Beautiful and healthy lawns and landscaping don’t just happen. With all the environmental and health issues linked to chemical fertilizers, coral calcium is a fundamental way to nourish your lawn and garden without the use of chemicals. An article in Safe Lawns reveals the secrets about great lawns.
Almost everything you do to your yard can destroy the quality of your soil. Applying synthetic nitrogen decreases organic matter and soil carbon, leaches calcium, causes acidity, and can reduce beneficial soil bacteria. Mowing equipment, walking and playing on the lawn causes compaction. Planting only one variety of grass may increase diseases and insects. Spraying herbicides/insecticides can reduce beneficial bacteria and insects and increase soil compaction problems.
So, how do we improve soils in our landscape high quality that will help us maintain lush landscapes?
THE ANSWER IS CALCIUM
It’s funny that calcium is rarely considered as a plant nutrient at all by academia. It is true that NPK (Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium) is used in greater percentages in plants than calcium, but calcium is used more by weight and volume than any other nutrient. Calcium, which is commonly found in limestone and gypsum, should be considered the most important nutrient, and more than simply a tool to move the pH scale. Calcium plays a major role in the physiology of the plant, strengthening its physical structure, increasing nutrient uptake and protecting it from disease.
Plant available calcium determines the uptake of all other nutrients into the plant. It is the carrier of all other nutrients into the plant. As calcium content in the plant drops, so can the protein, mineral and energy levels of the plant, resulting in disease and insect infestations. According to Plant Pathology, by George Nicholas Agrios, calcium reduces the severity of rhizoctonia (brown patch), sclerotium (white mold), fusarium (snow mold) and nematodes. The Plant Pathologist’s Pocketbook states, “Calcium generally enhances resistance against disease.” Adequate plant nutrition makes plants more tolerant and resistant to disease.
Calcium is supremely important in the soil. Benefits of calcium in the soil include the reduction of soil compaction, increased water infiltration, reduced soil erosion and phosphorus loss, which provides a better environment for the proliferation of beneficial bacteria. Some research even suggests that calcium plays a role in reducing weed populations.
If you see weeds in your garden, plant beds or lawns, there is a strong probability that calcium and other nutrients are lacking in the soil. Healthy soil is a key ingredient for good lawns and landscapes. Be sure to take good care of your soil and it will take good care of your plants and turf. Coral Calcium also reduces the need to aerate your soil with expensive and back breaking equipment. It is so effective that 11 lbs will treat 5 acres!!
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