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  • From: "Eric Pillemer" <eap AT vermontel.net>
  • To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] How to package greens for sale?
  • Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 14:54:11 -0500

Unfortunately what you learned in high school physics class is wrong. Water
moves by osmosis from regions of higher water concentration to regions of
lower wqter concentration.Thus water will move from the plant cells outward
into a salt solution, rather than the reverse. This is the basis for salting
foods before pickling them,. which draws the water from the plant cell. Thus
using salt water to refresh greens would actually remove wter from the plant
rather than add water!

----- Original Message -----
From: Lucy Goodman <goodows AT infinet.com>
To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] How to package greens for sale?


> I learned in a HS physics class that salt water will refresh greens due
> to osmosis. There is more salt water in the leaves of a plant than in
> "pure" water so when you put greens in unsalted water the water will go
> from leaf to tub o' water thus making the greens a bit flaccid (but in a
> few minute you would not notice this). With salt in the water the
> osmosis occurs in the opposite direction so more water goes into the
> plant cells and they get more turgid. This works extremely well for
> things that got left out of the fridge and are going really limp. I have
> saved salad mix that was out in the sun (though covered with a towel)
> for several hours by washing it in salt water and than refrigerating for
> several hours/overnight.
>
> Also slugs drop off your leafy greens in salt water and die thus saving
> your customers from finding surprises in their salad (never good for
business)
>
> I put in about 1/2 cup of salt for 15 gallons of water
>
> Elaine Granata wrote:
> >
> > Lucy: Why do you use salt water to wash them in?
> >
> > Elaine Granata
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Lucy Goodman <goodows AT infinet.com>
> > To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 2:00 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Market-farming] How to package greens for sale?
> >
> > > With salad mix after harvest it gets washed in a tub of salt water and
> > > than run through the big orange commercial salad spinner > Lucy
Goodman
> > > New Paris, OH
> > > Boulder Belt CSA
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