Hi Jay, Just for reference sweet corn is in season here in Japan. With my refractometer, I tested the BRIX of the corn itself about a week ago. It was 12.6 at the kernel. But the green husk wrapping the ear of corn was 4.3. Sorry it was store bought sweet corn. So far that was the highest BRIX I have found in Japan with garden vegetables. Most everything tests less than 6, so low in flavor metabolites too and likely grown in poor soils. The BRIX gives you a good view of what the actual soil conditions are likely to be.

I would definitely try again when it's sunny, makes a huge difference.

Jay, Don’t be too discouraged with that brix result. In my experience in western calcareous soils, it is difficult to get corn/sorghum above the brix of 4 starting out, even with seemingly successful soil heath. Guys will make it seem easy with the “right foliars” and stuff like that- but realistically it’s hard to go from 4-8 on brix. A lot of stars have to align for that to happen. When you get past 8 it’ll get easier. Thanks for the realism and keep up the great work!

@youngredangus6041

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Thanks

Love your honesty

A sap test would be a good compliment to help find if you're missing your Boron copper-zinc iron magnesium molybdenum Etc

a garlic crusher works well for crushing the leaf, and will probably bring the brix up as well as you will extract more sugars out of the leaf. in my opinion the brix readings are only really good for comparing crops for trials etc as the daily weather conditions alter the brix.

@youngredangus6041

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Thanks!

Hi Jay. Thanks for the video mate. Do you have a neighbour close by that you can ask for a leaf sample from a more traditional farming aspect that you can compare results from the fractometer with? Keep it up! We are following your journey with big interest.

@youngredangus6041

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I do I need to test our GMO corn as well

I really appreciate you posting unexpected results - let the data be the data. There seem to be a lot of good ideas/experiences in the comments. My suggestion would be to test a pasture field for comparison.

Hi Jay, it should be noted that variance in brix will occur depending on time of measurement and weather conditions. I've also looked at organic foliar feeds to assist my plants during my soil rehabilitation journey. Not sure if I'm allowed to link websites here but we've had companies see some very impressive trial results using fermented bird guano that I'm planning to add to my foliar feed with the initial 2-3week post planting compost extract spray and once prior to the flowering stage. I'm viewing it like us taking vitamin C/supplements to boost our immune systems and allow biological systems to get back on track. Also since its an organic fermented product at relatively low dosages (25L/Ha), it shouldn't disrupt the soil microbiome negatively, and whatever the plants fail to uptake is microbial food. On a wheat trial they measured a brix reading prior to application at 10am which measured 4, by 3pm the wheat measured an average 8 brix reading. I'm hoping that produces positive feedback into the soil microbiome as the plants should theoretically also have more energy to produce more root exodates.

Hello Jay, You are great. My brix level look like your's, my highest Brix level I had in Ray, it was 12. But your brix line is not clear so must be your Calcium in good conditions. When the sun goes down is the brix the same so added bor to the leaves. But the amino acids in the cell can't konstrut to an protein with out. All so added basalt flower ultrafine that increase a lot of micro nutrions. Your Matthias Göttsche An sory for my englisch

We appreciate you letting us walk with you in this journey and letting us learn with you. Just for Testing sake, can you also check the BRIX of a Leaf near the bottom? (My hypothesis is that with Kansas summer temps, maybe the nutrients are lower in the plants towards the roots)

@youngredangus6041

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I did a few from the same plants and they always seemed to be pretty close as well

be sure to measure the food that you eat. their are charts for foods. we have got as high as 9 brix on snap beans out of the garden. dr pepper is 10. measure before a cold front , during and after. fast growth lowers brixs (n) lowers brixs .

Thanks for trying the refractometer. I'm sure you will figure how to increase the BRIX. Sorry for the low readings but you got to start somewhere.

@youngredangus6041

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Thanks John

Jay, great video (again!). Since I’m in to data: you might try doing a series of sampling, which takes ofcourse a lot of precious time but also gives you more insights. So make a ‘datalogging plan’ like: 2 fields, same location, same time of the day, same methodology to crush the sample, same time of the day, and the for example for 1 week, so you get 14 values. Put it in excel and tada the fun starts. Kr Hans

Great video as always Jay! Potentially silly question, but I a quick scan of the comments I didn't see it asked. Did you calibrate the refractometer with some distilled water? I'm not sure what range you're looking for, but if you hadn't calibrated the tool it could be off by a few points. At least that's been my experience with refractometers.

@youngredangus6041

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Thanks Troy I didn’t think I had to recalibrate it sense it was straight from the factory. I’ll check that out though. I appreciate your constant support

Jay, What time of day did you do your testing? My Brix is low in morning/evening but is higher by 30% by noon.

@youngredangus6041

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I checked at 2pm both days. Thanks for bringing that up

@Dresoils

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It looked pretty overcast. If the sunshine is limited, it can lead to reduced photosynthesis and thus less sugar in leaf. The brix drop could just be momentary since the majority of sugars would have been flushed through the roots so I’d check again on a sunny day.

Sugar content is a result of photosyntesis. In very cloudy days low Brix is natura. Also, if a storm is comming, plants will send sugar to the roots.

@youngredangus6041

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That’s great information it was cloudy

@jknelson82

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@@youngredangus6041 Alternatively, I had lower Brix scores when it was sunny and very hot out and the plant stopped photosynthesizing. Brix is tough.

@camilovallejos9462

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@@youngredangus6041 Hopefully youl measure again and tell us. I also do brix test after foliar sprays and compare aganist a row without the foliar. You can optimize foliar doses that way.

@camilovallejos9462

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@@jknelson82 Yes, it has many caveats, but I think it is worth it anyway. If posible, I allways compare against plat without threatment and in optimal or near optimal conditions, sometimes you have to wait a few days to take a good test.

My curiosity is what about fulvic acid or carbon products, and sugar. If we add sugar to the plant does the plant take that in? How much sugar does the plant need to increase to move the needle?

Check out soil works videos they have some interesting management ideas that might help. Calcium phosphorus carbon hdrogen 02. being avaliable. Could bump the brix

What time of day did you take your Brik? If I am correct it is low in the AM and higher in the afternoon on a sunny day.

@youngredangus6041

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2 on a cloudy day

I thought BRICS store for Brazil,Russia, India, and China who are starting their own commodity based currency, lol.( kind of )

do you consult with AEA

@notjustdirtfarms674

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also thanks for sharing all you do. keep on learning

@youngredangus6041

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no but after talking to Cory Miller last week I’m going to start.

Где ссылка на видео Кемпфа?

Cloudy days result in low Brix

@youngredangus6041

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Thanks I was unaware of that I appreciate the feedback