Calcium formate's assistance to fruit farmers
Calcium acetate can be regarded as a "multi-functional" substance in fruit tree cultivation. It not only serves as a calcium fertilizer to replenish calcium in the tree, but also can replace human labor to perform "chemical flower thinning" during the flowering period, helping fruit trees achieve rational "family planning".
There are mainly three major advantages:
Advantage 1: Precise flower thinning, improving yield and quality
By spraying calcium formate, you can selectively remove the excess flowers. This will bring you two major benefits:
● Save labor costs: Manual flower and fruit thinning is time-consuming and costly. Research shows that using calcium formate for thinning saves up to 64% of the cost compared to manual methods.
● Reduce nutrient consumption: Thinning flowers can prevent ineffective flowers from competing for nutrients. The remaining fruits have more nutrients, are larger in size, and have better quality.
Advantage Two: Efficient calcium supplementation, strengthening the tree's health
As a small-molecule organic calcium, it has a relatively high absorption rate and utilization rate:
● Preventing physiological diseases: When fruits lack calcium, they are prone to bitter scab disease and water core disease. Timely calcium supplementation can significantly reduce the incidence rate and make the fruits more resistant to storage.
● Enhancing tree functions: It can delay leaf senescence, improve photosynthesis, reduce early leaf fall, and allow the tree to accumulate more nutrients to lay a foundation for a bumper harvest in the coming year.
Advantage Three: Safe and environmentally friendly, without harming flowers or fruits
At an appropriate concentration (such as 10g/L), it will not leave any harmful residues and is safe for both the environment and the fruit trees. When applying it, two points should be noted: First, the pollination should be done early, and spraying should be carried out when the flowers just open for better results; second, the stigma of the flowers should be thoroughly sprayed with the solution, and the solution must come into direct contact with the stigma of the flower's pistil for it to function effectively.
