----- Original Message ----- From: Allan Balliett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 11:40 PM Subject: Re: Nutrient blockers
> >Good quality humic acid is a valuable material - used in small quantities - > >but beware there are some coal based products that are detrimental to plant > >growth so you need to test first or know someone that has used the product > >successfully on crop plants. There are humates made for use in mining (for > >addition to drilling mud) that just dont work in agriculture. > >LCharles > > Lloyd - It's o.k. and appropriate to name the brands that you work > worth and to suggest other brands that you've heard work well on > biological soils. -Allan > As a dry humate I like the russian "Gumat" - I use this in seed dressings. Liquid that I have used so far comes from American colloid co Arlington Illinois. This is a nice product with satisfactory energy readings for our conditions and reasonably priced - probably will be replaced by the russian stuff now that I have located some of that. There may be better materials than these but they work ok for me in my conditions and are readily available in my local area. Have heard good reports on the Mennafee - new mexico humate but its expensive here and difficult for me to get. Dont know what else to add - these seem to work ok so I am not inclined to change unless I happen onto something better. Cheers Lloyd Charles
