Gonna give humic acid a try

ccoke — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:21:45 +0000

Since I have been spending so much time outside tending to my ponds, i have also been taking note of improvements I need to make to my yard and gardens. I have been reading more and more about how fertilizers can contribute to algae and water problems in a pond due to run off from rain, so I have been looking into ways to improve that. While research various soil additives and alternate fertilizers I cam across something called humic acid. Now, I dont know a lot about organics when it comes to gardening and such, but this sure didnt sound like something I would put in my yard. However after reading about it and the way people have used it, I am totally sold on the idea of using it in my yard, especially around my pond. In a nutshell, humic acid is supposed to help your soil retain water better and make more efficient use of fertilizer, which to me reads “can reduce run-off”. I have read where people use organic treatments in the yards surrounding a pond so that you can limit the excess fertilizers that make it to the pond.

So a couple of weeks ago I ordered some humic acid from a company called Natural Environmental Systems due to the high concentration level their product had. The product arrived a few days after I ordered it and true to form, it looks very concentrated. It is a dark brown…really black… liquid. I mixed it up with some water and liberally sprayed it over the yard immediately surrounding my pond. I dont know if it is wishful thinking, but it does seem like the grass in this area has grown a little faster than the rest, but it could be my imagination. The people at Natural Environmental Systems told me it could take a couple of application before you start seeing the results. Anyway, for as inexpensive as this stuff was I certainly think it is worth a shot and based on all of the stuff I read about humic acid, it sure seems viable.

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Gonna give humic acid a try