For Plants/Solace

For Plants

Solace

Composure under heat — vigor that holds when the season runs hot and dry.

When the sun is relentless and the soil dries between waterings, plants tend to clench — leaves curl, color fades, growth stalls. Solace is formulated to help a planting meet those conditions with composure instead, holding turgor and color through the hottest part of the day and carrying its momentum into the cooler hours.

The blend leans on botanicals with a long reputation for thriving where conditions are harsh — high mountain ridges, cold steppes, arid ground. Paired with the mineral- and polysaccharide-rich gel of Atlantic sea moss, it supports the kind of tissue tone and water economy that lets a plant ride out a dry spell without losing its footing.

Used as a regular dilute feed during heat-prone stretches, Solace becomes part of a plant's seasonal armor: steadier growth, more even foliage, and a planting that recovers its rhythm quickly once water and cooler temperatures return.

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$20.00/ 1 oz / 12 g

Small-batch. Dual-extracted where it matters. Made by hand.

How to take it

Dilute 1/8 to 1/4 tsp per gallon of water; apply as a light foliar feed or soil drench.

Whole plant, never isolated

Concentrated extracts of the whole botanical — the way the body recognizes it.

Cited to measured biology

Every action we describe traces to the compound and its measured target.

Structure & function

We describe what an herb nourishes — never a claim to treat disease.

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What you get

What this formula gives you

Supports steady turgor and composure during peak heat

Helps maintain even foliage color through dry spells

Encourages quick recovery of rhythm after stress eases

Mineral-rich base supports resilient leaf and stem tissue

Fits easily into a heat-season feeding routine

How it works

The science of Solace

Not buzzwords — the actual biology of the plants in this formula: their compounds, the targets those compounds are measured to engage, and the systems they nourish.

The adaptogenic roots and berries in this feed — schizandra, rhodiola, eleuthero, astragalus — are drawn from East Asian and Siberian traditions where the source plants themselves endure extremes of altitude, cold, and drought. That hardy character is the throughline: botanicals selected for the resilience their own growth habit demonstrates, brought to the planting as a biostimulant.

Atlantic Irish sea moss contributes a gel of polysaccharides and a broad mineral spectrum that supports tissue structure and water-holding at the leaf surface, while gynostemma rounds the blend as a vigorous adaptogenic green. Together they support turgor, even color, and steady growth as a structure-and-function feed — never a substitute for sound watering and shade, but a support for the plant's own composure under stress.

The molecules, measured

A formula is a community of compounds. Below are active molecules from the herbs in this blend and the proteins each is measured to engage — the precise points where the plants meet biology. So you see not just that it works, but how.

Schizandra

Schisandra chinensis

Schisandrin B (Wuweizisu B)

PubChem ↗

Measured in the lab: binds very tightly to Multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 · IC50 1.25 nM

Measured to act on

Serine/threonine-protein kinase ATR

A guardian enzyme that senses DNA stress and helps coordinate repair.

Serine-protein kinase ATM

A sentinel enzyme that detects DNA breaks and signals the cell to mend them.

DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit

An enzyme that helps stitch broken DNA strands back together.

Schisandrin C (= Wuweizisu C)

PubChem ↗

Measured to act on

Prostaglandin G/H synthase 2

The enzyme that drives the body's inflammatory response.

Cytochrome P450 3A4

The liver's busiest enzyme for breaking down compounds the body takes in.

Cytochrome P450 3A5

A liver enzyme that helps metabolize and clear many compounds from the body.

Rhodiola

Rhodiola rosea

Salidroside

PubChem ↗

Measured in the lab: binds tightly to Amine oxidase [flavin-containing] B · IC50 810 nM

Measured to act on

Amine oxidase [flavin-containing] B

An enzyme that breaks down messenger chemicals like dopamine in the nervous system.

Prostaglandin G/H synthase 1

An enzyme that makes prostaglandins for everyday upkeep like protecting the stomach lining.

Ribonuclease HI

An enzyme that cuts RNA when it is paired with DNA, part of normal genetic housekeeping.

