CALCIUM

• Increases stalk strength and reduces lodging in grain crops
• Increases shelf life and reduces shipping and storage disorders in fruits and vegetables 
• Promotes maturity and improves fiber quality in cotton
• Improves plant tolerance of environmental stresses
• Enhances nodulation in legumes
• Promotes early root growth
• Promotes maturity and viability in seed crops

Deficiency Symptoms—When to Apply: 

• Weak stalk and lodging
• Roots short and knotted
• Leaves and terminal buds distorted
• Leaves with wrinkled appearance
• Leaf die-back at the tips and along the margins
• LETTUCE: tip burn, TOMATO/PEPPER: blossom-end rot, CUCUMBER: hollow heart, BROCCOLI: black heart