Calcium Nitrate Fertiliser Grade
A top dress fertiliser that provides nitrogen and calcium nutrition for vegetables, fruits, vines, flowers, turf and ornamentals.
Advantages:
The nitrogen in calcium nitrate is fully available to plants and provides an immediate and predictable growth response.
The calcium helps to reduce plant disorders such as bitter pit of apples, blossom end rot of tomatoes and capsicums, hollow heart of brassica crops, and assists in reducing tip burn of lettuce.
Calcium is an essential nutrient for development of all plant tissues and an adequate supply and uptake assures a longer shelf life for all horticultural crops.
Calcium Nitrate cannot be lost to the atmosphere like urea or ammonium based
fertilisers and:
- Is not affected by temperature, so nutrients are still available when conditions are cold
and wet
- Does not contain harmful chlorides or heavy metals
- Is not acidifying to the soil
Application:
Calcium Nitrate can be the major nitrogen source in a fertiliser program or strategically used at specific times in the development of crops, in conjunction with other fertilisers.
Calcium Nitrate fertiliser grade can be applied as a band or broadcast application. Calcium Nitrate is particularly suitable as a post harvest application on stone fruit, pome fruit and vines, where it is important to achieve the best flower quality, fruit set and early fruitlet development the following season.
Calcium Nitrate Fertiliser Grade requires only a minimal amount of rainfall or irrigation to dissolve it after spreading.
Rates:
General rates for horticultural crops are between 80 to 250 kg/ha as a spread application. The actual rates, number of applications and their timing will vary considerably for different crops and for different districts. Before application, seek advice from your Campbell’s Calcium Nitrate Fertiliser Grade distributor or your local agronomist.