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RE: [compost_tea] Vegetable quality



Hi Elaine,

 

I don’t know of any studies.  But I’m sure it’ll be another feather in our caps as this is one of the easiest,

simplest, fastest and least expensive ways of testing CT on site as brix levels are shown

to increase with CT use. 

 

Most of those on the brix list are measuring brix levels

of fruits and vegetables with their refractometers.  I see no reason not to measure

brix for all vegetation including lawns and ornamentals, taking readings before

and after application.  Checking brix levels, then spraying with CT, and then re-checking

brix levels, for example within 30 minutes, should give an indication of how a plant is

responding to the CT.  I believe ‘brixers’ do this in order to determine if a particular foliar

spray is beneficial.  I think our CT friends in Australia and New Zealand could make the best brix

CT studies at this time of the year. I’d also check with those on the brix list who have so

much more experience with this than I do.

 

Judi

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: soilfoodweb@aol.com [mailto:soilfoodweb@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 7:41 AM
To:
compost_tea@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Vegetable quality

 

Hi Judi -

Do you know of anyone that has done a study of brix and CT application?  We have our refractometer, but somehow, in the heat of doing the organism analysis, we forget the refractometer reading.  Sigh. 

Elaine Ingham
 

 

 

 


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