Hi Allan,
I hope I have the time to meet you finally at Acres USA.
Please allow me to disagree with you for a while.
According to Dr Chaboussou a french scientist that have
studied the relationship between plant nutrition and
insect attack and disease incidence back in the 60´s,
it is exactly the free
amino acids ( specially those with a small chain) that
attract insects and diseases.
Conventional products are full of free amino acids. Some
of them are not even functional. Ants, for instance, loves
high free amino acids plants and will leave those high in
protein.
What is used to attract insects when you want to trap them ?
Exactly. Hydrolized protein. What is hydrolized protein ?
That´s another name for amino acids.
I agree that Brix as a measure of soluble solids and specially
long chain sugars ( as small chain sugars will also attract insects)
is an indication of high quality but not amino acids.
Protein is a measure of quality.
Insects will be attracted by amino acids. Do a small experiment.
Use a protein sorce and then hydrolize it and see the difference.
I do not know Mr Kapuler but he is definitely wrong about that.
Nutrient deficient plants ( specially those deficient in micronutrients)
are known to be attacked by insects. What is the role of micronutrients
in the plants , like Zn, Cu, B, Mo. Co, Fe, Mn, etcc ?
They are enzyme co-factors for several protein synthesis reactions.
No minerals, no protein synthesis which leads to insect attack.
Did you get my point ?
Regards
jose
Put me down as extremely interested in this also.
I know that BRIX is an indication of overall quality, but I do not
know that it has much to say about what vitamins are available. (I
just don't know.)
Free Amino acids has been listed by Alan Kapuler as another
indication of food value. (Free amino acids are apparently the
precursers to proteins and our bodies are still wise enough to use
free amino acids to make the proteins are bodies need. Of course,
most hybrids are apparently very low on free amino acids)
I'm also interested in knowing what a strategy would be for
establishing the quality of the food one grows with CT.
Who does this sort of testing? What tests would one order? How can
one make it affordable?
I personally feel that the future of small scale organic farming will
be to emphatically establish that we can provide a substantially more
nutritious product than the agri-business boys, organic or not.
-Allan Balliett
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