"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
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Paul M. Cook wrote:
"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
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Paul M. Cook wrote:
I have a quantity of calicium water - 10% - which is a foliage spray
concentrate. Would it be OK to use this as a dilution and just
water the plants with it?

What is calcium water? What is in it and at what strength? Why do
you want to water plants with it? Which plants and where are they?

David

My tomatoes are getting quite big and I wanted to avoid BER. This
stuff is called Foli-Cal. I just don't want to waste it if the
plants can't absorb it by the roots.

They can absorb it through the roots but it will not be absorbed as fast
or as efficiently as a foliar feeder. Particularly if the soil is very
sandy such soluble compounds leach out fairly easily.


The bottle says calcium derived
from calcium acetate. It aint cheap.


There is no reason that I know for such to be expensive. If this is an
issue then use it in the way that it is intended which will be less
wasteful. In future give your tomatoes some gyspsum or if the soil is
acid some lime or dolomite. Also try to avoid extremes of drying out or
wetting as this can interfere with calcium metabolism and cause BER too.


Yeah, I am learning. I tend to just buy off the shelf stuff instead of
going old school. 12 bucks for a pint (enough for 16 gallons) is expensive
but I'll be wiser next time. I lost almost all my tomatoes last year to
BEER and I am loathe to repeat the experience. I'll just dump out an old
bottle of windows cleaner and use that as the sprayer.

Paul