What are the benefits of HUMENTOS^®?

	Cost reduction:	Mineral fertilizers 40-80%
		Watering up to 50%
		Pesticides/Fungicides up to 30%
	Increased biomass and fruit mass up to 30%
	Improved plant/crop quality (e.g. starch in potato, flavour of fruits)
	Improved seed and root development
	Reduced risk of plants loss by up to 30%
	Increased stress resistance against heat, drought, cold, pests, etc.

This is due to the following beneficial properties of humic acids:

Water Use: Humic acids can significantly reduce water evaporation and increase its use by plants in non-clay, arid, and sandy soils. Furthermore, they increase the water holding capacity of soils.

Fertilizer Use: There is a long history of using humic and fulvic acids to improve nutrient uptake (Mackowiak et al., 2001). Humates posses extremely high ion-exchange capacities, which allows them to hold cations in a way they can be more easily absorbed by a plant's root, improving micronutrient transference to the plant's circulation system. Humic acids are particularly effective when added with banded fertilizer at the time of planting. 

Plant growth: Humic acids aid in correcting plant chlorosis, increase the permeability of plant membranes, and intensify enzyme systems of plants. They accelerate cell division, show greater root development and decrease stress deterioration. Under the influence of humic acids plants grow stronger and healthier, and they resist plant disease better.

Seed Germination: Not only do seeds germinate faster when humic acids are present, but a higher percentage of seeds germinate.

Soil properties: Humates reduce soil erosion by increasing the cohesive forces of the very fine soil particles. They improve soil structure and improve physical properties of soil by raising exchange capacity and buffering qualities, promoting the chelation of many elements and making these available to plants,

Microorganism Stimulation: Humic acids become a source of phosphate and carbon by stimulating microflora populations. They also provide sites for microbial colonization. A healthy soil with a balanced microflora support healthy plants.

Contamination: Humic acids can bind heavy metals, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides and viral particles in vivo, reducing their toxicity. Furthermore, they reduce toxic sodium and pull sodium from clay particles.

Humentos has been tested by:

-    Prof. Dr. Huettl, Chair Soil Protection and Recultivation, Brandenburg Univ. of Technology)

-    Dr. sc. Dr. h.c. Michael Boehme (Prof. for Agriculture at Humboldt University of Berlin)

-    Dr. sc. nat. J. Freiberg (Lead Scientist Inst. for Env. Research in Schlieben, Germany)