POTASSIUM HUMATE

Humic substances have three types of effect on soil and plants:

• They physically modify the structure of the soil
• They chemically change the properties of the soil
• They biologically stimulate the plant and the activities of micro-organisms

Physical Benefits:

• Improve the soil’s water holding capacity – Humic substances function as water sponges
• Increase soil aeration and soil workability by improving ‘crumb’ structure in the top soil
• Encourage soil animals
• Help maintain a more uniform soil temperature

 Chemical Benefits:

• Act as a natural chelator (by providing a high cationic exchange capacity) to improve the uptake of minerals, nutrients and trace elements by plants
• Act as a buffer to neutralise alkaline and acidic soils, freeing many previously bound trace elements
• Stabilize or assist in the degradation of toxic substances (including toxic pesticides)

Biological Benefits:

• Stimulate the growth and proliferation of beneficial soil organisms (algae, yeast, bacteria, nematodes and mycorrhizae)
• Enhance root initiation and improve root growth
• Accelerate seed germination
• Regulate hormone levels in stressed plants