1st off. I said to try EBAY for small affordable amounts of the Forbid 4F. NOTHING else works ANY where NEAR as good, period !!!!!
Here is a good one available right now from this link.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Forbid-4F-S...097?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item234238dc91
ALWAYS BUY THE REAL THING AND NOT THE GENERIC !!!
As far as the 8oz price being insane. Well, you will use 6-8 DROPS to 1 gallon of water! The 8 oz bottle is for Farmers and it will cover HUGE amounts of acres. So in that context, no, the price is not really "insane".
Boom done.
With that said. Your leaves look like shit (I explained the problem in my first post).
Why? Is what your asking correct?
Because you watered/feed them with way out of whack pH valued water/feed solutions. I believe this to be the bulk of if not the reason for all your problems.
The Ca could be from what soil you used to start them(it didn't have any added).
Start your plants in a good quality (NO Miracle Grow products ever!) soil that is amended with dolomite lime to help balance the pH. I like Potters Gold or Dr. Earths potting soil. With those 2 you never have to feed them for 30 days!
In soil (good soils), if you treat it right - FORGET pHing it. If you pH the run off all you have is the pH of the run off. NOT the soil. A TRUE quality pH meter that works CORRECTLY for soil will be very costly!
Simply get a nice one for liquids and........
Always, and I mean ALWAYS, pH ALL ingoing MIXED or straight water to 6.5 and apply.
Now simply forget about pHing the soil and life will be good!