I wish Grame (in his AMAZING presentation) would offer more "organic" or "natural" methods for raising BRIX as not all of us live with this sort of product availability
Love it I’ve been learning in the same method for a few years now and it is the only true way to grow your own food their should be more views in this video
I have been implanting biological farming and eliminating synthetic fertilisers from coffee farms we work with in Colombia. Having a real positive impact on input costs and overall health of the plants.
Remeber that calcium and potassium are great antagonist inside a plant. Often people don't have calcium deficit but over potassium storage. Like always in nature the secret is the balance between everything.
If nutrient levels are less in morning and more in evening, so does that not affect the petiole reports... When should we pick petiole sample, morning or evening
If I only use local horse poo and my own chicken poo in my compost pit....and it's open-air, am I at all likely to have nitrate nitrogen in my garden??
I think this is an interesting area of study. I would like to learn more, can you please link the empirical evidence to support your claims: 1:55 quantity of micro-organisms in soil is directly proportional to glucose level in leaves 6:40 applying nitrate nitrogen as a fertilizer adds nitrites to our food making the food toxic (leads to cancer)
32% is insanely impossible for leaf brix. Usually you'd get 8% and above for healthy plants. The target we want to shoot for is 14% where all insects can be warded off. 20% is insanely rare. I'm talking only about leaf sap brix, not fruit brix. So there you go, below 25% is fine for a refractometer.
@@ubaidurrehman7718 "Brix" is a measure of sugar. No sugar is the same as zero brix. If you have brix above zero, then you have some percentage of sugar.
@Tips for healthy Plants by Sofkin Very easy, just take fish and submerge under water and keep it stirred once a while and keep anaerobic. Don't add anything else, like carbon source. Believe it or not, microbes can't survive the low C:N and the peptides and amino acids stay as peptides and amino acids. Once the pungent smell is no more, usually after a few months, you can use it.
When you spoke about treating a square meter at the end, you said 'spray the crop' -- so you mean spraying the leaves?? I thought fertilizers were normally placed on or watered into the soil. Consuming nutrients through leaves is not the normal way the plant feeds. Please clarify what you mean, and how fast that should be expected to affect the plants.
@@otivaeey I think I figured it out. I watched another YT video which discussed using foliar spray merely to diagnose, because you get a very quick result. Then you could decide what to put for longer term amendment.
You lost me with 75% NH4 and 25% NO3. In nature, NH4 is turned into NO3 by microbes anyways and then absorbed by plants. NH4 is assimilated right on the root surface (directly into sugars) but in very small amounts. The problem with NH4 is that it's much more toxic to plants than NO3 (problem in hydroponics). The amount of NH4 that plant can utilize is very dependent on present conditions (temp, light, humidity...) so it's very hard to control. NH4 isn't mobile, roots have to grow into it and plants have to wait for microbes to realease it (they hold it for a long time). NH4 can also cause stretching. With NO3, which is very mobile and available, plant can immediately absorb it and even store it in vacuoles for future and use it when needed. Much better for precision feeding hydroponics which is imo the future of cheap / high quality growing. Also, there is problem with pH balance with too much NH4. From what I've seen the ratio of NO3-/NH4+ should be 80/20. I'm talking hydroponic (coco, rockwool).
One of the best videos on this subject. Very informative. Please give us more on plant husbandry as this one might need to be updated.
Great discussion. Thank you so much for the enlightment!
I wish Grame (in his AMAZING presentation) would offer more "organic" or "natural" methods for raising BRIX as not all of us live with this sort of product availability
Wow, this is so helpful! Thank you for sharing this wealth of knowledge!
Awsome stuff thank you
Amazing! I listened to Dan Killtridge do a weekend seminar and he talked about Brix readings. You taught me how really use it to the plants advantage.
Love it I’ve been learning in the same method for a few years now and it is the only true way to grow your own food their should be more views in this video
I have been implanting biological farming and eliminating synthetic fertilisers from coffee farms we work with in Colombia. Having a real positive impact on input costs and overall health of the plants.
Beyond awesome, just ordered one.
Remeber that calcium and potassium are great antagonist inside a plant. Often people don't have calcium deficit but over potassium storage.
