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    Hi. I read something about chelate nutrients. My question is can chelate nutrients be readily absorbed at different PH levels?
    for example : at 6.0 PH plants will not absorb calcium , what if my soil pH is 5.3 irrigated with calcium chelate ?
    Another question is if I add calcium chelate to the soil, will the chelate bind to the soil's available calcium and make it more absorbable?
    Sorry my question was so bad. but it is very necessary for me because in my country there are not many people who do research on this issue and I wrote this article quite hard with google translate ) LOL

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    An interesting question but I have no idea
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    Quote Originally Posted by vietnam420 View Post
    Hi. I read something about chelate nutrients. My question is can chelate nutrients be readily absorbed at different PH levels?
    for example : at 6.0 PH plants will not absorb calcium , what if my soil pH is 5.3 irrigated with calcium chelate ?
    Another question is if I add calcium chelate to the soil, will the chelate bind to the soil's available calcium and make it more absorbable?
    Sorry my question was so bad. but it is very necessary for me because in my country there are not many people who do research on this issue and I wrote this article quite hard with google translate ) LOL
    Had to look up the word.
    chelate
    noun
    a compound containing a ligand (typically organic) bonded to a central metal atom at two or more points

    ligand
    noun
    CHEMISTRY
    an ion or molecule attached to a metal atom by coordinate bonding.
    BIOCHEMISTRY
    a molecule that binds to another (usually larger) molecule.

    A type of organic molecule called a chelate may help to make nutrients available that, due to soil conditions, could not otherwise be taken up by the plant. The chelator molecule envelops the ion (magnesium calcium, iron, zinc and others), binding to it and preventing interaction with other ions in the soil.


    That's the Google info...

    Rqs has some great info on it.

    In soil the pH is buffered and it's sorted by the soil itself shouldn't need to pH that and you're essentially already using chelated nutrients when you use synthetic nutes.


    In Coco we do this all the time. Soil less so but it's possible. It's literally no difference between how we grow to the science behind it from what I've read. Living soils, micronutrient, nutrient deficiencies etc. It's all already what we deal with as growers.

    So to answer your question. Buy nutes from a recommended brand and decent soil or Coco and use the nutes, learn to read the plant and supply micro nutrients throughout. After a few grows you'll know when to supplement in the PK or Calcium etc.

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