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Re: Epsom Salts

> I've read over and over about the benefits of sprinkling epsom salts
around
> the roses in the spring.  Does anyone else know of any other organic
helps
> such as this?  

I would do a soil test before giving your soil more magnesium (which is
what Epson salts are).  Also, if you live in CA, I've heard it's not a good
thing.

I've seen some other crazy sounding concoctions using beer,

yeah, for the grass, but I don't recall right now what's in the beer that's
beneficial...anyone?  Coke, I've heard, is also good for the grass.

> tobacco, etc..  Do these brews (har, har) seem to be beneficial to the
> plants?  What are the benefits, if any?
> 
These are all organic treatments.  Jerry Baker developed a lot of them.  I
think there's a Web site that lists lots of the recipes and what they're
for.  I wouldn't use tobacco sprays because of the mosaic virus, but I
think it was used a long time ago for fungus on tomato plants.

> Side question:  would it be beneficial for the perennial companion plants
> around my roses to receive a sprinkling of the epsom salts as well?  Why
or
> why not?

See above.
> 
> Still another side question:  I've also read where the shrub roses do not
> need a lot of fertilizing like the hybrids, if any at all.  Is this a
good
> rule of thumb, or should I do the monthly fertilizing thing like the
> others?

I fertilize *everything*.  The shrubs do okay without, but they flower more
and the flowers are larger with fertilizer.
> 
> Again, thanks so much in advance!!
>
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