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[Robyn Francis <erda@nor.com.au>]

Epsom salts contains magnesium, an important soil nutrient in the right
amounts - too much will throw soil chemistry out of balance. Dilute before
throwing out and spread it around.
It's also an excellent natural fungicide for powdery mildew, black spot etc
generally applied by dissolving 1 teaspoon of epsom salts in 2 gallons (9
litres) of water.
Robyn


On 8/5/04 4:08 AM, "Anne Erlandson" <aerlandson@bigfoot.com> wrote:

> My step daughter is following a regimen of soaking her infected toe in epsom
> salt water twice a day.  I would love to be able to dump the water in the
> garden rather than down the drain, but I'm a little worried about the epsom
> salt in the water.  Any thoughts?
> 
> Anne Erlandson in Seattle
> 
> 
> 
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> we borrow the Earth from our children." - Anon
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