nightshades you grow in your home garden are abundant and tasty.
add 1-tablespoon of Epsom-salt to your peppers and tomatoes by sprinkling it around the base of the plant. If you want the salt to dissolve more-quickly, add it to a gallon of water and water the plants with the mixture. You should continue to add the Epsom-salt to your plants every 2-weeks.
Now if you have any better ideas and suggestion of using Epsom-salt in your garden, please share them in the comments below.
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My Mother always got compliments for her beautiful flower beds. She used Epsom salt, manure and bone meal and a lot of love and attention to her green children. She's in Heaven now still tending her garden and flowers. 🌷🌱🍅🍒🌽😊
That's beautiful 💗
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My mom is probably up there with her. She had to plant a total new one as after she went in nsg home friends helped me dig up her lilies (many different kinds & colors) & rose bush. All are doing well here. When roses started to bloom recently I thought how much mom would have loved to have seen it. She joined my dad & our good Lord on Thanksgiving 2019. I was grateful she didn't have to go thru the COVID spread. PTL
@@pennyhickok1735 💗🙏
@@pennyhickok1735 I'm sure she is. One thing I always bested Mom at were roses. My method was to cut off a fading bloom back to the first stem that had five leaves. Simple. When I'm working in the yard I feel like she's there with me. ⚘
I bath in Epsom salt water then carry it out and put it on my plants....the cleaner I am the better they grow....imagine that! It's a win win.
your shedded skin helps too.
@@dundeeecroc Ok, you're kidding now, right??? 😲 💖A
@@agbabon LOL, yes
I recently started using my kids bath water and haven't turned on the lawn hose in weeks!!!
Hello, i'm from the U K and grow my own food plants. I feed my tomatoes with Epsom salts 2 or 3 times a year through the growing season. The first about 1 month after planting in their final position in the greenhouse and the other one or two times throughout the growth of the plant. Tomatoes will take up nitrogen to the detriment of magnesium and form week yellowing leaves. Add Epsom salts to keep the plants green and healthy. I put about 4 oz Epsom salts in a gallon of water and water the roots at the base of the plant. Do this on a dull cloudy day and not in bright sunshine, or you risk burning the plants.
Thank you! Always wondered why my Mom put this in the hole when planting her tomatoes! 💖A
Thank ypu so much for this info
Hello from SE England. I do this too and they taste so sweet. Happy farming
I’ve just moved to my first garden property. I’ve started potting plants and will now add some Epsom salts once a month to see how well it works. Thanks for information and tips. 👀👍🏾
Thanks I have a garden so I love the tips how to use the salts thanks for sharing 🙂
Great information!
Thanks thisbwas freat advice for Roses
Great information, I will use and share this to my many friends.
Great information
Thank you going to try it
Thank you very much
Thank you so much for producing this video! You just saved me a whole lot of time! 💖A
Thanks for sharing ! But as applied to most things, we can use it in moderation. Happy growing and keep on gardening!
Very helpful 💃
Thank you for sharing
Thank you for all your fine wisdom.❤️
thank you, gonna do it now
Thank you explain Exsom salt using garden 👍🙏🏻
Aachi suchana
I’ve been using epsom salt for years but didn’t know there were so many reasons to! Thanks for sharing
There are no reasons, these are all theories. Consume magnesium glycinate/picolinate chelate, not this weird Epsom salt. Consume your nutrients through your stomach not skin.
@@MobileAura what?? 🤣
@@cassandrastillman8796 🤣
Nice video
Hmmmm I've never even heard of this one like, is it defo worth doing for every grow?
I wish the video showed before and after pictures of actual plants.
Good job .short and sweat
Amazing I'm learning
Can you tell how often we apply Epsom salt .I grew a lot Dragon fruits and I want they sweet more sweet.Tia
It's interesting how you can get rid of a tree stump by putting salt on it to make it rot, but it's great for grass and plants.
Because it's magnesium sulfate, not "salt."
It’s good when you apply it around the plants to let it soak into the roots. It works different when you put the salt on the drilled holes on the tree stump. Be careful though on the amount you use because over applying the salt can burn and kill the plants, and not to apply directly on the plants but just around the plants.
@@Zizzyyzz um magnesium sulphate is a "salt".
@@davenamelville4571 I would ask if you realize the point of having quotation marks around the word "salt", but I see that you don't.
