William,
Thanks for
asking the question, it sure got me stirred up. I’m struggling through Reams
work and have ordered my Brix meter today. It seems clear that there are lots
of standards that reflect quality as you describe it. Reams indicates higher Brix
readings indicate disease resistance…this will be interesting!
Tom Jaszewski
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From: William Kruidenier
[mailto:williamk@carolina.rr.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002
6:31 AM
To: compost_tea@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [compost_tea] Vegetable
quality
One thing I would love to see entered into the "giant
vegetable"
discussion vis-a-vis compost tea is vegetable quality. It seems that
produce quality (vitamin, mineral, sugar = taste, etc.) gets
forgotten in the discussion. After all, the purpose of food is to
sustain the human body, and the best produce will do the best job of
feeding the body what it needs. Therefore, I'm curious on two fronts:
1. Documentation of the impact of CT on fruit/veg quality
2. Documentation that bigger fruits/veggies are necessarily a better
quality than smaller
By "quality" I mean higher vitamin and mineral content. The best
quick test seems to be Brix readings, but what other documentation is
available? It seems the organic growing industry harps more on the
ABSENCE of dangerous substances (chemicals) than the PRESENCE of
helpful substances (vit/min/sugars). I'm assuming that CT makes
better veggies which is why I use it. But I wonder how much testing
has been done to prove it?
William K.
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