Saw a topic about Epsom salt mixture for gardens, supposed to stop some bugs and also,increase yields- others say it doesn’t t work, and caution not to,use too much (usually around 2 tbs per 5 gallon pail mix or so?) Supposed to possibly help with end rot too? Anyone have any experience with it?
Also,saw video that baking soda mix supposed to stop afids and some other things like cut worms? Agsin, any experience?
I’ve never used Epsom salts, but others swear by it.
“Supposed to possibly help with end rot too?”
For blossom end rot, you want to give your tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and zucchini bone meal and/or crushed egg shells. They need Calcium. Blossom End Rot is a nutritional issue, not a disease, for those who don’t know.
I mix up a batch of both and put about 1/2 cup in each planting hole when I plant any of the above, then do a top dressing once the plants start to bloom.
Works like a charm. If you missed the planting hole part, just do the top dressing when they bloom and scratch it into the soil and water it in well.