@@Zizzyyzz I thought you had the quotation around salt because most people only think of sodium chloride as salt.
Epsom salt is magnesium and that’s only part of the equation. Plants also need calcium so you are better off using cal-mag rather than epsom salts. I talk about this a lot on my videos too because it’s essential for tomatoes!
Thanks Joe for that info. Hey I have a lot of calcium tabs cuz my doc had me stop taking them. Think I could smash them up & sprinkle them around my tomatoes?
@@pennyhickok1735 Egg shells.
@@pennyhickok1735 yes you can
Epsom salt for plants…..
@@pennyhickok1735 can you powder milk on tomatoes how much
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Best way is as a foliar spray. 1tbsp to 1 gallon of water and sprayed at night (after sun sets). Adding to root system does not work as well and can lead to the kill off since it can stay in the soil and lead to leaching or poor nutrient uptake if you have poor soil (like I do).
So, mix it with water and spray to leafs or just use the mix and water as usual? All plants?
@@guadalupesjuarez5658 mist to leaves - they absorb the nutrient. not all plants need epsom salt - magnesium deficiency is usually shown as yellowing in leaves but could be something else.
Hi all have you heard of the history of biochar for gardening yet they have a new sand out now it's called Sand to gold look it up nice video to Kenny from northern Kentucky I stumbled across of earthship home videos
What about blueberry bushes or tomatoes
i add it to my coconuts trees it makes the coconut water sweeter
Can you just sprinkle a table spoon around the medium tomato and pepper plants then water and let it slowly mix onto the soil? Thanks in advance,im new to gardening.
Any form of Magnesium is adequate, I use black salt...a common ingredient of the most delicious Indian appetizer. It is also the active ingredient in Milk of Magnesia.
How much on fruit trees
Just save all of your kitchen waste, ie banana skins, onion waste, carrot tops, celery and parsnip waste crushed egg shells, hoover dust, etc and soak in a barrel or drum of Water, and feed your plants after dilution
To many scraps cause mold build up.
@@rearea6409 mold once broke down then mixed before using, is beneficial.. helps roots absorb the nutrients. Its simple science, ignoring all that factory farming chemical dependent government control etc.
@@rearea6409 Yes if you let the waste float, put some mesh on top with a weight and stir occasionally, I’ve been doing it for years with great results, and saved a fortune on plant feed.
@@exb.r.buckeyeman845 wow, just table scraps , huh?
Toss the table scraps and water into the blender. When it's all blended pour it into a watering can and add a gallon or 2 of water.
Sir can we grow plants in vegetable & cow match.
never heard of "cow match".
Cow manure best, an old neighbor showed, one heaping handful, to half full of warm water, standard five gallon bucket. Mix and let sit for a day, then water in early morning before bright light, or after dims.
Yes, in the Caribbean that's what we do. We mix it up in the soil before planting the veges
Can we add to hibiscus plants also
Yeah I'd be interested in knowing myself
I put it in mine with no problems at all. It is blooming like crazy.
@@reneemeyer6297 It's working on all my plants making more greener and blooming like crazy too...🙂💝💖💗
C u at reunion love
No, it won't improve absorption naturally. That is actually organic matter or clay particles. Magnesium is a trace element needed by plants to grow. That is all it does. It's not some super element and if you overload your plants with it then you can seriously cause some harm by causing a calcium deficiency. Magnesium and Calcium are competitors in the cation exchange that takes place where the roots are. For the cation exchange to take place you need water, organic matter, and or clay particles.
This video shows bunch of Epsom salt around the plants!🥺. No! Mix one table spoon in one gallon of water.
Especially if it rains
@@kimbobick5880 Well if it rains it'd be mixed with water then lol.
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@Yahir Adan You are welcome :)
Does it matter what brand Epsom salt
No. As long as you read the ingredients and it's pure magnesium sulfate with no other additives, like foofoo dust.
Egg shell broth adds calcium
I save my used coffee grounds, my clean egg shells, and add it to some Epsom salt. Equal parts grounds and shells to about a quarter of salts. I mix well and put it in a shaker and sprinkle into the dug hole and plant. I don't over fertilize. My garden plants thrive. I can't remember where or how I learned this but it's a very affordable way to give your plants an extra boost. Then every few weeks I used an organic soluble fertilizer in my sprayer or just my water can.
it is ok epson salt in plant in the water?
