[–] Voopin__Voopin ago
hey, thanks! I will let my bud know about the antifungal.
Yeah blossom end is lack of calcium. I have a spray that is supposed to help. My same bud said he uses pulverized lime around the base of his plants for it. I dont know if it has any calcium in it though. I was looking at shit online for my squash plants the other day (they all yellow and die suddenly, thinking its powdery mildew, and know i have SVB eggs on the leaves). Anyway, i saw something you could add to the soil (maaaaaaybe gypsum) to add calcium. will try and find again.
[–] 5463402? ago
Yup, Lime is literally calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide (like Limestone is calcium carbonate). Pulverized lime is a pretty strong base. I was under the impression never to add lime to soil unless the soil was initially very acidic?
[–] Voopin__Voopin ago (edited ago)
no shit? i had no idea lime was calcium.
im not sure on whether you should add it if your soil ain't acidic, sorry. Our region has pretty acidic soil anyways (i threw like 120lb of lime into my garden bed before planting this year, but my garden is fairly large), and he composts lots of pine needles, which adds to his acidity. I guess we lucked out in that the lime lowers the pH as well as adds calcium :)