Cazbo FMC

FMC CaZBo® is an advanced, high-load fortified suspension concentrate formulation combining Calcium 21% + Zinc 1.5% + Boron 0.1%. Designed with flowable suspension technology, it delivers a synergistic multi-nutrient boost at substantially lower application volumes than conventional calcium fertilizers. It is engineered to prevent physiological disorders, fortify cell walls, enhance reproductive success, and extend produce shelf life.

Key Technical Composition & Synergistic Mode of Action

• Calcium (Ca) 21% (Minimum): The primary building block of plant structural integrity (calcium pectate in cell walls and middle lamella). It enhances outer skin elasticity and firmness, directly preventing fruit cracking, blossom-end rot (BER), bitter pit, and internal tip breakdown.

• Boron (B) 0.1% (Minimum): Works hand-in-hand with calcium to aid structural synthesis and carbohydrate/sugar translocation. Crucial for pollen germination, pollen tube growth, and flower fertilization, preventing premature flower and fruit drop.

• Zinc (Zn) 1.5% (Minimum): Essential for tryptophan and natural auxin (IAA) synthesis. Drives cell elongation, leaf surface expansion, early shoot vigor, and enzymatic activation.

• Synergistic Action: Calcium mobility within plants is typically slow. The co-formulation of Boron facilitates systemic calcium movement into expanding tissues, while Zinc ensures balanced cell division and tissue development.

Crop Usage & Scope

FMC CaZBo is formulated for widespread use across all key crop categories:

• Fruit Crops: Pomegranate, Apple, Grapes, Citrus, Mango, Banana, Guava, Papaya.

  • Benefits: Prevents fruit cracking in pomegranates and citrus, controls bitter pit in apples, eliminates water berry/berry shatter in grapes, and increases rind firmness and export shelf life.

• Vegetable Crops: Tomato, Chilli, Capsicum, Brinjal, Onion, Potato, Cucurbits.

  • Benefits: Eliminates Blossom End Rot (BER) in tomatoes and peppers, reduces hollow heart/internal browning in potatoes, and enhances bulb skin thickness and storage life in onions.

• Commercial & Field Crops: Cotton, Sugarcane, Groundnut, Soybean, Paddy (Rice), Wheat.

  • Benefits: Strengthens square and boll retention in cotton, improves peg development and pod-fill in groundnuts, and enhances stem stiffness to resist lodging in cereals.

• Horticulture & Floriculture: Rose, Carnation, Gerbera, Marigold.

  • Benefits: Prevents neck bending/stem collapse in cut flowers, deepens petal luster, and extends vase life.

Recommended Dosage & Dilution Chart

Ideal Application Timing

• Pre-Flowering & Flower Opening Stage: Enhances viable pollen formation, improves pollination efficiency, and reduces flower drop.

• Fruit Set & Berry Sizing Stages: Crucial window when rapid cell division occurs; ensures cell walls are reinforced with structural calcium before rapid fruit expansion begins.

• Fruit Development / 15–20 Days Before Harvest: Enhances skin finish, rind thickness, and post-harvest shelf life.

• Best Time of Day: Spray during the early morning (before 9:30 AM) or late afternoon (after 4:30 PM) to maximize stomatal absorption and prevent rapid drying under high sun.

Safety Precautions & Handling

• Shake Thoroughly: Because it is a dense suspension concentrate formulation, shake the bottle vigorously before measuring to achieve uniform dispersion.

• Tank Compatibility & Incompatibilities:

  • Compatible with most standard neutral crop protection products and foliar inputs.

  • Critical: Avoid mixing directly with concentrated sulphate-based fertilizers (e.g., Magnesium Sulphate) or unbuffered phosphate-based fertilizers, as free calcium can react to form insoluble precipitates. Always perform a simple physical jar compatibility test before preparing broad tank mixes.