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I received an email from one of my readers about her Rhubarb or Rheumrhabarbarum. It seems that the stalks on her rhubarb were as thin and weak as they haveever been. Her rhubarb normally does well ...

Blueberry plants are fairly easy to grow, and will reward you with big, juicy berries. However, if you want your blueberries to be at their best, you'll need to know how to fertilise them correctly ...

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A soil test kit can tell you if your garden needs more magnesium or not. If the pH is too high, adding Epsom salt might help your tomatoes get enough magnesium from the ground to grow healthy and ...

But if your plant is healthy, there’s no need to use Epsom salts because it can cause leaf scorching and a build-up of excess salts in the potting mix or soil.

Unless the soil analysis report confirms a need for magnesium, do not add Epsom salt to any garden area. Adding Epsom salt for everything is a widely distributed gardening myth.

Epsom salts are magnesium sulfate, which is one of the secondary nutrients we find in healthy soil. If through testing, it is determined that your soil is deficient in magnesium, then Epsom salts ...

"While Epsom salt does contain magnesium sulfate and magnesium is an essential plant nutrient for photosynthesis, it can add unnecessary salt to your garden soil if used in excess," says Nichols.

Putting Epsom salt in the soil to increase magnesium levels without knowing if the soil is lacking this mineral can have adverse effects on the soil. "While Epsom salt does contain magnesium sulfate ...