humic acid supplements

From: Lester Kallus <lkallus at earthlink.net> on 1999.07.05 at 14:15:53(3486) My tree service folks were here this past week. They asked if I wanted a humic acid supplement applied to some of my tropicals. I declined after I looked at the ingredients. The ingredients included (and I'm doing this from memory) Vitamin B1 & B6 and "Essential Amino Acids". There were also some trace elements. +More It seemed a bit bogus to me. As for the Vitamins, I thought plants made them, not needed them. As for the Amino Acids, they're "Essential" for humans in that we can't synthesize them and so must obtain them from our diets. I wasn't aware there were plants that can't synthesize them but require them. Am I correct in assuming that what this offered therefore was the humic acid (for whatever that's worth), trace elements plus a nitrogen source in the amino acids and the vitamins? Thanks, Les

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