Your better off mixing with the water and not to much like tablespoon-per gallon,even less and add calciumfor tomatoes. Dont get it on the plants
Coffee grounds and banana peelings are really good for them as well.
Egg shells...
Wait, what? How do I do that? Just put them around the plants in the soil?
Just don't make the same mistake I did last year. Make sure they are ground already brewed coffee grounds. I put on unbrewed coffee and stunted the heck out of my plants. I'm such an idiot
Coffee grounds, cut up banana peels and egg shells crushed in water. As fertilizer. 😍
@@leetripp448 awesome!!👍 thanks for the recipe and how to do it!!
Dilute Epsom salt with and apply to your seed bed and my squash came up 2 feet tall in 1 week
Use very little just sprinkle it around your garden do not use a lot
I can only find epsom salt that says “Soaking solution” is that safe to use?
When planting potatoes, cut in half dip into magnesium then plant. You will be amazed at harvest with delicious massive sized potatoes.
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Okay Russell, I'll give it try with one bucket.
When i use it i will tell you the outcome
Epsom salt makes plants healthy
It also competes with calcium and will cause a calcium deficiency. North American soil is rich in magnesium. No need for it
Giving too much Magnesium can lockout other nutrients. That's all ive got to say on the matter of this much misunderstood mineral.
I agree.
Can you add Epson salt to watermelon plants to make them sweet
Yes...
Talk about Epsonsalt overload
Please help, my bamboo plant has gone awfully yellow on the leaves... Would Apson salts help...???
Absolutely! 1 teaspoon per gallon of water.
I'm sorry, but I'm curious how one can misspell a word 'Apson' when it is right in the title of the video you are commenting on, along with the origin of the name, its base of discovery Epsom, England.
@@starkraven7308 🤔have you heard of phones that go by word sound?😳🤭😱really? Must one ask? 🤯
(edit) #Research -if curious 🧐
@@daniv7053 Have you heard of reading your post before hitting send? Really? Must research. Stop making excuses for other people when my comment wasn't directed at you, idiot.
@@starkraven7308 🙄
I am so confused! Half the videos say to use it, the other half say absolutely not.
I have used epsom salt in the garden for 23 yrs. with wonderful results. No worries.
@@cherylrae941 used like this, different/exactly how?
@@stephendekoning802 I layered my soil with epsom salt in my raised garden beds. So far none of my peppers, eggplants, strawberries, or squash has died yet. It’s only late spring so too soon to say, but my plants all look pretty healthy & perky.
Make sure you don't use to much.
Where is you can buy Epsom salt?
Pound shop our home bargains only £1.00 a bag
I get it at Walmart but it can be found in a number of places. Grocery stores, pharmacies, big box stores etc etc.
Most pharmacies carry it. Buy plain Epsom salts. Don’t buy it with anything or scent added.
Dollar Tree.
Do you mix it with water before you add it to plants
Yes
If it will rot a tree stump wont it kill yourveggie plants
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Epsom salt has done nothing but ruin every plant I have. The yellow spots have only gotten worse.
Always water after adding Epsom salt.
@@KeithBeers I don't add epsom salt to my plants dry I always mix it with water.
@@pmaint1
There was no mention of Water in your previous text. That's why I mention the Water 💧.
Good luck on your plants, and life in general.
Wish you the best !
Yellowing or yellow spots is usually an indicator of being burned by too much nitrogen . Look at what you are doing or have done. Maybe you will find the answer, wish i could tell you more. Good luck. Maybe try to contact a master gardener for his/her opinion. Have some pics available to send if they ask for them.
Don’t add on a hot sunny day, always after sunset of after rain
It will kill them if you use too much!
Same with water. Also if you cover your plants in dirt, they will also die - plants don't like too much dirt either. People need to be careful.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVISE.YOU DIDN'T GO ON AN EGO TRIP WHICH I LIKE VERY MUCH.THANK YOU AGAIN.
In three days all 24 tomato plants died. Thanks. Why did I do this.
I'm pretty sure that wasn't the problem unless you put so much that it was too much LOL that's the only way they would have died you either over watered them or under watered them using Epsom salt CORRECTLY cannot kill your plants.
