Re: Re: CULT: Epsom salts (was Borax)

--- crook <zone1_5@yahoo.com> wrote:

>>> ....Epsom salt is an excellent nutrient releaser and adds
acidity to the soil. It somehow makes the nutrients that are
locked in the soil more accessible (snip). I find it better then
sulfur. <<<

This is valuable info especially for those of us who grow
apogons = beardless. {In AIS Region One, apogon is the term of
choice with yearly apogon sales, etc. 

>>> I used a couple table spoons full, sprinkled around the
plant, scratched in then watered. If a plant is starting to look
a little pale it picks it right up. <<<

Darm, do you do that when planting and also when it looks like
it needs it?

Ellen (low of 36 F = 2 C this morning)
===
Ellen Gallagher / ellengalla@yahoo.com / USDA Zone 3a in New
HampshireUs Northern White Mountains  

"In 1943, Warren P. Austin of Vermont was the first U.S.
Ambassador to the United Nations." (from Wicked Cool Stuff about
Vermont)

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