Tyrosol (p-Tyrosol)

PubChem ↗

Measured in the lab: binds tightly to Beta-carbonic anhydrase 1 · Ki 850 nM

Measured to act on

Carbonic anhydrase 1

An enzyme that balances carbon dioxide and acidity, abundant in red blood cells.

Carbonic anhydrase 2

A fast enzyme that balances carbon dioxide and acidity throughout the body.

Hepatocyte growth factor receptor

A receptor that receives growth signals guiding cell movement, repair, and renewal.

Eleuthero

Eleutherococcus senticosus

Eleutheroside B (Syringin)

PubChem ↗

Measured to act on

Prostaglandin G/H synthase 1

An enzyme that makes prostaglandins for everyday upkeep like protecting the stomach lining.

Bifunctional epoxide hydrolase 2

An enzyme that breaks down fatty-acid signals involved in blood vessel tone and inflammation.

Measured to act on

Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 8

The sensory channel that detects cold and the cooling feel of menthol.

Vitamin D3 receptor

The receptor through which vitamin D guides calcium balance and gene activity.

Serine/threonine-protein kinase PLK1

A signaling enzyme that helps coordinate cell division.

Astragalus

Astragalus membranaceus

Formononetin

PubChem ↗

Measured in the lab: binds very tightly to Apoptosis regulator Bcl-2 · Ki 10 nM

Measured to act on

Cytochrome P450 2C9

A liver enzyme that breaks down many compounds the body takes in.

Apoptosis regulator Bcl-2

A protein that helps decide whether a cell continues living or undergoes natural turnover.

Protein deacetylase HDAC6

An enzyme that edits proteins to manage cellular cleanup and the cell internal scaffolding.

Calycosin

PubChem ↗

Measured to act on

High mobility group protein B1

A protein that helps organize DNA and acts as an alarm signal during tissue stress.

Atlantic Irish Sea Moss

Chondrus crispus

Measured to act on

Proton-coupled amino acid transporter 1

A transporter that carries amino acids into cells alongside acidity-balancing protons.

D-Mannose (genus-associated sugar; included only to carry its verified ChEMBL target, not asserted as the headline Chondrus carrageenan unit)

PubChem ↗

Measured to act on

Type 1 fimbrin D-mannose specific adhesin

A bacterial surface protein that grips sugar molecules to attach to host surfaces.

Gynostemma

Gynostemma pentaphyllum

Ginsenoside Rb1

PubChem ↗

Measured to act on

AMPK alpha2/beta1/gamma1

The cell's energy sensor, balancing fuel use when reserves run low.

Ginsenoside Rd

PubChem ↗

Measured to act on

AMPK alpha2/beta1/gamma1

The cell's energy sensor, balancing fuel use when reserves run low.

Measured molecular activities drawn from public scientific databases (PubChem, ChEMBL), shown as the characterized chemistry of the plants in this formula — every edge traced to its source record. This describes the molecules, not the product. Structure and function only; these statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

In practice

Who it’s for, and how to use it

Who it’s for

For gardeners and growers facing hot summers, full-sun beds, container plantings, and stretches between waterings. Ideal for anyone who wants their plants to hold steady through the season's most demanding conditions.

How to use it

Dilute 1/8 to 1/4 tsp per gallon of water and apply as a light foliar feed in the cool of morning or evening, or as a soil drench. Repeat every one to two weeks through heat-prone stretches of the season.

Measure · Dilute 1/8 to 1/4 tsp per gallon of water; apply as a light foliar feed or soil drench.

What’s inside

Inside you'll find adaptogenic botanicals whose own plants thrive in punishing climates — schizandra, rhodiola, eleuthero, and astragalus — alongside vigorous gynostemma and the mineral-rich gel of Atlantic Irish sea moss. Chosen for the resilience they carry in their own nature, blended to lend a planting that same composure under heat and drought.

For agricultural and horticultural use. Supports plant growth, vigor, and resilience — not a claim of any effect on human or animal health.

Pairs well with

Formulas that share Solace's botanicals

Built from overlapping herbs, these reinforce Solacealong the same lines — the shared-botanical kinship our genome engine maps.