Have any of you had any experience using Epsom salts on your daffodils? (or really on anything in
your garden.)
I know it’s supposed to have trace elements, and vaguely remember recommendations for using it to
promote deeper red or pink coloring, but wondered if anyone on Daffnet had actually used it.
And, how and when do you apply it? When planting, dry, or in liquid form, in winter? (this means I am also asking,at what point in the life cycle of a bulb does the color set?)
All this having been said, I’ve always thought color had to do with local climate. But there are those who swear by a handful of rusty nails in the soil around red cups?
This is what Ted Snazelle would call anecdotal science, of course.
Why it came up—my local pharmacy has a big display of nice-sized packages of Epsom Salts, for all sorts of medicinal uses, and “for gardening, too,” with details about its use as a fertilizer.
Loyce McKenzie
Dear Loyce: