Model Humate Plus -Humic Acid

Soil humus is so important in garden and crop production that the necessity of maintaining adequate concentrations of it in productive soils has been recognized and emphasized by agriculturists for many years. Agronomic research has investigated humic substances and gathered scientific data on them since the late 1960’s OLP.

Humic matter is continuously being created, and destroyed in soils under natural conditions. The most active portions are decomposed first. Soils cultivated over long periods of time with only NPK as inputs have only the humus additions that are formed from any crop residues left behind, which, in humid areas, is generally less than the native vegetation used to provide.

Crop rotation, planting of legumes, plowing under green manures & cover crops, application of animal manures, compost, or the use of expensive organic fertilizers are all methods of increasing levels of humus in the soil. Humus, in turn makes humic acids available to do the work of building soil structure and providing other, more direct, benefits to plants.

Naturally-occurring geological deposits of organic material exist which contain concentrated extractable Humic Acids in the form of oxidized lignite, or Humates.

ProActive Agriculture Humates are mined from the highest quality deposits, processed and made available to the agricultural industry so that every grower can take advantage of nature’s storehouse of Humic Acid. Application of Humates to almost any type of crop will help to compensate for lost productivity that occurs with soil humus losses, and will help to speed the  process of building up necessary reserves of humus in agricultural soils under good management.

Humic Acids in the soil serve numerous functions. Among the most significant are:

• Physical modification of soil structure, increasing soil aggregate stability, and thus improving water infiltration, aeration, soil tilth and workability, and reducing erosion losses from runoff.

• Breaking down soil primary minerals, releasing elements as available nutrients, holding nitrogen in reserve in the soil, making it available to plants over time.

• Providing the environment and stimulus for microbial activity

• Organically complexing nutrients, making them bio-available to plants

• Increasing root growth, root penetration and chlorophyll density, thus aiding in photosynthesis.

• Substantially increasing proteins, fiber, and sugars thus improving quality and yield.

• Demonstrated Improvement in Commercial Crops

Humic Acids, in the form of Humates or in liquid form (extracted from Humates), when applied to almost any crop will help to increase quality and yield. Improvements have been documented in carrots, corn, citrus, cotton, fruit trees, grains, hay, melons, potatoes, rice, soy beans, sugar beets and sugar cane, just to name a few.