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MrSterling
Are any of the humic acid supplements worth buying? I don't have a finished compost heap at the moment, and am wondering what the scoop is.
I third the humisolve for the types of products you're talking about (extracts). Another way to go is an ultra-micronized whole humate product that starts working instantly. Tested out at about 26% HA I believe? It's been awhile. It's called Huma-Carb (liquid) and is from Advancing Eco-Agriculture. You'd need to buy direct though. They have a short write-up on their site. They use an organic proprietary suspension agent and a proprietary milling process to get the particles under 1 micron in size. It's used a lot in open agriculture as a fertilizer 'fixer' so less fertilizer is required during applications. Also helps makes 'synthetic' ferts more microbe friendly with how it works. Also acts as a substrate, not food, for microbiological activity. Super concentrated and a little goes a long way. Very interesting stuff. Can even be used as a foliar but will stain leaves so not good for table crops.I second the humisolve from bioag. 1/8 tsp per 5 us gal. give at everywatering clone til flush. Stuff is extremely concentrated and will cause mutated looking leaves if too much is used.
I use Humisolve from BioAg.
I third the humisolve for the types of products you're talking about (extracts). Another way to go is an ultra-micronized whole humate product that starts working instantly. Tested out at about 26% HA I believe? It's been awhile. It's called Huma-Carb (liquid) and is from Advancing Eco-Agriculture. You'd need to buy direct though. They have a short write-up on their site. They use an organic proprietary suspension agent and a proprietary milling process to get the particles under 1 micron in size. It's used a lot in open agriculture as a fertilizer 'fixer' so less fertilizer is required during applications. Also helps makes 'synthetic' ferts more microbe friendly with how it works. Also acts as a substrate, not food, for microbiological activity. Super concentrated and a little goes a long way. Very interesting stuff. Can even be used as a foliar but will stain leaves so not good for table crops.
The dry humic products are intended as soil amendments before hand?
I saw that Humboldt Nutrients make their humic product, Hum Bolt, from Leonardite. It's liquid and 8%.
Thanks and much love to all!
- Mr.S
Burn1, I'd love to use ewc, but my worm farm is just getting started and I live in such a rural place that the Walmart an hour away doesn't even sell perlite, let alone ewc. So my options for anything like LC#1 seems to be bagged finished compost and mushroom compost. I wanted to look more into humic supplements because of this and because I don't understand how they "work".
Good stuff too!
I've been getting it for 2 years. They set up a bottling plant/line last year. Oh I have a little behind the scenes info and stuff . I'd show a pic of the gallon bottle/label but that's at home. I use a little in every watering. Even when composting a little spritz now and then as I'm layering and turning. The Amish guy behind the whole thing is pretty cool. They offer a free regular newsletter and you can get on their email list now for the electronic version. John knows his shit . They have been talking to some people about getting their products mainstream retail distributed. It's kind of a bitch to do that because of the state-by-state registration process. It's a 100% organic product though.Not sure if they are in the market yet.
R.Fortune
Don't mean to sound like a broken record but Huma-Carb is primo for large scale applications. The great thing about Huma-Carb (uber fine Leonardite) is that it maintains the humin fraction that extracts exclude. Helps build soil over time.I have a few acres I might like to treat soon, so I appreciate the suggestions towards not only indoor soil but outdoors.