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    Thinking about getting some Epsom salts, is there any plants that would not like the salts used around them??
     
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    Why would you be using it? :scratch: :dunno:
     
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      Hi M

      Its great for roses and toms & especially peppers, I have used it as a foliar spray on my Bay trees it gives them a boost of magnesium and they green up in a week .
       
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        Well blow me down with a feather ... I never knew any of that!
        Thank you @Spruce .... I learn something new every day :thumbsup:
         
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            Good evening @"M" please be careful my friend,It is likely that that adding Epsom salts to soil that is already depleted in Magnesium will be beneficial. However, if your soil is already rich in magnesium, adding more is unlikely to bring about more beneficial effects and may potentially be harmful. It tends to acidify the soil. If your soil pH is already low, adding Epsom salt could actually be detrimental.;)
             
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              so correct Woo, anyone who is adding any fertiliser should do a test 1st and maybe save yourself some ££ in the process
               
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                Camellias like a dose in June/July but only when the soil is wet so that it can pass down freely,
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                  Your to far away :snork:
                  You do, that's why i ask questions so i can learn, my brain is as old as my legs,83

                  Thank you all for the replys :dbgrtmb:
                   
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                    :oopss: seems I've side-tracked your original question (and it still hasn't been answered)

                    So: ....
                    Are there any plants which would not like Epsom Salts in the soil around them?
                     
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                    I would say no there aren't any plants which would not like Epsom Salts in the soil around them - as it's needed by all of them for the production of chlorophyll. But as is said earlier - too much of a good thing can be bad...with the exception of a good sherry :biggrin:
                     
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                      Thank you Clanless :dbgrtmb:
                      Don't worry about it @"M", we all at sometime derail/side-tracked threads ME inclued :whistle::snork:
                      But Spuce and Woo did answer it has they didn't name any that wouldn't like it :ideaIPB: and now Clanless has confirm it

                      At leased it has been answered, MP's don't like to answer straight Questions:mute:
                       
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                        Just another view point;)

                        Epsom Salts' (technically Magnesium Sulfate, or MgSO4) is one of just a few water-soluble Sulfate minerals, and it is a soluble salt -- a salt that dissolves in water. ALL chemical fertilizers are also 'soluble salts'. When Ammonium, Potassium, Chloride or Nitrate dissolve in water, they are soluble salts. A little will fertilize the plants. Too much will damage and sometimes destroy a plant. That can happen quickly --or it can take time and build up slowly. THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR USE OF EPSOM SALTS AND THE USE OF A CHEMICAL FERTILIZER LIKE MIRACLE GRO. Because ALL chemical fertilizers ARE SALTS. Salts KILL microbes in your soil.
                         
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                          Woo I just had a idea :ideaIPB: [​IMG] you could soak your talons then feed the plants :lunapic 130165696578242 5:
                           
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                            Hi @Spruce I just love it:lunapic 130165696578242 5:

                            I'll try anything once:loll:
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