Molasses is rich in minerals, particularly in potassium, trace elements, and vitamins. Molasses provides the carbohydrates that microorganisms need to feed on, making it advisable to use when making compost teas.

There are different types of sugar that have not undergone chemical refining processes.

Different qualities can be found depending on the processes the sugar cane broth has been subjected to (evaporation, centrifugation, etc.).

Like molasses, it provides the carbohydrates that microorganisms need to feed on, making it advisable to use when making compost teas. It also provides various easily assimilated trace elements.

Leonardite is a humified vegetable substance, very rich in organic matter, in an intermediate state of transformation between peat and lignite (coal). It originates from the burial of plant materials millions of years ago and is usually found in the upper layers of open-pit lignite mines.

Leonardite does not have defined and equal characteristics and riches. Its richness varies depending on its organic matter content and the type of vegetation that gave it origin, as well as its position or depth relative to the soil where it was found.

As a result, the percentage of organic matter, the degree of humification of this matter, the composition of humic and fulvic acids, the content of silicon and microelements, varies depending on the source of the leonardite.

The characteristics of leonardite make it ideal for use as an amendment, improving the physicochemical characteristics of the soil and providing microelements chelated by the action of humic acids.

Humic acids, as understood in agriculture, encompass both humic and fulvic acids. They can come from various sources, but most of the humic acids on the market are obtained from Leonardite, which due to its characteristics are considered to be of the best quality and have
the greatest agronomic properties.

From an agronomic point of view, humic acids are used to improve soil structure. Their molecular structure is larger than that of fulvic acids, their decomposition by microbial agents is slower, gradually improving the physical capacity of the soil (water retention), chemical
properties (cation exchange capacity), and biology (increase in bacterial population).

Fulvic acids are used to stimulate root development. They are less complex molecular structures and can be absorbed by plants (humic acids cannot be absorbed).

Humic and fulvic acids can be applied throughout the entire crop cycle. Their properties give them a great ability to improve all types of soils: they improve aeration in clay soils; increase water retention capacity in sandy soils; and help to recover the structure of eroded soils.

Vegetable compost is obtained through the decomposition of plant residues carried out naturally by microorganisms, favored by temperature, humidity, and aeration over a more or less extended period depending on conditions. The result is a product rich in nutrients and
other compounds that, when added to the soil, activates indigenous microorganisms, favoring biogeochemical cycles and, thereby, soil health. This contributes to the plant developing with greater vigor and resistance to pests and diseases. Vegetable compost is used as the base product in the preparation of compost tea.