Epsom Salt for Better Plant Health

Once upon a time, farmer “J” lived in a little village where most of the inhabitants are subsistence farmers. Each of the farmers knows to plow the soil, plant their seeds and nurture them until harvest. One faithful year, Farmer J decided not to bother about nurturing his seedlings. Consequently, he was faced with the devourer of pests, weeds choked up the seedlings and the rest were scorched to death by excess heat and dryness. Lesson learned: Nurture your seedlings as they grow. (excerpt from Deeper Christian Life Ministry-New Jersey Consistently Nurture Your Growing Seedlings http://www.dclm-nj.org/viewpoint/achive.php?record_ID=10 )  

One of the major things gardeners have to contend with is poor soils. Our land has been so depleted of vital nutrients from generations of crops without conditioning the soils in between, pollution, dirty rainwater polluting the soil, and what other bad things we've done to our soils. I don't know how to replace all the nutrients organically yet, but as I learn, I will share. 
A while back I learned that Epsom salt is great for plant health. I know that it sounds odd to add salt to plants, as typical salt will kill plants, but Epsom salt is magnesium  and magnesium is vital to plants' ability to photosynthesize and make nice healthy leaves and luscious fruits and seeds. 
I didn't believe it myself when I was taught this. I had to check it out for myself.  I wish I still had the photos to show the results, but my experiment was to grow two identical varieties of tomato plant, adding Epsom salt to one and nothing extra to the other. Epsom salt was the only thing I added to the soil, both were planted in identical soil, both were planted in the same size cup and watered the same days with the exact same amount of water. I don't measure, so I can't tell you exactly how much Epsom salt I add to the water, but I can tell you it's not more than a pinch (maybe a teaspoon) in my little watering can, and no more than a Tbsp. in my large watering can. I think the large can is a gallon can.
What I saw was amazing. The plant with the Epsom salt was not only larger and grew larger leaves and vined quicker, but the tomatoes were twice the size of the other plant as well. I was so impressed with the results, that I make Epsom salt part of my routine feeding plan now. It's cheap. It's natural (I think?), and it works. Plus if I notice I still have plants that are looking a little yellow and sad, I can give that plant a bit more and it's never hurt one plant. I call it my plant steroids. Give it a try. Make it an experiment if you don't trust me (even though I am very trustworthy.....just ask me *wink*). I am sure you will find Epsom salt will help you as much as it's helped me.  Even if it doesn't, you know for yourself, whether or not it works in your soil. I bet it will, though. *smile*  
One last thing....remember....before we can truly live we must first die. Just like seeds must die to produce more life, we must die to produce real life. Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. John 12:24  Gardening and the Bible go hand in hand...go back to Eden to find the true beauty and peace of the land.
Have fun playing in the dirt!!