epsom salt as soil supplement

EPsoms is not for blossum end rot. calcium is. Either drop a tums in the hole when you plant maters or water them with milk. I've done both

Or you can take a few handfuls of oyster shells adn put them in a bucket of water with a tablespoon or two of vinegar and leave sit for a day or two and water with that.

Blossom End Rot is a calcium problem, but it can come from either irregular watering, too dry, root problems that hamper their ability to absorb etc..
You get some rousing arguments on here about Blossom End Rot.. but I have had success with oyster shells leeched with vinegar.

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I am wondering if I could use it as a spray on tomato and squash plants. If so, in what proportions is it used?

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I use a couple of tablespoons per hose end sprayer. Let it sit overnight to dissolve, add compost tea and have at.

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I'm pretty sure the magnesium helps the plant make use of what calcium there is. If it's blossom end rot I use both tums and epsom salt.

Is there a book y'all would recommend that covers things like using things like Tums and epsom salt in the garden, how to use and for what.

Not that I know of Buffy. If it is a really big tomato plant I use 3 or 4 tums and then work my way down for the smallest plants using just one. It's the calcium you are trying to get into the plant so you could also use powdered milk or shells. Most packages of epsom salt will tell you how much to use.


One year my dog went behind me eating all of the tums while I was putting them in. LOL I turned around when I heard her crunching away on them, and all the wy down the row she had dug them up and ate them.

Back in the 1980s a neighbor of mine won the Organic Gardening Magazine national garden contest. Epsom Salts was his secret for amazing peppers and tomatoes, and it passed organic muster, as well.

Jerry Baker has written several books in which he uses strange items such as matches, mouthwash and cola in the garden. Not everything can be considered organic. From what I've heard most of it works.

Matches would be adding sulfur which could help tomatoes and peppers (if I remember correctly) and I've heard of adding sugar to tomatoes to make them sweet. And caffeine to perk up tired plants.