JOHN AND BOB’S SOIL OPTIMIZER:
A SMALL MIRACLE

The soluble concentrated humus in John and Bob’s is derived from a unique source of leonardite in New Mexico. This material is one of the world’s best sources of inexpensive soluble humus. In fact, our concentrated humus tests so high in organic compounds, only 3lbs. per 1000 sq. ft. is needed for optimum performance and will provide as much soluble humus as thousands of pounds of manure or compost.

Many gardeners are aware of the value of adding humus back to the ground but are discouraged by the cost, the inconvenience, the undesirable effects of salt build-up, weed seeds, flies or unpleasant odors. John and Bob’s Soil Optimizer solves all those problems.

Many have been disbelieving about the miraculous benefits of John and Bob’s in such small amounts.

The key to understanding how such low rates can be so powerful, one must understand that concentrated soluble humus stimulates root growth and development at very low concentrations. A recently published review article in Europe, written by Alessandro Piccolo, fully confirms the superiority of concentrated soluble humus versus that of bulkier organic soil amendments. In a series of interesting experiments, Piccolo and others show that concentrated soluble humus is more critical to good soil structure than any other organic factor in the soil. The soluble concentrated humus fraction of soils correlates much more with soil aggregate stability than does total soil organic matter. This indicates that soluble concentrated humus is the most important component of organic matter for promoting better soil structure. In other studies, soluble concentrated humus was shown to improve water infiltration into soils and to reduce surface runoff at low application rates, rates equal to John and Bob’s recommendations.