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  • From: "Rodney" <reveland@collinscom.net>
  • To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Calcium for fruit trees
  • Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 09:14:49 -0600

Both Calcium salts are very useful. The Carbonate is sparingly soluble and the Chloride is highly soluble which would allow foliar spraying on some plants (tomatoes).

According to this url:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_chloride
chloride has multiple uses but don't get it in your mouth.
It is less harmful to plants when used as a de-icer than other salts.

This one discusses the use of Calcium to treat sodic soil

http://www.ext.colostate.edu/PUBS/crops/00504.html

They both appear to have a good application for treating plants with Calcium deficiencies and certain apples cannot be raised in many places without a Calcium supplement.

This website talks about genetically modified plants to be high in Calcium which supposedly makes them more resisitant to drought and other stress
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu:8050/agcomm/magazine/summer04/scienceandserendipity.htm

This one raves about what a great nutrient Calcium is for both soil and plants.

http://www.stretcher.com/stories/01/010226j.cfm




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