Humawet assists with loss of water due to winds, water runoff, and drought. This soil surfactant helps to build a healthy soil profile and retains water in the plant's root zone. Humawet is a uniquely formulated high grade soil penetrant and humate with added long term effects. It helps reduce crusting, loosens up hard clay soils, and aggregates sandy soil. It allows water and oxygen to better reach plant roots by reducing the surface tension between the water and the soil. Humawet improves the growth and activity of microorganisms necessary for a healthy soil environment. The beneficial effects to localized dry spot (LDS) are noticed rapidly. By making soil and turf healthier with Humawet, you increase disease and insect tolerance.
Holds moisture in root zone and helps save water
Improves drainage and reduces compaction
Lets soil breath, opens up macropores, and reduces plant stress
Adds a long term effect to the turf to make it healthier
Does not need to be watered in
Provides high grade humates to increase nourishing organic matter in soil
Soil Water Movement
For small areas Mix one to two teaspoons of Humawet per gallon of
water. Apply solution liberally to areas to be treated.
Follow application with hand watering or irrigation.
Apply 32 - 64 oz. of Humawet in a minimum
of 50 - 80 gallons of water per acre per application
every two to four weeks to decrease hydrophobic
soils and increase water retention in
the root zone of soil the profile. It is suggested
that Humawet be applied using spray nozzles
that afford larger droplet sizes to increase
soil/solution contact as well as decrease spray
drift. In low organic soils (sandy soils) it may
be necessary to make several initial applications
at 64 oz. per acre several days apart in
order to obtain optimal water management.
It
is preferred that Humawet be applied by itself.
However, in the case it needs to be applied with
another product, please contact Geoponics or
your sales representative for consultation of
mixture and application. Never spray Humawet
with other products that have a high
salt index or could be considered phytotoxic to
plants. It is preferred that Humawet be applied
in early morning (with dew present) and
should be watered in immediately with 3 - 4
turns of irrigation head. Optimal application of
Humawet would be the morning before a
regular - heavy irrigation cycle.
Foliar Absorbtion
Humawet can be used to increase rates at
which solutions can be absorbed into plant tissue
(foliar fertilizers, systemic herbicides and
the like). To obtain optimal absorption through
the leaf tissue add 16 oz. of Humawet per
acre along with other product in solution.
Make sure to jar test Humawet with other
products to be sprayed for compatibility.
Do
NOT exceed the 16 oz. per acre rate for foliar
absorption applications.
Root Drench
Mix 16 oz of Humawet per 100 gallons of
water and drench soils to be treated. If applying
under trees or shrubs, cover the complete
area under the drip line of the tree/shrub with
Humawet solution. If adding other products to
solution make sure to jar test for compatibility.
