Fertilizing and Watering
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Subject: Calcium Nitrate - when to start as a foliar
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Dandytown |
Nottingham, UK
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When would be the best time to start applying calcium as a foliar? I have a chelated solution of calcium(8%) nitrate (4%) and was wondering if additional nitrogen could contribute to a young pumpkin aborting.
Cheers
Pete
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7/12/2013 9:23:54 PM
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Engel's Great Pumpkins and Carvings |
Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)
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Is your Pumpkin Set? I mix it in with my Kelp and Spray it as a foliar
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7/15/2013 1:28:14 PM
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Dandytown |
Nottingham, UK
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Pumpkin at 6 days. If that's not too early I'll start dilute.
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7/16/2013 8:54:03 AM
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Engel's Great Pumpkins and Carvings |
Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)
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Wait a few more days...I normally with hold it ten days before and after pollination
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7/16/2013 1:10:38 PM
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Dandytown |
Nottingham, UK
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Will do, cheers Shannon
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7/16/2013 5:48:05 PM
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North Shore Boyz |
Mill Bay, British Columbia
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Is the benefit of foliar feeding calcium nitrate the calcuim or the nitrogen?
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7/27/2013 11:53:52 AM
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So.Cal.Grower |
Torrance, Ca.
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Was wondering the same thing Glenn?
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7/27/2013 2:46:09 PM
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sparcmat |
Winston Salem, NC
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I was under the impression that unless your plant starts showing signs of needing N...I thought we were supposed to push K a bit after fruit set. I get the idea of foliar feeding Ca but wouldn't a chelated source do the trick?
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7/27/2013 10:33:25 PM
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Dandytown |
Nottingham, UK
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If I had a chelated form to hand I'd go with that but my aim is to deliver additional calcium. I was concerned about the additional nitrate though and have held off.
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7/29/2013 6:04:53 PM
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Dandytown |
Nottingham, UK
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Just doing some info hunting and thought this might be of interest although probably 'old hat' to you all.
Cheers
http://www.solufeed.co.uk/uk-horticulture/chelated-micronutrients/solufeed-ca-95-edta.aspx
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7/29/2013 6:08:35 PM
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Duster |
San Diego
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some calcium sprays have the nitrate in it, the nutri-cal does that I am using
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7/29/2013 11:25:06 PM
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Red Dawg |
Orleans , Mi. USA
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Can I pour plant food down the Leaf tube?
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7/31/2013 7:14:15 PM
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Engel's Great Pumpkins and Carvings |
Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)
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no...
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7/31/2013 11:00:50 PM
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HankH |
Partlow,Va
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You better be careful to overdue the nitrogen.If the plant has good dark green color I wouldn't spray calcium nitrate.
On a side note about nitrogen....I recently did a soil test and my patch = % total Nitrogen .350
What is an acceptable range?
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8/1/2013 4:20:05 PM
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