YaraLiva Tropicote for Potatoes

Are your potatoes getting enough calcium?

Calcium is a vital ingredient for high quality potatoes, it helps to increase the strength of the cell walls and so maintains tuber quality by reducing the incidence of storage rots and internal disorders including, Internal Rust Spot (IRS) and Internal Brown Spot (IBS) as well as promoting a better skin finish and improved bruising and handling resistance.

Calcium is required for maintenance of cell walls and healthy leaf and tuber development. 

Calcium reaches developing tubers directly from stolon roots and absorption through the tuber skin. 

Calcium is not redistributed from the leaves to tubers. Tuber uptake relies upon having a readily available source of calcium in the soil surrounding the developing tubers.

View or download the Tropicote for Potatoes leaflet as a PDF (1,820 KB).