Epsom Salt / Lime - how much added each season?

nniemiec · February 10, 2017

How much Epsom Salt & how much Lime do you add to your containers each season? Please note the size of the containers you are growing in. Thanks!!

MissS · February 10, 2017

If I use Epsom salts, I use it as a feed as needed for greening up the plants due to magnesium deficiency. I never just add it to my mix. When I use it as a feed I use 1 T per gallon of water. I just use about 3-4 T of lime again, depending if the mix needs it. Lime is to raise the PH of the soil. So, I your soil is fine, then you do not need it.

Ricky Shaw · February 10, 2017

I do not know, but it seems it would relate to what other nutrients you're using, and whether any of those needs are being met by that fertilizer.

I use a potting mix without a pre-charge of nutrients and do not add epsom salts or lime at any time. All nutrients are supplied by a three part water soluble mix of fertilizer/mag/cal in the daily watering.

fabric pots/ promixHP/ chem-gro tomato + cal,mag

nniemiec · February 10, 2017

my base fertilizer is Tomato Tone. I was under the impression that some of you add Cal+Mag from the outset every growing season?

encore · February 10, 2017

in my rain gutter grow system, (which i'm going with all new mix) i'm using 2-5gal. buckets of peat---1-5 gal bucket of compost manure----@ 3 quarts of perlite----1 1/2 cups of garden line----large handful of epsom salts---and 1 cup of 10-10-10 fertilizer around the top edge of the bucket 2 inches from top, more mix then wood chips the last inch or so. that's in a 5-6 gal bucket from menards

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nniemiec Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: chicago Posts: 48	Epsom Salt / Lime - how much added each season? How much Epsom Salt & how much Lime do you add to your containers each season? Please note the size of the containers you are growing in. Thanks!!

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MissS Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 3,150	If I use Epsom salts, I use it as a feed as needed for greening up the plants due to magnesium deficiency. I never just add it to my mix. When I use it as a feed I use 1 T per gallon of water. I just use about 3-4 T of lime again, depending if the mix needs it. Lime is to raise the PH of the soil. So, I your soil is fine, then you do not need it. __________________ ~ Patti ~

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Ricky Shaw Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Zone 6a Denver North Metro Posts: 1,910	I do not know, but it seems it would relate to what other nutrients you're using, and whether any of those needs are being met by that fertilizer. I use a potting mix without a pre-charge of nutrients and do not add epsom salts or lime at any time. All nutrients are supplied by a three part water soluble mix of fertilizer/mag/cal in the daily watering. fabric pots/ promixHP/ chem-gro tomato + cal,mag

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encore Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: wisconsin Posts: 536	in my rain gutter grow system, (which i'm going with all new mix) i'm using 2-5gal. buckets of peat---1-5 gal bucket of compost manure----@ 3 quarts of perlite----1 1/2 cups of garden line----large handful of epsom salts---and 1 cup of 10-10-10 fertilizer around the top edge of the bucket 2 inches from top, more mix then wood chips the last inch or so. that's in a 5-6 gal bucket from menards