One missing: Epsom salts increases Blossom End Rot on tomato plants
Years ago when I thought is my first rose garden I heard about a magic formula using equal parts of Epson salt I donate and wasn’t other ingredient which I cannot remember. This was presented by group of scientist. Does anybody know the third ingredient in this trio?
I apologize I forgot to re-read my post. The magic formula I heard about years ago and had great success with is one part Epson salt, one part Ironite and one other ingredient which I can’t remember. Does anyone know what that third ingredient might be?
Bone meal ? Perhaps
I’ve heard Epsom salt if put at the tree kills it
Rots a stump, but energizes a plant...doesn't make sense
"Epsom salt, or magnesium sulfate, is a naturally occurring compound of magnesium, sulfur, and oxygen which are necessary plant food elements. But in a high concentration it draws the moisture out of the stump, killing it within a month or so."
bobvila.com
www.bobvila.com/articles/how-to-kill-tree-stumps/
@@Zizzyyzz You just gave me the solution for a stump I can't remove and can't afford to pay for removal. Thank you! 😊
@@annarodriguez9868 Happy to help! 🌞
@@annarodriguez9868 I had several stumps removed in my yard here in Northern Virginia. It's expensive the cost was $100 a stump, I tried talking the guy down to $75 for each stump he said no $100 for each. There were just too many stumps in way of mowing grass couldn't leave stumps there.
@@Zizzyyzz can I also use it on a stump of a Sisso Tree? Indian Rosewood that I'm trying to get rid of? I aost done to the stump... that thing massive.. i want it to dry so I can remove it..
gentlemen sometimes people make mistakes and write something wrong I put it Epsom Salt and the idea that the plant has dried up which means that not everything is true
What are you saying???
Maybe too much?
Sounds like you did it wrong.
@@Zizzyyzz Nah
@@poolman8676 people need to stick to worm castings and water. Stay AWAY from these ADDITIVES. They will destroy your garden. ALL NATURAL ONLY
epsom salt in hindi plz
Get a soil test done at your Ag Dept before trying to experiment with these cure alls unless you use a very small amount.
Here in Arizona, nothing grows in the summer. Even the cactus can't survive the 115 degree heat every day. I really hate this place.
Move? That sounds dreary
shaded gardens usually work
There have been actual studies showing that it's all snake oil and that epsom salt doesn't do anything beneficial. I'm not sure either way though.
I like all the plants you can add the Epsom Salt to, but you do not say how much to add! How about potted plants? Ratio would be very helpful! Thanks🌸💐🏵🌹
1tsp I think she said
@@poolman8676 THANKS SO MUCH!
One table spoon for one gallon of water
@@ND-wk2lq Thanks!
Andrew Fradale you are welcome 😊
Remove lawns before we die of thirst because of them.
Why is it good for plants?, but can kill a stump
You have to put it in water to spray the plants but with a tree trump to rotten you pour it right out of the entire bag raw it will kill it because it's too strong. Like for your self you would use a teaspoon into a 8 oz. glass of water one time that day.
Strange that it will rot a stump but not plants/flowers. 🤔🙃😳
Approach with caution ⚠️ anything with salt 🧂 can destroy alll play by the rules of thumb if it taste like poo 💩 it probably is next they be telling people to wash 🧼 there car with petrol ⛽️ light to dry 🔥 Damm ⚫️
I call BS when it comes to removing stump by applying Epson salt. Only physical labour will remove a stump. I've been removing stumps this way for 40+ years. The amount of labour required is directly related to the size and species. You can grind them, which also requires work, but make sure they are ground well below ground level (6" to 8"). If not and you put soil on top and then grass, the grass will dry out quickly in the heat of summer. If the entire core is not ground out, you will not be able to plant another tree or shrub in its place.
You can mound soil on it or locate a compost pile over it (as mentioned) and be prepared to wait an number of years before you are able to actually be able to remove it. The number of year depends on the size of the stump.
Other then actually working at pulling the stump, the next best way to remove it is to put a 45 gallon drum over it and burn it out.
I cut down about a dozen trees as close to ground as possible, two or three years later they were gone. Termites loved them.
Know
Salt, vinegar and baking soda will kill. Don't take the chance. I lost numerous tom plants
Epsom salt is not really salt.
