{"id":17731,"date":"2022-06-02T18:07:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T01:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalgarden.co\/?p=17731"},"modified":"2023-11-08T15:32:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T23:32:41","slug":"why-use-fulvic-acid-in-your-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalgarden.co\/knowledge\/why-use-fulvic-acid-in-your-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Why use Fulvic Acid in your Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The need to provide enough food for the world’s ever-growing population has long driven advances in agriculture. Growers are being tasked with growing more and more in less and less space. Fortunately, advances in our understanding of soil are helping. We now use our knowledge of beneficial fungi<\/a> in the soil to apply mycorrhizal fungi to roots. And new understandings about decomposition and soil health have led to fulvic acid fertilizer and using humus<\/a> to bring depleted soils back to life. An overall better understanding of soil’s health has led to greater crop yields, allowing more people to be fed from each acre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a home grower, you can apply some of the newest understandings about soil chemistry to enhance the crop yield of your own plants. Fulvic acids (and its big brother, humic acid) are nontoxic, organic compounds that provide plants with essential micronutrients. Some are excellent at promoting root growth, while others can be used to deliver nutrients directly to the leaves and flowers. Take a few minutes to learn about this family of acids and your growing game will never be the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Farmers have understood the importance of humus in plants’ nutrient uptake since the early 18th Century. Since then, the word humus has become synonymous with fertility. Agriculture has ‘leveled up’ several times in the last 300 years, and the modern grower has a much deeper understanding of humus and its connection to soil conditions.<\/p>\n\n\nHumus and Humic Acids 101<\/h2>\n\n\n\n