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  • From: "William H Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] article by Allan Balliett
  • Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:45:34 -0600

I've never tested that Mike and I don't recall anything in the literature
about that, but I suspect it does do to changing rates of respiration and
photosynthesis. Good idea to check.

Bill


-----Original Message-----
From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Mike Rock
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 11:14 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] article by Allan Balliett

Bill,
Does the sugar content of our veggies vary from morning to afternoon,
like our hay crops? The sugar in hay is higher in the afternoons, so we
try to cut at least later in the morning to capture that higher sugar.

Mike

Bill Shoemaker wrote:
> I'd encourage all of you to use this tool (refractometer). You'll learn a
lot about the crops and the market you deal with.
>
> Couple of suggestions. Sample some of the produce in the supermarkets
around you, test it, and think about the qualitative difference the results
reveal between the fresh product you sell and the "unfresh" product they
sell. Does that represent a market value?
>
> Second, sugar in plants comes from photosynthesis. This is the most
important living function on earth, as it takes sunlight and creates food.
Watching brix levels in your crops creates an opportunity to think about;
the health of your crops, why others (bugs, fungi, deer, .....) want to eat
them, and the health of the ecosystem around you. We live in an amazing
biosphere! For me, it also gives amazing insight into the very nature of
life (like I really know??! ":o )
>

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