Studies on the influence of the humic-fulvate complex on the growth and development of basil plants (Ocimumbasilicum L.), and the accumulation of essential oil in the green mass have been carried out. The investigations were conducted in the fields of the experiment station of the Russian State Agrarian University - the Moscow Agricultural Academy named after K. A. Timiryazev in 2017-2018. The soil of the experimental plot was sod-podzolic, the humus content was 2.2%, total nitrogen 35.7 mg / kg, P2O5 - 235 mg / kg, potassium 180 mg / kg, pH of the aqueous extract 6.0.