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Article: EPSOM SALTS BRING ABOUT SWEET RESULTS IN ...
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  July 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... well enough. Some people swear by Epsom salts, available at any drug store, as ... root roses in it, using 1/2 cup of Epsom salts per gallon of water. You can also mix a tablespoon of Epsom salts into the soil when planting a rose ...

Article: Magnesium Sulfate (Epsom Salts) Market In Relative ...
Chemical Market Reporter;  December 10, 2001 ;     700+ words ...THE NORTH AMERICAN magnesium sulfate (Epsom salts) crystal market is in "relative balance ... agricultural season last spring in which demand for Epsom salts was lower. "The Epsom salts market is relatively in balance and pricing is ...

Article: GARDENSCAPE: ; Epsom salts remedy magnesium ...
Sunday Gazette-Mail;  May 6, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... other day, at a huge pile of boxes of Epsom salts. And they were packaged as plant food ... soak for tired, aching gardeners. Epsom salts are magnesium sulfate, and magnesium ... our local rose societies and applied Epsom salts to rose bushes at the beginning of the ...

Article: TEST RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT EPSOM SALTS.(HOME)
The Virginian Pilot;  May 11, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... BECAUSE OF recent intense promotion of Epsom salts for roses, researchers at the Alabama ... find out for themselves. They applied Epsom salts around roses. Results: ``Plants treated with Epsom salts showed less vigor and produced fewer ...

Article: Epsom salts may prevent cerebral palsy
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  August 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... magnesium sulfate, commonly referred to as Epsom salts, may offer some neurological protection ... the New England Journal of Medicine. Epsom salts are relatively safe and affordable ... professionals to adopt the practice of using Epsom salts to reduce cerebral-palsy risk as well ...

Article: There's no magic in Epsom salts; It doesn't offer a ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  June 15, 2003 ;     530 words ...Have you dosed your roses with Epsom salts yet? It's rumored to be good for the plants ... elderly lady in Iowa spoke highly of using Epsom salts on her tomatoes, also. Hogwash! Epsom salts is magnesium sulfate, a source of both magnesium ...

Article: EPSOM SALTS BOOST SOIL'S MAGNESIUM.(AT HOME)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  September 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... questions you folks have sent in: Q: Can Epsom salts be used to lower a soil's pH? I understand ... J. Lloyd A: Another name for Epsom salts is magnesium sulfate, and although ... the minor amount of sulfate present in Epsom salts does not significantly affect pH. However ...