GC_Mospeada
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Okay I won't be able to delete this thread but I'm not logging in again after this. This is the answer. Good luck to anyone that can't understand it.
When calcium nitrate is combined with amino acids they chelate. because of the L chain on the amino molecule. Once it chelates, the Nitrogen will become part of the molecule and hence not taken up as food. This also adds an opposing charge to the molecule as well, which means the plants absorbs calcium a thousand times faster than just going up one ion at a time through the transportation stream.
This calcium the plant takes up does not get used for food but as a physical building block for the plant. The calcium reacts with Pectic acid to create pectin. With high enough levels of calcium uptake; it will replace the water that is in the interstitial space that joins the cell walls together.
What this means for it being used as a fungicide is that when a spore lands on a leaf it will send out a germination tube (they won't sporulate in just water). It HAS to be water that is contained in the leaf for it to reproduce. However, because of the wall of pectin it has to get through the germination tube will wither up and die first. Hence preventing it from reproducing. It doesn't actually kill the fungus.
This was the result of the Dutch government banning fungicides back in 2014. All horticultural industries suffered a 40% loss in yield across the board. Once this discovery was put into practice the yield loss went from 40% to 0%. With a 10% increase in yields. This was just ONE positive effect of increasing calcium uptake. Any grower that is worth his salt would never talk down the benefits of calcium for a plant.
Anyways that all from me...You have Mr.head to thank for me giving up on you guys.
When calcium nitrate is combined with amino acids they chelate. because of the L chain on the amino molecule. Once it chelates, the Nitrogen will become part of the molecule and hence not taken up as food. This also adds an opposing charge to the molecule as well, which means the plants absorbs calcium a thousand times faster than just going up one ion at a time through the transportation stream.
This calcium the plant takes up does not get used for food but as a physical building block for the plant. The calcium reacts with Pectic acid to create pectin. With high enough levels of calcium uptake; it will replace the water that is in the interstitial space that joins the cell walls together.
What this means for it being used as a fungicide is that when a spore lands on a leaf it will send out a germination tube (they won't sporulate in just water). It HAS to be water that is contained in the leaf for it to reproduce. However, because of the wall of pectin it has to get through the germination tube will wither up and die first. Hence preventing it from reproducing. It doesn't actually kill the fungus.
This was the result of the Dutch government banning fungicides back in 2014. All horticultural industries suffered a 40% loss in yield across the board. Once this discovery was put into practice the yield loss went from 40% to 0%. With a 10% increase in yields. This was just ONE positive effect of increasing calcium uptake. Any grower that is worth his salt would never talk down the benefits of calcium for a plant.
Anyways that all from me...You have Mr.head to thank for me giving up on you guys.
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