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.
Sulfur contributes to chlorophyll production and improves plant response to nitrogen fertilizer.
The vital nutrients in Epsom Salt prevent loss of green color, yellowing leaves and weak stems.