At Plant Elixir we’ve had the great fortune to work with a lot of exceptional cannabis growers in South Africa. These guys and girls are a special breed. Anyone out there who understands the wonder of cannabis sinsemilla is to be worshipped… we are very much in awe of those who can successfully grow this incredible plant.
When we began Plant Elixir, we were on the hunt for a simple way to feed our plants. Even when we came across the miracle of fulvic and humic acid and realised just how easy the process can become to feed one’s plants, we never realised until a long way further down the line just how many people were seeking fulvic acid out and what a big deal it was.
The more we got into this game the more we realised just how many growers were playing it. And the further we dug into Nature’s Own Nutrients, the more we understood that the applications this incredible life-giving liquid has go WAY past the magic of marijuana.
Yes, fulvic and humic acid are used in SO many different ways in the agriculture industry. Just a quick look for example at farming fruit leaves one in awe at the attention and knowledge that has been put into developing a symbiotic relationship between fulvic and humic acid and crops.
As the saying goes, an apple a day keeps the doctor away… and the miracle of humic substances is right in that corner as well.
According to research, regular use of fulvic acid increases nutrient density in fruit and vegetables. Because it is a chelator, or claw molecule, it does wonders when plants are looking to soak up nutrients from the soil or from whatever plant lover or farmer is trying to feed them.
And the obvious point of course is that fulvic and humic acid itself is a bio stimulant that keeps on giving. Imagine finding the source of millions of years’ worth of microorganic breakdown of humic substances in the soil and feeding it to your plants.
That’s what Plant Elixir is about.
An example of the joy fulvic and humic can bring to your plants comes in the form of a study on lemons done by researchers at two different universities in China that determined the aforementioned products improved the size of the fruit we all know and love, the yield of the plant, the Vitamin C content AND the amount of juice produced!
Not bad for the little chelator that could!
Not only are these substances good for growth, but also for protection of fruit trees and crop from disease and stress, as mentioned by Eric Peters in an article for Farmer’s Review Africa.
According to Peter, use of these chelators has the following advantages:
- Soil amelioration and improvement: Humic acids can enhance soil structure, nutrient availability, and water retention, making them valuable for soil improvement.
- Improving aggregate stability and soil structure: By interacting with soil minerals like clay minerals, humic acids improve aggregate stability, creating a more porous soil structure that enhances moisture and nutrient retention, as well as root growth and aeration.
- Enhancing soil microorganism activity: Humic acids and fulvic acids can enhance the activity of beneficial soil microorganisms, such as mycorrhizal fungi and nitrogen-fixing bacteria, by providing energy and nutrients for their growth.
- Binding and retaining nutrients: Humic acids can bind and retain nutrients like potassium, calcium, and magnesium, releasing them to plant roots as needed.
- Immobilization and detoxification: Fulvic acids play a role in immobilizing and detoxifying pollutants and heavy metals in soil, binding and removing these metals from the soil solution.
- Reducing plant pathogens: Fulvic acids can reduce the abundance of plant pathogens and other harmful organisms.
- Retention and release of nutrients and essential elements: Fulvic acids play a key role in retaining and releasing nutrients and other essential elements.
So don’t put our amazing products in a box… they’re good for anything you are growing!
(Of course WE can put them in a box… when you buy them from our shop!)
Shout out to Farmer’s Review Africa and the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute for the knowledge. Photo by Julia Zolotova on Unsplash