According to what I've read sugar doesn't really feed the plant itself. It feeds the micro-organisms that live around the roots of the plant. It's these organisms that break down nutrients making it easier for the plant to absorb them.

Epsom Salts contain hydrated magnesium sulfate which are necessary for plant growth. Magnesium helps strengthen the plant's cell walls which aids in drawing up nutrients from the soil.

Since neither of these items are harmful I'm going to try them in my garden this year - both vegetables and flowers and will report back any outstanding results!

Does anyone know about these two common substances and how they might work on the garden?

Best wishes, Linda

little communication problem but found my answer. And as some of us suspected he was using them to shade the plant from the hot sun. Didn't however find out if he punched holes in the cups to let the heat out since they stayed on for a couple of weeks. May use his method on some of my new plants next week since they are predicting frost around N. Ga. Growing up we used to make little tents from newspaper or catalog pages, weight them down on the corners with dirt so they wouldn't blow away.

seeds or small plants, Last year he left them on for several weeks, so I know it wasn't to protect them from frost. Has anyone used this method or know the reason for using them? Just curious,

bermuda grass. Today I tilled it, then raked to get as much of the bermuda grass out as possible, but there has to be millions of spikes still in the dirt. Now how do I get rid of all of them before tilling in the leaves and sand I plan to add to the existing dirt.

this thing will fit 5 drills, or 3 circular saws, or somewhere in the tens of thousands of drill bits.

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