http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/ Brix=Quality---a forum for advancing agriculture via Tissue Testing Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:12:54 GMT Kris Johnson RR http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10645 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10645 If he tastes his grass, he's being his own refractometer. I seem to remember that Rex said he can tell high brix food just by tasting it, since he knows what Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:01:50 GMT Jody Troupe http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10644 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10644 Hi Ryan- Wow- you had a lot of info! That's pretty much what I wanted to know, except its too bad (for me) that he's focused mainly on animals. He'd probably Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:53:52 GMT Ryan Platte http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10643 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10643 OK, Joel Salatin. I visited his farm last July and was impressed. He's certainly not specifically a high-brix guy, but he constantly works on improving his Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:25:10 GMT Kris Johnson RR http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10642 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10642 Yes, very true. The theory is that traditional farmers would save the seeds from their best, tastiest plants, gradually developing a line that was tastier, Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:18:20 GMT Jody Troupe http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10641 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10641 Hi all- The message I copied below was just being passed around on the permaculture group. I've seen Joel Salatin speak at an Acres USA conference a few years Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:45:45 GMT Jon C Frank http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10640 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10640 The workaround to this problem is to know the grower and the varieties they are growing. For example if you have open pollinated varieties you can be Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:17:15 GMT BeanerMW http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10639 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10639 Thomas, Thanks for all the good tips. 14 Brix wheat grass must be awesome. There is a local guy that sells frozen juice to the healthfood stores and my wife Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:38:35 GMT BeanerMW http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10638 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10638 Rick, Thanks, I'll keep a close watch on my saliva pH. I didn't realize that I could over do it. Letting the worms do the heavy work is a great idea. Survival. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:24:38 GMT Kris Johnson RR http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10637 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10637 It's obvious from sweet corn breeding that it is possible to breed for high sugar content (therefore high brix) on NPK soil, without any thought given to the Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:59:44 GMT Thomas Giannou http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10636 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10636 Greg, Sunshine Systems is where I purchased the light I have. Those lights run a lot cooler than the usual grow lights one can use inside. At 14 brix, the Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:59:13 GMT ohhomagoo@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10635 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10635 greg, pay attention to your saliva ph and how it reacts to the wheat grass juice. it might get too high, out of the restoration range. also turn the used soil Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:47:34 GMT BeanerMW http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10634 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10634 Rosemary, Thanks for your reply. The wheatgrass books should help me get a better understanding about how all of this works. Thanks for suggesting them. Is Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:37:48 GMT BeanerMW http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10633 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10633 Thomas, Thanks for your reply. Are these the lights you mentioned? http://shop.sunshine-systems.com/main.sc How many ounces of wheatgrass juice is recommended Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:39:29 GMT Thomas Giannou http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10632 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10632 Greg, I?ve developed a process that will get wheatgrass up to 14 brix. I used the same process on my lawn and got 14 brix off the clippings on the lawn. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:28:06 GMT Ryan Platte http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10631 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BrixTalk/message/10631 Just a bad error message. Yahoo goofed and tried to blame you. :-) Ryan, also a web app developer ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]