What are the uses of calcium chloride in agriculture?

1. Soil improvement

Used as a soil conditioner, it can adjust soil structure, improve soil aeration and water retention capacity. In arid areas, calcium chloride can effectively prevent soil weathering, increase the content of active minerals in the soil, maintain soil moisture, and improve soil quality.

2. Promote plant growth

Calcium chloride can promote plant growth and development and improve plant disease resistance and stress resistance. It can increase soil calcium content, provide necessary calcium elements for plants, promote plant root growth, and increase chlorophyll content in plants.

3. Preservation of agricultural products

Calcium chloride can extend the shelf life of agricultural products. It can accelerate the ripening of fruits and vegetables and control the hardening of fruits and yellowing of vegetables. In addition, it can also control the growth of microorganisms and bacteria in agricultural products and avoid deterioration and shrinkage of agricultural products.

4. Dust suppressant

In the agricultural field, calcium chloride can be used as a dust suppressant to reduce dust in the air by absorbing dust and reducing the amount of dust. This not only improves environmental quality but also prevents crops from being contaminated by dust.