Re: Where to buy bulk epson salt?

 Bob F wrote:

I don't know about leaves curling, I thought magnesium deficiency cause leaf
yellowing especially in older leaves.  Can you provide a photo?


A few pounds per tree seems quite excessive to me, this is a trace element
not a major nutrient.  If you over-do it you won't have a problem with
curling leaves 'cause you wont have any leaves at all.  Another problem is
that epson salts is very soluble and unless it binds to humus or clay
colloids it will leach out quickly.

Here is another method that may be work if it is Mg deficiency.  Treat some
(or all) trees with a foliar spray of epson salts, possibly repeated in a
week, if it is Mg deficiency they will recover quite quickly, that is within
weeks.  For the longer term treat with dolomite which will slow release Mg
over time.

Another possibility is that the soil is very acid which tends to lock up
some minerals like Mg so liming or adding dolomite will raise the pH and
release Mg.  A dye-indicator to test pH is cheap and sufficiently accurate
for gardening and can be used in many situations.

David

 
Your search might be easier if you looked for it using the correct name
which is 'Epsom salts'.  It is named after the town of Epsom in the UK.

I would be extremely suspicious of taking any advice to use that amount of
Epsom salts under any tree.

 
Good to see you back :O)
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Thank you Billy.  We're still jet lagged and we both suffered from altitude
sickness, but the trip exceeded all expectations.  Luckily for me, the
weather here wasn't hot and we got lots of rain so my garden is weedy but
alive and not so out of hand as to strangle us in our beds.  My poor rooster
is sick though and I am rather concerned about his survival.

 
LOL.  Spreading a couple of pounds of the black goo in Epson cartridges
under a tree could prove interesting :-))