For home gardeners
Joy. Pride. Confidence.
BioBenefits™ for the garden you love. Liquid soil conditioners from Japan, created for the different ways you grow.
Sound familiar?
You're not short on fertilizer. You're short on soil.
It won't hold anything
Sandy or thin soil takes the water and the feed straight through. You're topping up constantly and it's gone by the weekend.
It won't let go of anything
Heavy clay that puddles after rain, then sets hard and cracks. Roots don't want to be in it and neither do you.
Containers go flat by midsummer
Potting mix that started open and crumbly ends up dense, grey and water-repellent by August.
These are all the same problem wearing different clothes: soil that has lost its structure and its biology. More fertilizer doesn't fix structure. That's a different job.
What it's doing down there
Three things, none of them glamorous
BioBenefits™ delivers the water-soluble organic fraction — the part of the forest floor's humus cycle that actually travels through soil to the roots.
Holds on to nutrients
Humic substances are negatively charged, so they grip the positively charged nutrients — potassium, calcium, magnesium, ammonium — that would otherwise leach away. Think of it as raising the soil's grip, not its nutrient content.
Helps soil form crumbs
Humus binds clay particles, microbes and fungal threads into aggregates. Aggregated soil is the reason a soil can drain freely and still hold water — and why it's pleasant to dig.
Supports soil life
Bacteria and fungi need habitat and an energy source, not just food for the plants above them. Organic matter is what they live in.
Straight answer: this is not a fertilizer
BioBenefits™ is sold as a liquid soil conditioner. It doesn't replace feeding your plants and it isn't plant food. It works on the soil that holds the food. Keep your normal fertilizer program — the point is that more of it stays where you put it.
[GARD-01] Have your US regulatory reviewer sign off on the claim language here. Soil conditioner labeling is governed at state level, and every performance claim on this page needs substantiation on file. Note that state registration is still in progress.
Why BioBenefits
Why this bottle and not the one next to it
Everything above is true of organic matter in general. Here is what is specific to using it out of a bottle, in a garden, on a Saturday.
It reaches soil you can't dig
The usual way to add organic matter is to dig something in, which means an empty bed and a free weekend. This one is water-soluble, so it goes in dissolved — into an established border, under a shrub, through a lawn, into a container that already has a plant in it.
[GARD-45] Confirm what can be substantiated about movement into undisturbed soil and typical depth reached. If there is no data, soften this card rather than leave an unsupported claim.
It fits the watering you already do
A watering can or a hose-end feeder. No spreader, no soil test to get started, no waiting for the end of the season. If you can water, you can apply it, and it goes on while everything is growing rather than between crops.
Nothing else has to change
It isn't a replacement for feeding, so there is nothing to unlearn and no risk of shorting a plant while you experiment. You keep your fertilizer, your compost and your mulch. The intent is simply that more of what you already put on stays in the root zone instead of draining past it.
Two honest caveats
Soil changes slowly. If you are looking for a visible difference next week, this is the wrong product — what to expect, and when, is set out further down and it is deliberately unexciting.
And the thing that makes it different is a process, not a percentage: naturally fermented Japanese cedar and hinoki cypress organic matter, extracted with water, rather than a mined deposit extracted with alkali. The comparison is here if you want to check it against whatever else is on the shelf.
How to use it
Mix, water, repeat.
No special equipment, no soil test required to get started.
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Dilute
Mix [GARD-03] rate of BioBenefits™ into [GARD-04] volume of water in a watering can or hose-end sprayer.
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Water it in
Apply to the soil surface around the base of plants until moist — roughly [GARD-05] volume per area. Soil, not leaves, is the target.
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Repeat through the season
Every [GARD-06] interval during active growth. [GARD-07] any seasonal start/stop guidance
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Keep feeding as normal
Continue your usual fertilizer routine. BioBenefits™ sits alongside it rather than replacing it.
Where it fits
Beds, borders, pots, patches
| Where | Rate | How often | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vegetable beds | [GARD-08] | [GARD-09] | [GARD-10] |
| Ornamental borders | [GARD-11] | [GARD-12] | [GARD-13] |
| Containers & hanging baskets | [GARD-14] | [GARD-15] | [GARD-16] |
| Lawns | [GARD-17] | [GARD-18] | [GARD-19] |
| Trees & shrubs | [GARD-20] | [GARD-21] | [GARD-22] |
| Houseplants | [GARD-23] | [GARD-24] | [GARD-25] |
Expectations
What to look for, and when
Soil change is slow and undramatic. We'd rather set that expectation now than have you looking for fireworks next Tuesday.
In the first few weeks
[GARD-26] Observable short-term changes, evidence-backed only — e.g. water penetration and wetting behaviour.
Over a season
[GARD-27] Medium-term changes — e.g. soil working more easily, crumb structure, moisture holding between waterings.
Year over year
[GARD-28] Long-term framing plus any trial data, before/after photos, or third-party results available for publication.
Every soil starts from a different place, so results vary with soil type, climate and what you're growing.
Products
The pack, and the refill behind it
One size exists today. A larger refill is the shape of the second, on the assumption that anyone who keeps using this will not want to keep buying the small bottle.
Multi-Purpose Formula, 32 fl oz
The retail bottle. A liquid concentrate you dilute into a watering can — the size to start with across a mixed garden of beds, borders and pots.
- Size32 fl oz (946 ml)
- Covers[GARD-46] area, or number of watering cans, at the label rate
- Price[GARD-47] MSRP
Refill size
For a whole vegetable patch, a lawn, or a second season once you know you're going to keep using it. Same formula, less packaging per application.
- Size[GARD-48] refill container size
- Covers[GARD-49] area, or number of watering cans, at the label rate
- Price[GARD-50] MSRP, and cost per application against the 32 fl oz bottle
Pack formats are being finalised. The 32 fl oz Multi-Purpose Formula bottle is confirmed; the refill size, all coverage figures and all prices are not settled and are shown here as placeholders rather than as offers. The formula name implies other formulas are planned — [SPEC-06] confirm the full size and formula range before this section is published.
Sizes & where to buy
Pick a size
The three sizes below are the shape of the range being planned. Only the 32 fl oz Multi-Purpose Formula bottle is confirmed today — see pack formats above.
[GARD-29] size
Covers [GARD-30] area / no. of applications
[GARD-31] price
[GARD-32] size
Covers [GARD-33] area / no. of applications
[GARD-34] price
[GARD-35] size
Covers [GARD-36] area / no. of applications
[GARD-37] price
The containers above are schematic outlines, not the finished pack. [IMG-03/04/05] Replace with product photography on white once packaging is final.
Until then, ask us directly and we will tell you where it can be bought and whether it can ship to your state.
Questions
Reasonable things to ask
Is this organic?
Can I use it with my existing fertilizer?
Can I overdo it?
Is it safe around pets and children?
What does it smell like?
How is this different from the humic acid product already on the shelf?
Does it come from Japanese soil?
How long does an opened bottle last?
One more thing
Curious where the idea came from?
The short version: people have kept Japanese Satoyama landscapes productive for centuries by working with the organic matter cycle rather than against it. That's the thinking behind this bottle.