I buried a handful of crushed expired stool softener tablets in the soil around my August late-season turnip transplants. 3 weeks later, this is what happened

group, the untreated turnip had a more defined swelling at the crown. The treated one was still developing, but it was a little smaller. We’re not talking about giant crop failure, just enough difference that I would never call the tablet treatment helpful.

8. The most likely reason it did not help

Stool softener tablets are medicine, not plant food. Docusate sodium is designed to act as a surfactant in the human body. That does not mean it becomes a useful soil amendment. Plants need nutrients in forms they can