Farmer’s Secret Soil Revitalizer (32oz) - Organic (OMRI Listed) Beneficial Dirt Booster - Activated Humic Acid - Liquid Compost Soil Amendment

I have been growing almost all of our veggies and herbs indoors in our basement, year around, for over 10 years. Some of these plants, generally grown as annuals outdoors, can continue to grow and produce for over 5 years or more indoors. Even though I provide the appropriate fertilizers for my plants, the health of the soils is essential for these nutrients to be utilized. Since the older plants are in the same pot with the same soil for quite a few years, I decided to try this soil revitalizer on some of my older plants. Humic acid works in a similar way to compost, but compost takes time to break down to provide its benefits and can rob your plants nutrients during decomposition. . In addition, compost can change the PH of your soil. Whereas, humic acid is PH neutral. Humic acid can be thought of as a decomposed compost that will help plants to uptake minerals in the soil. Even if your soil has over-accumulated certain minerals, humic acid will help them grow well regardless. Another advantage of using humic acid rather than compost is that it can be added to water to provide immediate benefits. This can be helpful for established plants, such as mine, when trying to add compost would be almost impossible and benefits would be negligible. Although this soil revitalizer has been beneficial to my older plants, I did notice the ingredients of the product which state 2% humic acid and 98% water. It seems that this product would be much less expensive to use if the ratio of humic acid was increased with less water. If someone wanted to improve the soil on 5 acres of land, according to the label, 43 gallons of this product would be required for one application. This would be a cost, at current pricing, of $1719.57. Granted, most of us don't want to condition 5 acres of soil, but increasing the percentage of humic acid to the percentage of water would greatly decrease the cost of using this product. As it is, the recommend dose for watering is 2 ounces per gallon of water. So, the 8 ounce bottle would be good for 4 gallons of water. Since some of my larger pots require 4 gallons of water for every watering, this product is very expensive for me to use. Even for my application for use on older plants grown indoors, use of this product can be costly when considering the costs of fertilizers that are still required. I hope this review was helpful for you.

I was not sure about this product but thought that the reviews were good lets see .. I use top quality soil... I have potted plants , raised garden beds ,and I always keep my soil turned and ready for the next crop .. I had old soil and needed it to be nourished back .. this works great .. I also add other nutrients that soil needs .. but this really helps with old soil that need a boost ... easy to use mix as directed with water and that is it very easy ... plants will thank you .. my house plants are healthy green , and are growing , I have used on 4 garden beds large , and many house plant soil , and outside plants soil .. still have alot of the bottle left .. this bottle goes a long ways ..

* update to add a star for the absolutely phenomenal customer service. As I mentioned to the seller our dirt is really not all that great so that may be part of the cause for this just not working as well as I would have liked it to, and perhaps not all the product faults. But I didn't even have to reach out to them when they saw my three star rating they immediately reached out to me to communicate about it. Would definitely recommend this product based on just that alone as it is such a rare thing, good customer service anymore.* ... And normally I like to take pictures of what I buy but I feel there's no need in this case as it looks exactly as it did in the product page. Ease of use was as expected. I did wear gloves per the instructions and was careful not to get any on me I do not care to find out what would happen. I find that it does add a good supplement to my dirt when using other products and have not used it alone but I will go out on a limb and say that I feel like it has made my dirt healthier. My little plants do seem to be a bit healthier after using it seeming more green and productive. I do live in Florida so I can't comment too much on the retention of moisture, as even after 3 days of rain here a day of sun will begin to dry things out again! However I only use a little at a time since I'm using it for certain raised beds for vegetables so for my purposes I do feel like I got a good value for my money with this product. I would definitely give it a five stars and a recommendation.