Fertilizer for beautiful flowers

How can I use Epsom salts on hydrangeas?

Epsom salt is the slang term for magnesium sulfate. Hobby gardeners: indoor use Epsom salts as a special plant fertilizer for hydrangeas to avoid a looming magnesium deficiency to prevent An undersupply of the trace element causes yellow leaves with green leaf veins. Epsom salt ensures that hydrangeas have an uninterrupted supply of magnesium, the central building block in leaf green, known in technical jargon as chlorophyll. How to use Epsom Salts as maintenance fertilization:

• In April, sprinkle 50 grams of Epsom salt granules on the root disc, rake in and water.
• Alternatively, add Epsom salt liquid fertilizer to the irrigation water according to the manufacturer's dosage instructions.
• If necessary, repeat Epsom salt fertilization in summer.

How can Epsom salt correct acute magnesium deficiency?

If a hydrangea is already there with yellowed leaves, maintenance fertilization with Epsom salt is not enough. Valuable time is lost waiting for the nutrient to make its way through the roots to the leaves. A targeted one foliar fertilization supplies the leaves with the much-needed magnesium in real time. How to do it right:

• Dissolve 10 grams of Epsom salt in 1 liter of water.
• Pour fertilizer solution into a spray bottle.
• Spray hydrangea leaves on top and bottom.
• Important: Apply Epsom salt foliar fertilizer when the sky is overcast and temperatures are above 15° Celsius.

How else can I use Epsom salts on hydrangeas?

Concerned hobby gardeners: indoors with a too high pH value of the soil, Epsom salt is useful as a problem solver. Hydrangeas need an acidic pH of around 4.5 for spectacular blue blooms. A pH of around 5.5 is obligatory for pink, red and white flowers. Thus Epsom Salt produces a Hydrangea-friendly soil environment:

• Determine the pH with a test kit.
• Use Epsom salt from a pH value of around 7.
• Dissolve 150 grams of Epsom salt in 10 liters of water and apply to lower the pH by 1 point per square meter.