A seed composition comprising: a seed coated with a first component, wherein the first component is coated on the seed in an amount of from 0.01mg/kg seed weight to 30 mg/kg seed weight, wherein the first component comprises an agriculturally acceptable complex mixture of dissolved organic material, comprising natural organic matter that is partially humified, wherein the first component has been obtained by removing a natural organic matter from its source and concentrating, such that the concentration of dissolved organic matter is from 1000 ppm to 500,000 ppm, and wherein the first component is characterized by meeting the following parameters: a. the first component comprises a mixture of condensed aromatic hydrocarbons, lignins, and tannins and/or condensed tannins; b. the first component has an oxygen-to-carbon ratio for the dissolved organic matter of greater than about 0.5; c. the first component comprises a total number of tannin compounds greater than about 200, the tannin compounds having a hydrogen to carbon ratio of about 0.5 to about 1.4, and an aromaticity index of less than about 0.7 as measured by mass spectroscopy; and d. the first component comprises a mass distribution of about 47-56% lignin compounds, 33-42% tannin compounds, and about 8-11% condensed aromatic hydrocarbon compounds, as measured by mass spectroscopy. wherein the first component is coated on the seed in an amount of from 0.01mg/kg seed weight to 30 mg/kg seed weight, wherein the first component comprises an agriculturally acceptable complex mixture of dissolved organic material, comprising natural organic matter that is partially humified, wherein the first component has been obtained by removing a natural organic matter from its source and concentrating, such that the concentration of dissolved organic matter is from 1000 ppm to 500,000 ppm, and wherein the first component is characterized by meeting the following parameters: a. the first component comprises a mixture of condensed aromatic hydrocarbons, lignins, and tannins and/or condensed tannins; b. the first component has an oxygen-to-carbon ratio for the dissolved organic matter of greater than about 0.5; c. the first component comprises a total number of tannin compounds greater than about 200, the tannin compounds having a hydrogen to carbon ratio of about 0.5 to about 1.4, and an aromaticity index of less than about 0.7 as measured by mass spectroscopy; and d. the first component comprises a mass distribution of about 47-56% lignin compounds, 33-42% tannin compounds, and about 8-11% condensed aromatic hydrocarbon compounds, as measured by mass spectroscopy. a. the first component comprises a mixture of condensed aromatic hydrocarbons, lignins, and tannins and/or condensed tannins; b. the first component has an oxygen-to-carbon ratio for the dissolved organic matter of greater than about 0.5; c. the first component comprises a total number of tannin compounds greater than about 200, the tannin compounds having a hydrogen to carbon ratio of about 0.5 to about 1.4, and an aromaticity index of less than about 0.7 as measured by mass spectroscopy; and d. the first component comprises a mass distribution of about 47-56% lignin compounds, 33-42% tannin compounds, and about 8-11% condensed aromatic hydrocarbon compounds, as measured by mass spectroscopy.