Epsom sal = sulfato magnesio
0:38 im telling you epsom contains around 15% Mgo and 30% sulfur, which menas 1 gram of epsom salt contains 100mg/L Mg and 130mg//L S to your plant so that small plant will have a little toxicity, you dont need to use that much epsom...
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No
where is the evidence? you didnt show anything that proves what you are trying to show..
I’m going to research it myself
@@mydyisgod me too
It works. I use it once a month
Epsom salts are magnesium which plants need. I have used it successfully for 23 yrs. I even add it to new planting holes with bonemeal, then add water and wait a few minuets before setting plant into the ground.
This is a clickbait video from a content farm. They have released several videos that could do more harm than good to your garden. I advise you not to heed any of their advice without further investigation. This is part of the problem with this generation, taking advice from youtube without confirmation of its validity. The "creators" of this video couldn't be bothered to do any gardening of their own to show proper use, instead they stole random pictures of white piles next to plants and repeated them throughout the video. Epsom salt can be good for your garden if used properly. None of the pictures shown in this video illustrate proper use.
When you put it in the ground plants like tomatoes don’t absorb calcium
Try Magnesium
What about ordinary salt?
No.
That will kill them immediately.
From memory, the Romans did that to Carthage once they dealt with Hannibal.
Epsom salt is NOT salt. It is Magnesium sulfate. It only got the name because it looks like salt and was discovered in Epsom, England. Salt (Sodium Chloride or Potassium Chloride) will absolutely kill most plants quickly, barring any oceanic or coastal species that thrive on it.
Good for snails and slugs, not plants.🐌😳 😖
Epsom salt directly competes with calcium and will beat out calcium in absorbtion. Epsom salt aka magnesium shouldn't even be used outside in North America. There's no deficiency in magnesium in North America. If you just have to add Epsom salts add calcium as well and don't overdo epsoms
Epsom salt hi sendha namak hota hai na
as far as I know sendha namak is pink salt
Nahi... Epsom salt magnesium sulphate hota hai.
No sedha namak is simple NaCl with organic pigments that give its color and taste but epsom salt is MGSO4
When u use too much like showen in the pictures... your plants will die
Yet it will kill a tree stump?
My Daddy used rock salt and burnt motor oil. That definitely works.
Dig a hole in the stump and put epsom salt in the hole. Not on mud.
Better way for green lush look is to mix epsom salt in water and spray on leaves after sunset. Magnesium gets absorbed in to leaves result dark leaves. Avoid magnesium on consumable plants ( Spinach,..)
Most people are deficient in Magnesium in their diets. Why should we avoid eating a plant that has been sprayed with Mg?
Why avoid on consumable plants like spinach?
Epsom salts act as laxatives so healthy greens sprayed with Epsom salts will cause stomach upsets
Rather avoid eating consumable plants immediately after sprayed with epsom salt
Some of this is propaganda! Don't use nearly the amount shown in parts of this video. It can kill your plants. Too much magnesium is toxic to plants! Good stuff.....moderation!
Proceed with caution. Other videos from these guys recommend putting pennies, aspirin and baking soda around your plants.
Pennies? Wow!
Next they be telling people to drink 🍺 gallons of petrol ⛽️ a week too improve body temperature 🤒 and follow up with one cup of sand Damm 🔛🌚🔛
Actually, all three of these things can be beneficial to plants.
@@davidbutton8497 maybe mix the petrol with fire and drink it?
@@davidbutton8497 Penny thats copper, also micronutriens for pants. Baking soda and asprin help with pest and fungus on cucumbers, squash and tomatoes. , Educate yourself!
Here's a little bit of info for you! If you're using epsom salt to rot away a stump you can imagine what it'll do to your sensitive veggie plants.
Pmaint1, sorry buddy but you’re wrong!
So true
Rock salt and burnt motor oil poured into drilled holes of a stump will rot it away in time. Of course the EPA might frown on the oil thing.🤔
Google it!!
I found old socks 🧦 of of poo 💩 are good once you have about 398766666 fly 🪰 spray and cover with sand UA-cam just keep getting better ❤️🩹 next people will be washing their car with petrol ⛽️ and drying it with fire 🔥 Damm lol Damm
same pics one and other time...... bad video
The voice is annoying
I am a serious grower...................I do not like your video........I don't find it to be very helpful. Sorry!
why does this nonsense persist?