{"id":611968876870,"date":"2025-10-16T16:41:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/uncategorized\/using-epsom-salts-in-the-garden\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:41:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:41:34","slug":"using-epsom-salts-in-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/gardening\/using-epsom-salts-in-the-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Epsom Salts in the Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t bother. <\/p>\n<p>Using Epsom Salts in the garden is a waste of time and money: may my grandparents (and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/lifestyle\/gardening\/add-cheap-bathroom-ingredient-your-33784460\" rel=\"noopener\">renowned scientific journals like The Mirror<\/a>) forgive me for contradicting them like that. <\/p>\n<p>Since the dawn of time, the Epsom Salt industry has had one overarching vision for mankind\u2019s destiny: to consume even more product by dumping Epsom Salts all over their garden. <br \/>It\u2019s not enough for Jessica Biel to chuck <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/article\/jessica-biel-20-pounds-epsom-salt-met-gala.html\" rel=\"noopener\">a baby\u2019s worth of the stuff in her bath<\/a>, no: it has to go on everything.<\/p>\n<p>It would be like if we, Ashridge Nurseries, worked out a way to sell more plants by convincing people to throw the plants they buy from us on their bonfire. <br \/>Even that would be less cheeky, because at least you would get a bonfire out of it. <\/p>\n<h3>Do Plants Benefit from Epsom Salts as a Fertiliser? <\/h3>\n<p>Epsom Salt is pure Magnesium Sulphate. <br \/>It contains no Nitrogen, Phosporous, or Potassium (the N-P-K values that you see on any fertiliser packet) at all, so as a standard fertiliser, it\u2019s useless. <\/p>\n<p>Plants do need Magnesium for making chlorophyll, it\u2019s one of the 9 macronutrients essential for healthy plant growth. <\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s rare for a garden topsoil in the UK to be Magnesium deficient. Serious nutrient deficiency tends to happen in three places:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The potting soil of plants that have been in the same pot for a long time<\/li>\n<li>Soils with extremes of high or low pH, and\/or very sandy &amp; free draining: these conditions are rare in British gardens<\/li>\n<li>Cultivated fields that have been ploughed for a long time: if your new garden was previously a field before you converted it, thorough soil testing is a must<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any potting soil that you buy from the garden centre, or compost that you make at home, will be a perfectly good source of Magnesium. <\/p>\n<p>If you are really stuck with terribly poor garden soil, then inorganic fertilisers in general, used moderately in combination with regular soil tests, are a real world fix, and can pull great and flowers out of the worst soils. <br \/>But inorganic fertilisers have a lot of costs, mostly lasting a short while, and causing soil imbalances in the long term if overused. <br \/>The \u201cnatural\u201d, low-cost solution for a home gardener is to improve your soil with organic matter (both rotted compost or manure, and mulch) so that soil life, which is the engine of soil fertility, can thrive. <\/p>\n<p>Remember, a gardener is above all <strong>feeding the soil, rather than the plants<\/strong><strong>themselves<\/strong> (with container grown plants, it\u2019s a bit harder to feed the soil in the pot without repotting the whole plant, but you can still change the top layer of potting soil\/mulch and water with a compost tea to replenish the organic matter being lost each time the pot is flushed through with water). <\/p>\n<p>A well-fed soil should never need additional fertiliser, and adding fertiliser to rich soil is a waste of money that could be harmful to sensitive plants.<\/p>\n<h3>Do Epsom Salts Kill Pests?<\/h3>\n<p>No. Bugs don\u2019t like being sprayed with it and many will scurry off at the moment of contact, but that\u2019s all. They will be back. <\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t do anything to fungus, either.<\/p>\n<h3>But My Grandmother Said it Prevents Blossom End Rot in my Tomatoes!<\/h3>\n<p>I know, we\u2019re in the same boat. I certainly won\u2019t be the one to tell her otherwise, and I don\u2019t expect you to either. <br \/>This is not a hill to die on, grandmothers are too precious to argue with, but the pedantry isn\u2019t over:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhs.org.uk\/problems\/blossom-end-rot\" rel=\"noopener\">Blossom End Rot in tomatoes<\/a> is caused by Calcium deficiency. <br \/>Epsom Salts contain zero Calcium, and too much in the soil will actually inhibit Calcium absorption. <\/p>\n<h3>OK, But What About Roses? Surely They Love a Salty Treat?<\/h3>\n<p>Sorry, but roses are plants too, and there is nothing special about how they grow that means that they need special fertiliser. <br \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/rose.org\/food-for-thought-about-fertilizing-roses\/\" rel=\"noopener\">American Rose Society<\/a> is a massive party pooper on the whole Epsom Salt and Roses parade:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p> \u201cThere is no published, scientific research on Epsom salts effects upon roses. The origin of these \u201cresearch-based\u201d recommendations is unclear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><cite>Linda Chalker-Scott, Ph.D<\/cite>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Fine, Should I Ever Use Epsom Salts in the Garden?<\/h3>\n<p>It is wise to only use a fertiliser if soil tests confirm that your soil is indeed deficient in a given nutrient, and you are struggling to grow certain plants. <br \/>Soil tests should rule out any need for Epsom Salts in most gardens, and where a Magnesium deficiency exists, there are other long term remedies, mainly involving incorporating organic matter and appropriate rock dust. <\/p>\n<p>Epsom Salts are the kind of tool that an advanced gardener who likes to tinker with fine details might use, perhaps when growing plants in soilless potting mix. <br \/>A typical gardener should not be casually using them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t bother. 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