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Old 09-12-2009, 10:57 PM
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Most calcium salts are insoluble, so as soon as you have another anion around (e.g. phosphate) the calcium falls out of solution. So yes, you'd apply it on its own and preferably with soft water.

Calcium nitrate is a good foliar feed - maybe not so relevant for many of the plants discussed here.

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