On 31 Dec 01, Rambler wrote: > Hi Stephen There is a method called Brix testing that a farmer can do > himself. It uses a refractometer to measure suger levels in plants and > fruit. When suger levels get above a certain level for each group of > plants then you have reached a balanced soil energy level. A figure > between 9-15 is my understanding. This is also subject that i would > like to study this coming year. It is one of the means which Dan Skow > uses in his book Mainline farming for the 21st Century to get his soil > nutrient levels to balance and you can do it your self.
There is a good amount of Brix information at http://www.brixpage.com. Note it is not just a measure of sugar rather plant sap solids. Rex Harrill has written a helpful book(let) which can be clicked through to from the above website or http://www.crossroads.ws/brixbook/BBook.htm. The BrixTalk list is linked from the Crossroads website but because of the unwieldy frames it maybe easy to go straight to it at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk. Further links at http://www.crossroads.ws/brix/index-page7.html. HTH... Rex
