Thanks for your reply, I appreciate it!Only a very few plants need chloride. Otherwise, it just adds to the "saltiness" of the feed water, meaning the plant has to work uphill against an osmotic gradient. There are better forms of calcium, ones that contain other anions that the plant can use- calcium nitrate, for example, or calcium sulfate, just as two examples.
But, if you don't want the nitrogen for whatever reason, then you'd avoid calcium nitrate. And so on.
Bubbling won't get rid of chloramines. Calcium chloride will kill your microherd. -granger
Thanks for the info!actually its moderately soluable ,but there is peeps selling soluable gypsum too..kelp4less.com being one.solution grade..yeehaw
I've read not to use calcium chloride, many times, but I've never been able to find any claims about why..
Can someone please inform me, or throw me a link to a thread?
Yeah, these look good. I've got these [different brand] on my 2 outdoor faucets. Says it uses KDF-85 carbon, which is what I have in my room [Small Boy Filter.] And per gal. cost is peanuts.
No, it won't remove the Cl portion of the CaCl2, and leave the Ca. Not the only, but I've had luck with SaferGro Biomin Calcium, and their other trace mins. Good products, OMRI. Good luck. -granger
It's implyed here: https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=310526Out of curiosity (because i believe that multiple sources of readily available calcium is essential, Cal Chloride included) could you post a link to where it is said to avoid C.Chloride? Thanks
Thanks, for the input.Chlorine is an essential nutrient for all plants. Overuse of chloride fertilizer is not good, but in most cases it's far from toxic and I have seen no real evidence that it does any harm to soil life. Matter of fact, Cl is also an essential nutrient for all animal life.
The most commonly used fertilizer in the world is Potassium chloride (KCl, muriate of potash, 0-0-50). It is definitely overused, but it's cheap because it is naturally mined and even allowed under USDA organic rules.
Chlorine is a strong growth stimulant in plants, but, like excess Nitrogen, promotes rapid growth of vegetative tissues and fiber and high water content/low nutrient content.
Anyway, more than once I have done fertility consulting for growers whose plants showed Cl deficiencies, and suggested that the problem was they were filtering out the chlorine from their water supplies.
Cl should be around 1/4 of potassium, as long as K is in balance with Ca and Mg. More than that may stimulate growth but will likely reduce quality.