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  • From: "Donna &/or Kieran" <holycow@cookeville.com>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Ammonium vs. Nitrate
  • Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:24:08 -0600

I remember hearing Hugh Lovell say that when he was a kid growing up in the south that all greens tasted the same to him. When he got into organic gardening he discovered that mustard and kale and collards all tasted different. Then one day he got behind a truck carrying nitrate fertilizer. It was dripping some and he realised that's what all the commmerical greens had tasted like.
In general, excessive nitrogen creates sappy green growth with lower sugars and poor storability. My husband grew up in Ireland where farming was done the old way till the 60's and 70's. After artificial fertilizers came in, potatoes had far less flavor, and a truckload of freshly dug potatoes would actually drip water. Apples get redder and store better with slightly deficient N. Donna




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