On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:29:17 -0500, katie schneider ... The "magic" number is 12. You have baby plants (spinach, wheatgrass, lettuce, herbs, eggplants, etc.)...
Where on producing watermelon plant should I be checking the brix? When I check the mature fruit I am getting a 12-13 reading, but when I check the first...
I was looking for pencils at the WalMart and spotted this $1.29 zipper pouch that works perfectly (for me) to keep my refractometer from rolling around in the...
On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:00:51 -0500, Jon C. Frank <Jon.Frank@...> ... I have a copy of a booklet by that name floating around, but the author is listed...
Speaking of what can affect brix (and also disease resistence along with it), I heard on the radio that the Florida citrus crop is being overrun with something...
RH>I have a copy of a booklet by that name floating around, but the author is listed as Dr. Skow. This book is different entirely--lots of questions and...
... I was taught that Boron is part of a "trap door" that holds sugars in the leaf until nightfall, when the door opens and allows the sugars to translocate to...
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Kris I would agree that the soils in FL are in demand of trace minerals often times the Brix levels are down due to trace minerals I have often walked fields...
I thought you guys might appreciate this from Newsmax.com. Are people starting to wake up? Bob Avery Vegetables Today Less Nutritious The nutrient content of...
Dear Bob Where is the link to the info ? Sincerely Alberto Vegetables Today Less Nutritious ... Hi Bob: No. Chi This group operates in conjunction with...
Sounds like a good opportunity for a good soil consultant to convince some growers to try something different and get their trace minerals up there. Kris ... ...
The interesting thing is that this is "according to a... government Report". The govenment has denied this in the past. Strange it doesn't say anything about...
H Bob Greatly enjoyed hope you can post more like this I enjoy this I like to take these articles and hand them out to folks Larry Strite _____ From:...
Just read the post "Where will it end? and had to chuckle at my own in- experience! I am wanting a refractometer after reading the article in Winter 2004 ...
There are many pieces of information that build on this report, now making its way into the media. Donald Davis, the scientist from Texas, also collaborates...
Among others, this tribute to Hugh Riordan is worth reading: A Tribute to Hugh Riordan, 1932-2005 http://www.orthomolecular.org/hdrtribute.pdf Also see this...
Hi my name is Alan and I am new to the group and just found out about refractometers and am in the process of buying one. My first question is that are there...
Goto ebay. They are cheap but they work.. Anywhere from $15 - $45 ... From: BrixTalk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BrixTalk@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of adakak ...
Make sure you get a refractometer that adjusts to the current temperature. As to how to use the various instruments sold by Pike Labs, perhaps you should ask...
I have one of those $40 refractometers off eBay. It doesn't have a name brand and comes in the generic blue plastic box with "Portable Refracometer" molded on...
I was measuring the juice from a Minneola tangelo orange today, and I have a question to the group regarding the results. The first test measured the juice as...
Bob, The explanation is simple. First, brix is a measure of dissolved solids. In this case, minerals, various sugars, and whatever else is suspended in the...
Thomas, That sounds like a reasonable explanation. So I guess that it should be standard procedure to filter the juice that you are testing as much as possible...
Depends how fussy you want to get. The difference between 12.2 and 13.0 is not all that significant really. It needs to be something like a 2.0 difference if...
Hi, I have a question being new to the group. Whether the brix of the tangelo orange discussed yesterday is 12.2 or 13.0, what do those numbers mean? My...
Alan, To answer your question, you want your brix numbers to be as high as possible. There are a number of brix charts located in the files section of this...
Alan, When you look over the various Brix charts, keep in mind that "average" does not mean "good". I wish we could use a better term than "average", but it...
