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

 Hi Ellen:
 Our soil is naturally acidic here 6.5 ph. But once
the soil is broke and used for a while the acidic base
tends to leach out with rain and watering.I guess the
acidity comes from the spruce and pine forests here.
 With the above in mind I do it only when the plant
appears to need the treatment, not when planting.
After that plants season is done I then rectify the
problem by replanting. Out of some four hundred plus
lilies I usually end up treating three or four a year,
then correct the problem in the fall.

 Hope this answers your question.
 Darm
 zone 1 maybe 1.5
 Hay River NWT
 Canada
--- Ellen Gallagher <ellengalla@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- 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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