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Old 07-20-2018, 02:59 PM   #37 (permalink)
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Default Re: Bent leaves

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Originally Posted by aruzinsky View Post
That is wrong because calcium does not travel down the phloem to the meristem.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/...03627909366887
I'll take your work on that.

I'd also add that the mystery was not solved and what in fact was the problem was a boron deficiency, which has very similar symptoms to calcium deficiency, and I guess in Hawaii at least, tends to go hand in hand.

A foliar spray of boron (Solubor) did solve the problem, though additional application of boron to the soil every so often (twice a year, generally) is necessary in my yard to avoid the boron deficiency to recur.
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