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Old 07-27-2018, 09:04 AM   #39 (permalink)
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Default Re: Bent leaves

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Originally Posted by edwmax View Post
It doesn't have to! Calcium is absorbed direct into the leaf were it is needed. This is the advantage of foliar spraying.
No, because the leaves that you spray are not growing. The growing leaf is rolled up inside the pseudostem, growing from a meristem near ground level. By the time the roll emerges from the top of the pseudostem, where it can be sprayed, it is already deformed.

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