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  • From: "five springs farm" <fsfarm AT mufn.org>
  • To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Epsom Salts
  • Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 09:35:51 -0400


Years ago when we had a problem with tomatoes and peppers not blooming we
asked a local soil scientist. He suggested a teaspoon of Epsom salt
scattered around each stem. They started right up. Now we watch for signs of
poor blossom set and use a little Epsom salt if we detect it.

Jim and Jo
The Community Farm Newsletter
http://www.mufn.org/public/tcf
----- Original Message -----
From: Marie Kamphefner <kampy AT grm.net>
To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: Epsom Salts


> (snip) What are Epsom Salts made of, and is their use within the
> guidelines
> of the organic standards? Jill
>
> Jill, when I was a kid, our old neighbor would put epsom salts on his
> tomato plants. I don't know if he just mixed it into the soil around
them,
> made a spray or what, but he always had fantastic tomatoes.
>
> My brother-in-law mixes 1 cup pickling lime to two gallons water and
sprays
> the garden for bugs. He says it keeps worms out of the ears of corn if
you
> spray just as the tassles are forming (I THINK that's what he said - I can
> double check if anyone is interested). My sister adds a beaten egg to
that
> formula and she says it repels deer.
>
> Marie in Missouri
>
>
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