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WHAT DO HUMIC ACIDS DO?
PHYSICAL BENEFITS:
Increases water holding capacity, Increases aeration of soil,
Improves soil
workability, Helps resist drought, Improves seedbed, Makes
soil more friable
or crumbly, Reduces soil erosion.
CHEMICAL BENEFITS:
Retains water-soluble inorganic fertilizers in the root zones
and releases them
to plants when needed, Promotes the conversion of a number of elements
into forms available to plants, Possesses extremely high
ion exchange capacities,
Participates in the decomposition of rocks and minerals,
Increases
buffering properties of soil, Chelates metal ions under
alkaline conditions, Rich
in both organic and mineral substances essential to plant
growth, Increases
percentage of total nitrogen in the soil.
BIOLOGICAL BENEFITS:
Stimulates plant growth by accelerating cell division,
increasing the rate of
development in root systems, and increasing the yield of dry
matter, Increases
germination of seed and viability, Increases vitamin content
of plants, Increases
the permeability of plant membranes; promoting the uptake of
nutrients, Stimulates
root growth, especially lengthwise, Increases root respiration
and formation,
Stimulates growth and proliferation of desirable soil
microorganisms
as well as algae and yeast, Aids in photosynthesis, Stimulates
plant enzymes,
Acts as an organic catalyst, Has no detrimental effects on
quality of
product.
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