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Bloomington, IN

Am curious if anyone does this? And if so what product do you think would work best? How often should it be done? And does it negatively effect the appearance of the fruit? The reason I ask is that my one main plant, a 1250 Kline, seems to have a history of being more prone to split pumpkins than other seeds. So I want to make sure enough calcium is getting to the fruit, but not at the expense of appearance. Thanks in advance!

7/17/2009 9:26:10 AM

Picton,ON ([email protected])

Weekly foliar applications of Calcium along with humic and or fulvic acid will help. Be sure your calcium product is chelated and with something other than EDTA.

Although some growers still do applications directly to the fruit, this has proven to be fairly ineffective. I severely burned a fruit several years ago, with too strong a calcium solution.

7/17/2009 12:31:33 PM

Ohio

I agree with Vince, growers used to think it was effective a few years ago but was found the pumpkin has no pours to absorb the calcium? I think its almost like the injecting your vines with Milk theory, it doesnt work,,,, or wait a minute, or does it? ;-)

7/17/2009 12:50:39 PM

Bloomington, IN

Thanks guys! I have some cheapo calcium spray stuff from ferti lome I use on my tomatoes sometimes, 10% calcium chloride. I know the chloride part probably isn't good and I'd be better off with something like Nutri-Cal, but would this stuff be ok for now? I'm thinking something is better than nothing.

7/18/2009 12:44:36 AM