Tony - I dunno what your exchange rate is like, but Pike Instruments (?) was offering what was supposedly a very good BRITISH MADE Brix meter at ACRES for around $125. I'm looking for one myself. Since I went through 3 leathermen this past season (lost them, that is), I'm pretty hesitant to put a lot of money into a BRIX meter.
Maybe Rex has some recommendations. -Allan >Hi Rex Thankyou for info on Brix websites. Just what i have bben looking >for.Rex Harrils article is the reason why i have ben interested in >useing brix levels for crop monitering all i have to do now is purchase >a refractometer at $350-400nz they are a bit expensive add it to thelist >of wantsRex Teague wrote: >> >> 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 > >Thanks again >Cheers Tony Robinson. >New Zealand.
