C.A.L.F.A.®
C.A.L.F.A.® is a proprietary blend of 40% nature-based carboxylic acid solution designed to release soil nutrients into plant available forms during critical plant growth and development stages.
Overview
C.A.L.F.A.® is a proprietary blend of 40% nature-based carboxylic acid solution designed to release soil nutrients into plant available forms during critical plant growth and development stages. This carboxylic acid fertilizer enhances calcium, phosphate, and micronutrient uptake while solubilizing and leaching sodium in high sodium soils. C.A.L.F.A. can help improve nutrient uptake efficiency by increasing nutrient availability and can be particularly effective in cool, wet soil conditions. The addition of C.A.L.F.A. to the soil surrounding the root zone can release these nutrients to be utilized for plant development. We also offer a similar solution if you’re looking for an organic compliant soil amendment.
Features
- Increases nutrient uptake efficiency
- Multiple different carboxylic acids
- Acts as a chelating agent
- Can be formulated with fertilizer or used alone as a soil applied treatment
Benefits
- Reduces physiological stress by increasing the availability and uptake of phosphorus and phosphate-bound calcium, iron, zinc, and magnesium
- Improves the pH effect on nutrient availability in soil and conditions necessary for root and overall plant growth
- Cleans drip irrigation lines in high phosphate soils where the availability of many nutrients is limited
- Improves tolerance to sodium by solubilizing and leaching bound sodium, allowing it to be leached away from the root zone
- Mixes easily without disrupting tank mix compatibilities
Application
Key crops include, but are not limited to: corn, cotton, peanuts, wheat, etc.
Soil applied via drip irrigation
Tank mixes easily with fertilizers, water, and most herbicide sprays.
Review label for specific application rates and recommendations.
Time of application:
Throughout the season starting at first root flush.
With starter popup fertilizers through soil injection or in the seed furrow
With starter popup fertilizers through soil injection or in the seed furrow
How does it work?
Carboxylates are exuded from the root system of growing plants as a function of cell division occurring in the root zone. The plant exudates of most significance are frequently referred to as P-mobilizing carboxylates and are often found deficient in many different soils across multiple crops. These compounds make soil phosphate more available and prevent the tie-up of added phosphate by sequestering iron, calcium, manganese, zinc and other minerals that bind the phosphate. C.A.L.F.A. carboxylic acid biostimulant aids in the conversion and maintenance of soil nutrients during critical plant growth periods. In soils where sodium and calcium are present, applications of C.A.L.F.A. as a fertilizer additive solubilize these nutrients into soluble forms of sodium carboxylate and calcium carboxylate. The root system has a strong preference for calcium carboxylate and will absorb it while pushing the soluble sodium carboxylate away. These salts are then leached out of the root zone, further reducing plant stress.
C.A.L.F.A. liquid fertilizer unlocks the phosphate in soil and assists in converting it to a plant available form for root absorption.
C.A.L.F.A. liquid fertilizer unlocks the phosphate in soil and assists in converting it to a plant available form for root absorption.
Key Crops
Apples, fruit of the domesticated tree Malus domestica (family Rosaceae), are one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. The apple is a pome fruit, in which the ripened ovary and surrounding tissue both become fleshy and edible. In the US, there are 2,500 varieties of apples are grown. Around the world, there are 7,500 varieties of apples grown, while commercially, only 100 varieties of the most widely consumed apples are grown in the US. The crabapple is the only type of apple native to North America.
Onion (Allium cepa) is an herbaceous biennial plant in the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae) grown for its edible bulb. The onion is likely native to southwestern Asia but is now grown throughout the world, chiefly in temperate climate zones. While onions are low in overall nutrients, they are prized and widely utilized in cooking for their flavor.
There are more than 8,000 grape varieties known, and more than 1,300 varieties are currently used to make wine around the world. Vineyards cover roughly 18 million acres (almost 7.5 million hectares) across the globe, with Spain, China, France, Italy, Turkey, and the US being the top grape growing countries. The type of soil wine grapes are grown in tends to contribute different flavor notes in wine. California is the fourth-largest wine producer in the world, behind France, Italy, and Spain.
Table grapes may be grown in many parts of the US, as well as throughout the world. European varieties (Vitis vinifera) and many hybrids grow best when the soil pH is between 6.0 and 7.0, but Vitis labrusca (Variety native to North America) varieties can tolerate a pH of 5.5 or slightly lower. California vines account for 99% of all US commercially grown table grapes, and the table grape vineyards cover more than 80,000 acres.
Grown in every state in the United States as well as every province in Canada, strawberries are one of the most widely enjoyed fruits. Known botanically as Fragaria ananassa and a member of the Rosaceae family, strawberries can vary in size and shaped based upon the growing conditions and cultivar. All varieties of strawberries have seeds on their exterior rather than their interior as is common with other commonly consumed berries.
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