Why do mineral source or mineral source potassium humate and biochemical potassium humate both have the word “fulvic acid”, but their prefixes are different: mineral source or mineral source and biochemical? What is the difference between mineral source potassium humate and biochemical potassium humate? So today we will conduct an in-depth analysis of this issue and dialectically analyze it from multiple angles. Let everyone be able to distinguish the pros and cons in the market in the future.
Difference between mineral source potassium humate and biochemical potassium humate
1. Different colors
The yellow one is biochemical potassium humate, which is more common in the market. The black one is mineral source potassium humate, which is available in powder, tablets, granules, etc. on the market.
2. Different sources
Why must mineral source potassium humate be black, not yellow? Although mineral source potassium humate is fulvic acid, its appearance must be black because its raw materials are mainly peat, lignite, and weathered coal.
Peat is protected by the state, has too high a moisture content, and has too high a production cost. Therefore, although it contains a very high content of humic acid, it is almost not used as a raw material for mineral humic acid;
Lignite is currently a good enough raw material for producing mineral potassium humate, and the mineral potassium humate it produces is also called primary humic acid;
Weathered coal is lignite that has changed over a long period of time to form bituminous coal or anthracite. Bituminous coal and anthracite are formed after weathering. In this process, weathered coal belongs to regenerated humic acid.
The raw materials of biochemical potassium humate are: straw, sugarcane residue, and sawdust. According to its source, the colors of all biochemical potassium humate are mainly yellow-brown, dark brown, and brown.