Research

We pride ourselves on the years of intensive university and field research we’ve undertaken on NatureMate . In doing so, we’ve ensured an objective analysis of the great benefits NatureMate products provide, and its effectiveness in a wide variety of areas. Click below for more information.

Quotes

'Recent studies have shown that humic substances influence mineral nutrition, hormonal activity, antioxidant status and photosynthetic activity.'

'Humic substances influence several metabolic processes, such as photosynthesis, respiration, nucleic acid synthesis and iron uptake. Humic acid influences the production of RNA, which is essential for many biochemical processes in the cell.'

- R.E. Schmidt, PhD. And Xunzhong Zhang, PhD. How Humic Substances Help Turfgrass Grow. Golf Course Management, July 1998.

'Humates help convert essential elements into forms available to plants. [They] increase microbrial activity, which hastens the microbrial breakdown of thatch constituents.'

- Michael De Pew. Humates in Sportsturf Management. Sports Turf, 1997.

'Application of humic acid materials in hydroponic culture significantly increased root mass compared with untreated turf on almost every sampling date in greenhouse studies.'

- Chunhua Liu, PhD. And Richard J. Cooper, PhD. Humic Substances Influence Creeping Bentrgass Growth. Golf Course Management, October 2000.