Like always in nature the secret is the balance between everything.
Soil Food Web at the other end of the scale. well done thx
If nutrient levels are less in morning and more in evening, so does that not affect the petiole reports... When should we pick petiole sample, morning or evening
Sir. Can you explain in detail why fulvic acid becomes second sun for plants?
Does an electric brix reader works too?
If I only use local horse poo and my own chicken poo in my compost pit....and it's open-air, am I at all likely to have nitrate nitrogen in my garden??
Who is Dr. Elaine?
I think this is an interesting area of study. I would like to learn more, can you please link the empirical evidence to support your claims:
1:55 quantity of micro-organisms in soil is directly proportional to glucose level in leaves
6:40 applying nitrate nitrogen as a fertilizer adds nitrites to our food making the food toxic (leads to cancer)
Did you find any information regarding your question
@@das250250 unfortunately, no
So when you spray to test for response are you spraying the foliage or the ground near plant ?
Both can.
What tradeoffs to consider in deciding the best scale for the refractometer we purchase? I noticed that the illustration shows a 32% scale.
32% is insanely impossible for leaf brix. Usually you'd get 8% and above for healthy plants. The target we want to shoot for is 14% where all insects can be warded off. 20% is insanely rare. I'm talking only about leaf sap brix, not fruit brix. So there you go, below 25% is fine for a refractometer.
Dr Elaine
How i get food brix without sugar?
@@ubaidurrehman7718 "Brix" is a measure of sugar. No sugar is the same as zero brix. If you have brix above zero, then you have some percentage of sugar.
Great video !!!!!!!! How can we make we apply N the correct way so we can increase brix ? Thanks
Using protein hydrolysate and amino acids
@@otivaeey is the hydrolysate make from fish ???? Can I make them homemade ? Thanks
@Tips for healthy Plants by Sofkin Very easy, just take fish and submerge under water and keep it stirred once a while and keep anaerobic. Don't add anything else, like carbon source. Believe it or not, microbes can't survive the low C:N and the peptides and amino acids stay as peptides and amino acids. Once the pungent smell is no more, usually after a few months, you can use it.
@@otivaeey Thanks for the great advice. Should I add some sugar to feed the bacteria?
@Tips for healthy Plants by Sofkin if you add sugars, you turn them into bacteria and then lose those nitrogen as air.
When you spoke about treating a square meter at the end, you said 'spray the crop' -- so you mean spraying the leaves?? I thought fertilizers were normally placed on or watered into the soil. Consuming nutrients through leaves is not the normal way the plant feeds. Please clarify what you mean, and how fast that should be expected to affect the plants.
Yes foliar feeding is only done once a blue moon. And within 1 hour, expect 1 or 2 degree brix increase. Yes correct, foliar spray but rarely.
@@otivaeey I think I figured it out. I watched another YT video which discussed using foliar spray merely to diagnose, because you get a very quick result. Then you could decide what to put for longer term amendment.
Basalt and Earthworm castings are sources of calcium I love to use in all my pots or garden beds
Give less water to the plants and the Brix value will be higher, at the same nutrition level. Not an exact measurment.
You lost me with 75% NH4 and 25% NO3. In nature, NH4 is turned into NO3 by microbes anyways and then absorbed by plants. NH4 is assimilated right on the root surface (directly into sugars) but in very small amounts. The problem with NH4 is that it's much more toxic to plants than NO3 (problem in hydroponics). The amount of NH4 that plant can utilize is very dependent on present conditions (temp, light, humidity...) so it's very hard to control. NH4 isn't mobile, roots have to grow into it and plants have to wait for microbes to realease it (they hold it for a long time). NH4 can also cause stretching. With NO3, which is very mobile and available, plant can immediately absorb it and even store it in vacuoles for future and use it when needed. Much better for precision feeding hydroponics which is imo the future of cheap / high quality growing. Also, there is problem with pH balance with too much NH4. From what I've seen the ratio of NO3-/NH4+ should be 80/20. I'm talking hydroponic (coco, rockwool).
In short I tell people you are a gardener ,your job is to feed the animals underground all else looks after itself .
Feed your plants
No, feed the soil microbiome.