... Bob, I simply cannot understand how you could produce .5 brix lettuce. I see the smiley, but I truly wonder if you are joking. You've been working on...
that is awsome, if i get 5 i think i am doing good. and all the organic stuff i get in my store, never gets above 3 and people just rave about it. that's why i...
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Rex, I didn't realize your objections were based on those issues. My apologies. My vision is to grow, perhaps using organic materials, plants in a ...
Kris, It's the Spring and Fall grasses, not just the spring graqsses. It has exactly nothing to do with any mineral buildup. It has everything to do with...
Bob, The point is that if all your fertility elements are up to snuff, the seed will take off and grow quickly and with good quality. When things are out of ...
Hi, Here is a cross post from another list. For all us WAPFers it is very important to look at the feed quality animals are given from which we get our animal...
Hi Bob - Thought I might share our insight into this interesting question. There are two important mineral transfer mechanisms in the soil. One is in the...
Jon, That was a very interesting bit of info about potassium fertilizer and ... I googled "gunpowder hay" and "gun powder hay" and can't find any use of that...
John, Do you have a test to determine the fulvic acid content in the soil? How do you measure soil quality in light of your focus on increasing soil humic and...
Gun Powder Hay is a term developed by International Ag Labs. Saltpeter is primarily potassium nitrate. When these are in excess in forage plants it creates...
Hi Jon - There are lab tests for both fulvic and humic acid in nature they are combined. If your lab cannot run one let me know. We use a lab in Arizona ...
John, Thanks for your enlightening comments as usual! ... decompose on the surface of the soil, eventually become a form of soil acid. These acids act in the...
John, Is the fulvic and humic acid content of soil your primary information used to determine soil quality and the capacity to produce high brix? If so could...
Bob, John has taught me that as soon as organic matter hits the soil some of the goodies start moving into the soil underneith, so best to put the organic ...
John, Would you say that good soil tilth is a easy quick indicator of the adequate presence of fulvic and humic acids? I'm not sure it's worth running lab...
On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 11:53:33 -0500, Kris Johnson RR ... Kris, I hope that John addresses those cases where people have put abundant spent mushroom compost on...
I imagine that spent mushroom compost is not rich in minerals, so would not by itself produce high brix. Mushroom grow on dead woody material - not a rich...
Hi Bob If the stuff is rotten to the point of smelling do not put it on your soil. Sometimes concentrated rotting materials are turning into esters and ...
Hi Jon Increase in soil acids is a good indicator. Elaine Inghams Soil Foodweb Microbe tests along with microscopic exams of mycorrhizal colonies by ...
Hi Kris Tilth is great some of the old timers we work with taste the soil and smell it before they roll it through their fingers but it all smells like...
John, Thanks for reminding us of the worm test. On that count I know I still have a ways to go, but we're making progress. Next spring when it warms up and ...
John, ... soil. Sometimes concentrated rotting materials are turning into esters and alcohols that are not good for plants. Uh-oh. What about this time of...
HI Kris Thought that I had responded to you. We now have turf distributors in Chicago and Ohio. I was getting so much junk mail that we had to screen my...
After a fair bit of effort I am happy to report that www.highbrixgardens.com is up and running. A number of pages are still under construction but new pages...
Excellent! Would you mind if I cross-posted this to some other lists? Thanks, Michael ... -- "It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all,...
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