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Nature’s Soil Wetter is a super-concentrated, eco-friendly soil wetter and conditioner that restores dry, compacted, or lifeless soil. Designed to fix hydrophobic soils and improve water and fertiliser efficiency, this plant-based formula is safe for lawns, garden beds, vegetables, natives, pots, and even golf greens or turf farms. Backed by Australian CSIRO research and made from 100% natural complex organic compounds, Nature’s Soil Wetter unlocks your soil’s true potential, helping it absorb, hold, and use water like a sponge.
Use Nature's Soil Wetter when your soil has become water repellent, irrigation or rainfall is struggling to penetrate the root zone, or plants are showing signs of moisture stress despite regular watering. It's ideal for improving water infiltration, reducing runoff, and helping soils retain moisture more effectively in lawns, gardens, orchards, and agricultural systems. Nature's Soil Wetter can also be used alongside most fertilisers and crop inputs to maximise water efficiency as part of a broader soil management program.
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Why choose Nature's Soil Wetter:
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Nature’s Soil Wetter tackles one of the most overlooked soil challenges, hydrophobicity, or water repellence. Common in sandy soils, compacted clays, and degraded soils, this issue causes water to bead and run off rather than soaking in where plants need it. By reducing water’s surface tension, Nature’s Soil Wetter improves infiltration and rehydration, delivering moisture directly to root zones while enhancing soil structure over time. Unlike synthetic wetting agents, its natural colloidal chemistry and plant-based surfactants support soil biology. The formula binds and retains moisture, reduces nutrient leaching, and stabilises nitrogen fertilisers for up to 80 days. It also detoxifies soils by binding harmful residues and heavy metals, while buffering pH for a more stable growing environment. Whether on turf, in gardens, or across farms, Nature’s Soil Wetter does more than move water, it regenerates soil function, boosts nutrient efficiency, and builds long-term resilience in any growing system.
In summary, nature's soil wetter has the following functions:
| Use Area | Rate | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Specialised Application | Seed Treatment | Soak seeds in 10ml per bucket of water overnight | |
| Microbial Stimulation | 20L/ha every 8 weeks to enhance soil biology | ||
| Sodium Management | 1–2L every second irrigation for salt-affected soils | ||
| Chemical Residue Detox | 20L/ha, repeat 2–3 times to detox pesticide/herbicide load | ||
| Nitrogen Boosting | Add 10% Nature’s Soil Wetter to nitrogen sources like urea or ammonium nitrate | ||
| Foliar Fertiliser Synergy | Use as an adjuvant to improve foliar fertiliser uptake | ||
| General Application | Lawns & Gardens | 100ml per 100m² | Every 2–4 weeks |
| Potted Plants | 10ml per watering can | Monthly | |
| Pasture/Turf | 10L per hectare (min 600L H₂O) | As needed | |
| Golf Greens | 100ml per 100m² | 2–4 weekly | |
| Fairways | 50–75ml per 100m² | Monthly |
Application Tips & Compatibility:
Download Application Rates Document or please refer to the rear label for application rates.
Keep out of reach of children. May be harmful if swallowed. If eaten seek medical help. ALWAYS TRIAL BEFORE CHANGE. Before a new rate, product or application method is used, a small trial is recommended. Warranty of this material, either expressed or implied, is limited to a guarantee of the composition as shown on this label in as much as uses are beyond the seller’s control. For the same reason, the seller is not liable for any injury to any living thing, crops, soils, or materials which may result from the use or storage of this material. As this is largely a mineral-based fertiliser made from natural resources, the analysis may change slightly.
NOTE: not compatible with iron-based products
Nature’s Soil Wetter is a natural, plant-based soil wetting agent and conditioner designed to fix hydrophobic (water-repellent) soils. It reduces water’s surface tension, allowing moisture to penetrate deeper into the soil profile. This improves root hydration, boosts fertiliser efficiency, and helps repair compacted or sandy soils.
Yes. It is 100% natural, non-toxic, petrochemical-free, and safe for all plant types—including lawns, vegetables, fruit trees, natives, potted plants, and even turf farms or golf greens.
Nature’s Soil Wetter works best when it penetrates into the soil. If applying with a pressure sprayer, you should water it in afterwards. Otherwise, apply with a hose-on bottle for even distribution.
For general soil improvement, apply once every month. If you’re trying to correct poor soil structure or severe hydrophobicity, more frequent applications may be beneficial.
The standard application rate is 100ml for every 100m². If treating less often (such as once a season), apply 300ml per 100m².
It’s best to wait 8–12 hours after application before mowing. The longer you leave it, the more effective the treatment will be.
For best results, mow your lawn before applying Nature’s Soil Wetter. This allows the product to penetrate the soil more effectively without being trapped in the leaf layer.
Absolutely. Nature’s Soil Wetter is highly effective on lawns suffering from dry patches, uneven wetting, or water run-off. It helps spread water evenly across the soil surface and ensures moisture penetrates down into the root zone.
Yes. Being derived from complex organic compounds, botanical extracts, and natural surfactants, it is fully biodegradable and safe for waterways, pets, and beneficial soil microbes.
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