Keep House Plants Perky With Epsom Salt Epsom Salt Industry Council News Release Keep House Plants Perky With Epsom Salt Studies show that human beings are calmer, more efficient and more satisfied with their lives when they have living plants around them. Fortunately, growing indoor plants isn't difficult. Sunlight, water and Epsom Salt is about all you need for successful houseplants. Tending to plants is known to be therapeutic, with beneficial effects on both our physical well-being and mental health.
Most houseplants are easy to grow.
A little Epsom Salt by itself or combined with your favorite fertilizer is the master gardeners' secret to bigger, healthier plants. Just 2 tablespoons dissolved in a gallon of water is usually all you need. Epsom Salt quickly provides magnesium and sulfur, two nutrients plants need to thrive. Magnesium is a major building block of chlorophyll which enables the plant to carry light energy from the sun for photosynthesis. Magnesium also promotes a plants uptake of phosphorus from the soil.