"We have the dreaded Bermuda grass. If there is a way to defeat it, I am all ears! My main others are amaranth and lamb's quarters. Gayla Roberts" Why not...
Gayla, I am only a beginner with a refractometer myself, but I have noticed a few things so far. I think the brix reading of a piece of fruit can vary within...
I love lamb's quarters. But it is over 6 feet tall and crowding out my tomatoes. Amaranth is shading out my melons. Just too much of a good thing. Gayla...
Slag http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slag Basic slag is a byproduct of steelmaking by the basic version of the Bessemer process or the Linz-Donawitz process. It...
Hi there brix talkers, I haven't posted in a long time but I just had two raised garden beds installed in my yard and am beginning to prepare the soil for next...
I live in a hot dry area surrounded by Bermuda grass, people around here call it the "forever" grass, and it is also grown for hay. You and I may call it a...
Thomas, I have a question about the Reams formula for 2 sq.ft. that you give below. "Dr Reams, in his make your own soil recipe, kept the ratio of lime, SRP...
Thomas: Sorry to hear it's been a bit too cool there to fight global warming! LOL I hope it warms up a bit for you and winter comes late this year. Johnny ... ...
Deborah, ... What is this exactly? Scrapings from the ocean bottoms where all the ocean plankton and trace minerals that get washed from our terrestrial soils...
This year might be a good year to try and draw the heat. Strange practice I once saw when living in New York. They put down black plastic to better heat up...
Can anyone tell me why Suze cannot get any help here? Has she offended everyone? She seems to know the importance of brix and I should think those who like...
Rex Havent checked in in a while but may have an answer to the question Some soils in the gulf coast area is orange sand also, dont recall where the source...
I would guess orange would be from iron, think rust. I have only lived at one place that had sandy soil. It looked like someone dumped out their BBQ all...
Suze, I admit I am only a newbie here. I only took up gardening 12 years ago on this same Ariz. desert clay I still have. Out here the red/orange color in...
Here's the real definition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensand I have some in the barn - it has a green tint, but it's a ruck dust - high in potassium and...
Hi Suze, Check this out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand There's a picture of orange sand - due to iron. I don't imagine that the iron is a problem. I could...
Thanks for the replies everyone. I live in a coastal town in Maine and am about 2.5 miles from the ocean. I was wondering if the orange coloring might be from...
... [...] ... If I lived in Maine, I could hardly keep from treking over to see Eliot Coleman's place. Bob Pike once told me that he had made the trip and...
My smallest garden plot is 50' X 160'. Digging it out is not practical. We did notice that a couple of years ago we used a local mushroom compost for mulch and...
I agree on freshness! Absolutely. And the internal damage caused by the vibrations of traveling 1300 miles from the farm to the table is something I don't...
Thomas, I read up on Cal-CM Plus. Obviously you like it better than plain gypsum. You feel it has that much advantage over plain gypsum to warrant the extra...
Doesn't a lot of iron inhibit the uptake of other minerals? Or is that only in animals? Gayla Roberts Always Enough Ranch Acampo, California aeranch@... ...
I had my soil tested with a local company. (Meaning no slight to International Ag Labs - this is a local company that is reputable). The only thing it was...
... Michael... ... Rind is rind just like the shell of a nut is shell. However, once you locate or start growing higher quality fruits you will find a far...
Rex, You are entirely correct, the variations are in the low/avg brix produce. I've had two sources of high brix available to me over the years and I buy all...
... Eliot Coleman's place. Bob Pike once told me that he had made the trip and reported that even though Eliot is not a Brixhead, his produce measures well,...
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