Want fuller, brighter mums this fall? A simple dose of Epsom salts might do the trick. Learn how this easy garden hack can help boost chrysanthemum blooms.

Epsom salt for plants is a beneficial supplement for improving flower color and encouraging healthier blooms. This easy-to-use natural option contains magnesium and sulfur, essential nutrients that ...

Epsom salts are useful all over the home and garden, but certain flowering plants benefit from using it as a soil fertilizer ...

Epsom salts are a popular fix for different plant problems, but whether you can use them for tomatoes depends on a very specific issue. Sweet, juicy tomatoes are summer’s prize—in a fresh green salad, ...

If you're struggling to keep your lawn looking healthy and green, there's one natural item that could help. Epsom salt can fix lawn problems, act as a fertiliser and pest control product ...

Readers get confused over the Epsom salts issue. “Isn’t that what you take a bath in? Is it good for my garden? Won’t it burn my plants? Is it really a salt?”The answers in order are yes, yes, no, no.

This gardening season I am watering liberally with Epsom salt. It's one of those old wives tales that I heard somewhere, at some unknown time. This year it surfaced in my brain and I decided to try it ...

Epsom salt contains magnesium, which all plants need for photosynthesis. Magnesium is rarely lacking in most soils so adding it to lawns is not useful. Only apply fertilizer after doing a soil test to ...

After a long, wet rainy season, the dry season now provides the best conditions for growing tomatoes in Costa Rica. Tomatoes are a favorite home garden vegetable, and the satisfaction of planting and ...

The LSU AgCenter gets a lot of questions about home remedies for pests and diseases in the garden, especially as more home gardeners look for organic methods or try to avoid pesticides. Epsom salt is ...