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Farmville, Virginia (mfowler@hsc.edu)

Any suggestions?

1/3/2009 2:24:36 AM

South East

10 to 15 lbs per plant.

1/3/2009 10:03:30 AM

Long Island,New York

How much you can afford seems to be the trend....regardless of % organics and organics age and patch health....

1/3/2009 11:07:07 AM

Midway, UT

I think it somewhat depends on what source of humic acid you are using. The amount of humic is some products is 5% and in others 85%. The product I use suggests 20 pounds for 1,000 sq feet. I think LIpumpkin might be right however. I haven't seen any studies that suggests negative effects from to much humic acid outside of on your pocket book.

1/4/2009 1:11:47 AM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

At $18 per 50 lb bag for granular sized humic acid, we were advised to apply 1 bag in the spring and 1 bag in the fall per 1000 sq ft.

Here is a good link;

http://www.blackearth.com/

1/4/2009 1:52:37 AM

Picton,ON (j.vincent@xplornet.ca)

Yup...I agree with the 2 bags per 1000ft2, if you can afford it!

1/4/2009 9:58:27 AM

Georgia

I believe Humic Acid is a lot like preety girls...ya cant really have to much or too many. But they can drain your wallet. I prefer the water soluble type I like Neptunes stuff.

1/4/2009 12:29:54 PM

Colorado

Be a moron.if a little is good put more on.Someone needs to try 10x recommended level and report in next fall.Im to chicken

1/4/2009 1:21:22 PM

Rocky-r@stny.rr.com

heck, I am just gonna cut a hole in the bag and put my plant directly in it!

1/4/2009 1:46:06 PM

Paradise Mountain, New York

Apply Rich Earth™ to fertile soil at a rate of 1 lb. per 100 square feet., 10 lb. per 1000 square feet, or 500 lb. per acre. If soil is of average quality, increase the amount of Rich Earth™ by 50%; if soil is poor, double the amount of Rich Earth™. Mix or till the soil before planting.

1/4/2009 2:10:29 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Over doing HA can lock out other elements. I'd stick with label rates. Maybe adjust the frequency instead if the soil is very low in OM.

1/4/2009 5:46:01 PM

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Then is there any easy way to detect how much is already present in the soil so you don't go adding more and making a problem worse?

Locking up nutrients is obviously a bad thing, so correcting that problem is very important.

1/5/2009 1:09:13 PM

should this be applied to the patch before planting or throughout the season?

1/7/2009 10:03:17 PM

Some soil labs offer a "Luebke test" or in other words a humus test,,ask your's and find out,,then ask for an interpretation.

Adding compost, manure, and other OM consitantly you will see the #'s raise.

1/7/2009 11:12:22 PM

southwest MO

Aged compost is chuck full of many many different types of organic acids not to mention all sorts of nutrients and biology. The humic acid bubble will burst in time... Short the stock now...

1/8/2009 9:23:41 AM

Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth

Joe you buy it for me and I 'll put it down lol.

1/8/2009 7:10:59 PM