Yesterday I talked to a customer and he reported that this year his best tomato brix has been 12.0. This is the brix of the tomato, not the leaves. Jon C...
Something new - HighBrixGardens.com The site is new and incomplete, but show be interesting. I saw it in the International Ag Labs ad in the new AcresUSA. ...
Jon, ... tomato brix has been 12.0. This is the brix of the tomato, not the leaves. Wish I could do that well. My best so far is about 6.0. Bob Avery...
Jon, I just looked back at some old messages and realized you had mentioned this site back in July. Hard to keep up woth everything. Kris ... From: "Kris...
Brix testing my garden produce has been discouraging, so I'm looking at other accomplishments: Good supply of zucchini this year for the first time, with just...
Kris, ... little progress every year. Not me. I went backwards this year. I keep making different mistakes, though. ... What kind of lime will you be using,...
Sylvia replies: In September Issue of Acres U.S.A. page 20, bottom left corner, Pike Agri-Lab Supples, Inc. offers a free catalog including refractometers....
Richard Darrow
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Sep 4, 2005 4:05 pm
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I brixed a 13-14 fuzzy lined tomato allowing about four - five feet between plants (they like lots of room) and regular watering on 3 year Flora-Stim only...
Richard Darrow
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Sep 4, 2005 4:09 pm
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I think I can get high calcium lime at Titgemeyers - if not I'll get it from Ohio Earth Foods, 5488 Swamp St., N.E., Hartville, OH 44632, 330-877-9356 ...
I just have to echo the comments in this last BRIXtalk. My tomatoes have been 6 at best. Though I have been enjoying them and made some salsa to die for(recipe...
... soil was not as depleted as it is now, I have a feeling that that might be true. That just means we have a ways to go on getting our gardens up to snuff,...
Sylvia, ... between plants (they like lots of room) and regular watering on 3 year Flora-Stim only application, without other monkeying around with the soil to...
I'm from the Detroit area (actually Sterling Heights, MI) and have been unsuccessful in finding soft rock phosphate. Does anybody have a source that's within...
Kris: First of all I must tell you that we were so impressed with Flora-Stim and what it did for our soil, that a partnership was formed with another farmer...
Richard Darrow
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Sep 5, 2005 3:17 pm
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Bob: Flora-Stim was top-dressed (sprinkled by hand) over the garden in the Fall while casually walking up and down the garden. ... From: "Robert Avery"...
Richard Darrow
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Sep 5, 2005 3:27 pm
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Talking about lime and other soil amendments, when I get my soil test results I will be buying my amendments from Fertrell. They are located in PA but they...
I have been meaning to share this story. I walked into one of my local grocery stores the other day, and lo and behold what greets me as I am walking through...
... I don't get indiviual emails but instead read them at the yahoogroups page, so I didn't get a price list. Would you please post the prices in the body of a...
Sylvia, ... the Fall while casually walking up and down the garden. Just once only? Since I did that this spring, does that mean I have high brixes to look...
Pam, ... been unsuccessful in finding soft rock phosphate. Does anybody have a source that's within a reasonable driving distance, with gas prices at ...
Have you been using Flora-Stim alone, for 3 years? Sylvia ... From: "Robert Avery" <rwavery@...> To: <BrixTalk@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, September...
Richard Darrow
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Sep 6, 2005 1:42 am
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$15.00 bag in lots of 10 $475 ton - semi-load (bagged 23 ton / bulk 25 ton) $18.00 single bag other products were also listed in the attachment. Since this...
Richard Darrow
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Sep 6, 2005 1:47 am
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... might not ... local ... there must ... try farm ... Bob, Thanks. Could you please try to remember the name of the farm supply store in Dexter, MI (near...
Help! It's fast approaching fall and I've procrastinated, as usual. What should I be looking for and doing now so that our lawn will be thicker & greener (and...
Does anyone have a one variety of grape tomato plants they favor over another (one that is more likely to have good Brix numbers, assuming the soil is the...
CaCl would be a liquid, I think. I have some of that, which a college classmate claims makes wonderful apples - sprayed directly on the fruit. I've tried a bit...
Pam: Here is a contact for soft rock from Peaceful Valley Farm Supply. You get 50 lbs for $7.95, plus shipping . Call them for a quote. Telephone: (888)...
