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Considering my fertiliser regime and suggestions that it may be contributing to the leaf burn of my cold climate trees I got re-interested in Al Kepplers Humic Acid studies a while back and was waiting for BT to come back on line so I could re- read his article about it I am very happy that he has again posted some of his findings at Forums such as Bonsai Vault.
http://bonsaivaultforum.freeforums.org/ ... -t435.html
Looking for a supplier of Humic acid in Australia I came across a company that seems to be doing some great work. They are a big advocate of humic acid and the bio mechanics of soil.
http://www.nutri-tech.com.au/index.html
A browse through there agriculture products and articles is interesting, they have a wide range of humic products that are available from farm centres(although I had to look at ordering in at every centre I contacted) They also have a range of products aimed at the home gardener. I had trouble finding these as well but came across an online store that has these products on sale at the moment.
http://bettaonline.com.au/categories.ph ... ON-SPECIAL
I have been very impressed with the range of products on offer by Nutritech on their website and I found the customer service very informative when I called to ask a few questions. So I made use of the flat rate shipping and the various products on special at bettaonline.
I have purchased
Instant Humus 70% humic acid and 5% fulvic is very good as I think Al has only been able to source 40% humic
Total Cover Fertiliser seems like a good quality 8:8:9 with plenty of trace elements.
Life force Trio is a extra trace element boost of calcium magnesium and boron. I liked this one because I rememberd the guy I was talking to from Nutritech had stated he had seen some great results on farms when effort was made to make sure that Calcium and Boron where adequate. Also magnesium is one of the trace elements that I sometimes wonder if my trees are lacking. Nutritech is very concious af making sure that all trace elements are coverd because even though only small amounts are needed the plant will suffer if just one is missing.
Sea change seems like a very good quality seasol type product plus some extras so liking my hormones I wanted to try it.
Stimulate could be used as a foliar feed after re potting and may also be very good for general foliar feeding as well?

I already have a couple of questions about using their products and I get the feeling the company will be very helpful in teaching me how best to use them.
Oh and all of these products have humic and or fulvic acid in some degree.

I don't know if this is of any help, but Humic Acid is used often by people with Hydro set ups. It is an interesting topic, with some interesting results. Definitely worth checking out

Excellent post soltan
i was very interested in humic acid when i read about it on BonsaiTalk a while back. None of the nurseries around my area knew what the stuff was. I was thinking about having a look at some of the products called "Bud Right" (no prizes for guessing what this is used for) at a nursary to see if it contained any humac acid. Might check em out tomorrow.

That's how Al found out about humic acid eliast. He stumbled on a basement growing factory and quizzed the guy on his growing methods. I just read that hydroponics fertilizers are the most complete and work well on soil as well.

Good luck Nereus. I am guessing the organic ferts have the humic acid. I have started a worm farm now
Here is another article on the subject
http://previsemanufacturing.com/LHC/LHC.htm

I have also been interested in this stuff since Al's original post.

There is a grower of a certain type of carnivorous plants up in Queensland that has plants FAR healthier than anybody else in the world. His plants grow so much bigger, quicker, and stronger, literally appearing as if they were on steroids. The growers wont release their growing conditions, but have suspected the use of humic acid for a while. These plants (Nepenthes) have also been known to have weak roots, that aren't capable of taking up much fertilizer. However, in Al's article on bonsaivault, it is claimed that studies have been made that indicate that some plants treated with humic acid are able to take up fertilizer so effectively by foliar fertilization, that it has surpassed root uptake.

Seamungus is also a relatively new fertilizer available that says it has humic acid. I only had a quick glance at the bag and don't know the percentage.

Does anybody know of any hydroponics places around Sydney? Don't be afraid to admit if you do lol.

Thanks for this article Brett! Looks like great stuff.

JayC

sounds so delicious! Thanks

Hi JayC,
There's a hydroponics store in Richmond that might be able to help you out, the owner is quite helpful too from my minimal experience.
Cheers - Pat

Good post Brett,

I am interested to give this a try as i am more and more turning towards inorganic mixes.

I just rang a hydro shop and they put me onto this line:

http://www.nutrifield.com.au/products

they stock a liquid feed that contains both organic fertilizer (seaweed etc) and humic acid. About $40 a liter though!