Did you know that good old fashion Epsom Salts, is an organic element you can add to your garden to promote blooms/fruiting and growth? First of all, it is really not a salt, but rather magnesium sulfate. It contains 10% magnesium and 13% sulfur. The magnesium will green up the plants, as they use it to increase photosynthesis. The sulfur is acted on by the bacteria located around the roots of the plant, it is converted into sulfuric acid, thereby making the soil more acidic, which in turn allows the plant roots to absorb the surrounding nitrogen. Ipso facto the improved nitrogen uptake creates growth stimulation. Epsom salts has long been used as a pain revealing soak, the skin absorbs the magnesium sulfate, relaxing muscles and stiff joints, and drawing toxins that cause inflammation. It's also used as a laxative... I won't go further into this. My point is, if Epsom Salts is nontoxic and even helpful to our health, same goes for the garden. Do you have any other safe elements to add to the garden? Leave me a comment.
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