Good request, William. I am interested in the same examination. Back on the farm befoe TEA, before WW2 the BIg melons were the best tasting as I recall. Bob
William Kruidenier <williamk@carolina.rr.com> wrote:
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 C
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