Fertilizing and Watering
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Subject: Cal/Mag
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Somebody |
San Diego
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Cal/Mag has some nitrogen in it. Should it be avoided as a source of calcium for a growing pumpkin?
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6/29/2015 12:49:35 AM
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baitman |
Central Illinois
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Hollands Biomin Calcium Soluble Powder is 5% nitrogen and He recommends using it all year after the beginning of May, but as a foliar spray.
I think the opinion runs both ways on this
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6/29/2015 8:13:06 AM
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baitman |
Central Illinois
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I think a good answer was just posted by bubba,
http://www.bigpumpkins.com/MsgBoard/ViewThread.asp?b=3&p=542664
Seems like a good answer , if its lacking in N that wouldnt be normal, but an excess on N wouldnt be good either.
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6/29/2015 8:22:55 AM
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Pumpking |
Germany
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Take a soil estimator, your size of the plant and the amount of fertilizer you are planning to add in the course of two weeks. If it doesn´t increase the N content by more than 5 ppm then I wouldn´t be worried at all.
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6/29/2015 8:47:06 AM
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Pumpking |
Germany
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...the size of your plant... ...the amount of fertilizer you are planning to feed to this particular plant in the course of the next two weeks...
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6/29/2015 8:48:14 AM
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Somebody |
San Diego
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Thanks. Does calcium applied to the leaves make it to the fruit? I hear it is not mobile. Also, the nitrogen in Cal/Mag is in the nitrate form, so I can't use it on leaves. What sources of calcium to some of you drench with?
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6/29/2015 11:11:21 AM
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RoweFields |
Plymouth, Mass.
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I believe you can spray the Hollands Biomin Calcium directly to fruit at a reduced application rate.
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6/29/2015 12:54:56 PM
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