Epsom salt..how to apply?

[Hennessy1414]

Well ive heard its a good idea to apply espom salt to your plants for added help during the the grow. whats the method you use for applying the salt? and how much per gallon and such. thanks in advance! :rastasmoke:

Hennessy1414 Reviewed by Hennessy1414 on 02-20-2008. Epsom salt..how to apply? Well ive heard its a good idea to apply espom salt to your plants for added help during the the grow. whats the method you use for applying the salt? and how much per gallon and such. thanks in advance! :rastasmoke: Rating: 5

[stinkyattic]

I NEVER EVER water epsom salts into the soil. Too much chance of locking out other nutes.
Instead, fill up a quart spray bottle with lukewarm tap water. Add a pinch or 2 of epsom salts. Swirl to dissolve, and add a drop of dish soap.
Mist lightly, not watering to the point of runoff.
Do this once or twice a day until you notice the symptoms of Mg def (regular, well-defined stripes between the veins) fading back to a healthy green.
Rose bushes like a few pinches of epsom salts sprinkled around the drip line to promote new shoots from the top of the graft.

[Hennessy1414]

I NEVER EVER water epsom salts into the soil. Too much chance of locking out other nutes.
Instead, fill up a quart spray bottle with lukewarm tap water. Add a pinch or 2 of epsom salts. Swirl to dissolve, and add a drop of dish soap.
Mist lightly, not watering to the point of runoff.
Do this once or twice a day until you notice the symptoms of Mg def (regular, well-defined stripes between the veins) fading back to a healthy green.
Rose bushes like a few pinches of epsom salts sprinkled around the drip line to promote new shoots from the top of the graft.

DISH SOAP!!! sounds like death to me but your the all knowing one :rastasmoke:

and by rose bushes do u mean the sweet green? :rastasmoke:

[stinkyattic]

One drop of dish soap in your spray bottle breaks surface tension so the spray 'sticks' more easily.

Not sweet green; rose, as in the thorny plant of the genus Rosa, most frequently seen in tattoo form adorning the inner thighs of aging female rock groupies.

[Twentyinches]

Not sweet green; rose, as in the thorny plant of the genus Rosa, most frequently seen in tattoo form adorning the inner thighs of aging female rock groupies.

LOL...right next to the "Biff forever" tat... you know to run when you see that :stoned:

[stinkyattic]

you know to run when you see that

But you can't, because your pants are around your ankles but you still have your shoes on. Oh noes!!!

[Hennessy1414]

One drop of dish soap in your spray bottle breaks surface tension so the spray 'sticks' more easily.

Not sweet green; rose, as in the thorny plant of the genus Rosa, most frequently seen in tattoo form adorning the inner thighs of aging female rock groupies.

ok well i have a 16 oz spray bottle and the last time i checked thats a half liter correct. well i started doing that and its gonna take a while to empty that bottle. lightly misted not drenched wet correct? :rastasmoke:

[stinkyattic]

Right.
I try not to give foliar sprays to the point of runoff, because while you might be adding one thing, you may also be leaching off another (N can be leached out by reverse-foliar feeding).
Don't you have a female in the nieghborhood who might have an empty hair spray bottle around? Just a pinch in a hair product sized bottle is fine. This is NOT an exact science lol!