Epsom salt - how much to use?

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I've got several tomatoes in the conservatory (aka the greenhouse) and as it gets jolly hot in there (it's south-facing) I have to do a lot of watering.  I have been feeding with Tomorite, but it looks as if the toms are a bit magnesium deficient so I have procured some Epsom salt from the chemist.  However, the only instructions on the box relates to mild constipation  :o and that's not of much help regarding my toms!  I'm assuming I just dissolve the salt in some luke-warmish water, but how much should I use and how much per plant?  :-\

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[daveyboi]

Dilute a tablespoon of Epsom salt in a gallon of water  will do fine .
You can use it a s foliar spray as well for blossom drop at the same dilution.

Some people just sprinkle a little in a ring around the plant.

[davyw1]

http://www.epsomsaltcouncil.org/garden_usage_tips.htm
Garden use of epsom salts

[Theplotthickens]

I used 1/2oz/pint in a sprayer and Robert was indeed my Mothers Brother  ;D

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Thanks guys, at least I know that the amount I'd used wasn't going to kill the plants!  Seems an awful lot what they said in that article, but at least I know that I can use it quite liberally.  And Robert was actually my mothers father!  ;D