There are 16 nutrients that every plant needs to survive. One of those is calcium. Calcium is needed to ensure that your plants grow properly without withering too fast. It provides numerous benefits to a plant’s health, including strengthening cell walls, maintaining pH levels, and increasing disease resistance. You can...
Reduce Water Ponding With This Natural Product
If you have a yard with any dips in it, you likely know the struggle of water pooling on your grass. You might think this is not a big deal; it’s just a puddle after all. But ponds in your grass can cause many adverse effects. Watering your lawn is...
Keeping a Lawn Healthy During Drought
No one likes when their lawn turns brown during the summer and they can feel a passerby’s judging gaze on their once beautiful yard. If you’re wondering how to avoid such shame, look no further for tips to keep a healthy green lawn during the heat of the summer or...
How to Mitigate the Effects of Drought on Your Crops
Americans today are currently living through the longest megadrought in over a thousand years. This drought started in 2000 and is still going to this day. The only other drought that we know of to be worse than the one going on today was in the late 1500s. In 2021,...
Ensure your Snow Melt Gets to the Root Zone by Applying Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate Prior to Snow Fall
Most people do not give much thought to the seasonal thawing of snow, generally referred to as snowmelt, that comes from mountains and elevated lands. The runoff water from the snowmelt penetrates the ground – a process commonly known as infiltration. However, infiltration is an important concept in the agricultural...
Using Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate to Increase the Calcium and Sulfate in your Tobacco Fields
Do you know that calcium and sulfate deficiency can greatly impact your tobacco field? Both calcium and sulphate are crucial for the development of tobacco plants and their leaf expansion. Calcium deficiency generally occurs in sandy ground that has low pH conditions. You can start seeing the calcium deficiency symptoms...
Fall is a Time to Protect Your Soil With Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate
Do you want to prepare your soil for the next season? Although Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate can be applied to your soil any time from spring to fall, applying it in the fall after your harvest is something that will greatly benefit your next year’s yield. Just like in spring, applying...
Irrigation Water and Gypsum
With the Covid 19 pandemic tightening its grip with its variants even in 2021, more and more people are turning towards home gardening as a means of escape and to discover their hidden farming talents. Growing simple vegetables in the backyard or home garden and then cooking them has become...
Water Infiltration and Containment
The agriculture sector does not only feed us, but also plays a vital role in assisting the economy and business sectors of the world. As obvious as it may sound, farming is not possible without sufficient water, but how can we get the right amount of water when there are...
Lawns and Gardens Thrive with Gypsum
A stunning lawn and garden can be a challenge to maintain, but worth the myriad benefits. With many areas of the US expected to experience record drought conditions in 2021, municipalities are likely to be rationing or restricting watering of lawns. Increasing your lawn and garden’s water retention ability is...