The seed treatment assumes that the seed put into the earth for germination purposes, can carry active substances, able to affect positively the ecological niche, where the embryo will grow.
The substances used at present for the seed treatment have been mainly formulated, in order to protect the seed from the microbial and fungal attacks.
If humic active substances are added to these substances, the seed is protected, but at the same time, there is an activation - at embryonic level - of those metabolic and enzymatic processes that, if suitably driven, may assure a better and more immediate development of the embryo-plant.
There is no input more cost-effective than a well-formulated seed treatment, because providing a balanced nutrient package for the seed can be the "mother milk" of plant production. The mineral requirements at germination may be minuscule, but the beauty of seed feeding relates to these low inputs. A handful of small change can kick-start a crop so efficiently that only serious nutrition mismanagement later in the crop can prevent substantial yield increases (based on this early momentum).
Results in field experiments:
The best results were with the fulvic acid fraction produced by a new method which preserves the potency of the organic components of the fulvic acid fraction. By this method certain compounds in humates that are negative growth factors when applied to the seed are removed. The extract we supply for seed treatment meets organic standards and is not extracted with acids or alkaline chemicals of any kind. The product is so low in heavy metals, that it can be used for nutritional purposes, in livestock of course.
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