fruit quality-reply to Padvorac

[Guest guest]

Hi, Roger. I think you'd like to join Brixtalk. The posting about fruit quality

was from Brixtalk, posted by Bob Avery. Actually he crossposted from another

list. I'll forward Jon's response to that posting. You'll find the link at the

bottom to join Brixtalk. (See below)

 

Helen, Seattle

 

I have not found the use of Ammonium Sulfate to be a problem when using the

roadmap of a soil test. The overuse of any product, including Ammonium

Sulfate, can be very detrimental. Too much sulfates causes fruits to rot at

the time they should be ripening. Ammonium Sulfate is a double seed setting

fertilizer. I should only be used after looking at the available calcium

level since these two work against each other. This working against each

other causes a release of energy that plants use. The general rule is that

the higher the available calcium the more Ammonium Sulfate can be used, the

less the available calcium the less Ammonium Sulfate should be used.

 

This product can also be useful in helping to lower excessively high pH

soils.

 

Jon C. Frank

www.aglabs.com

 

 

 

BrixTalk [brixTalk ]On

Behalf Of Bob Avery

Friday, June 24, 2005 1:29 AM

BrixTalk

[brixTalk] Re: Fruit Quality

 

 

Thu, 23 Jun 2005 09:12:01 -0700

" John L. Fielder "

Re: Fruit Quality

 

Hi Gina & Elchanan,

 

I would like to share my experience with you in this regard. Firstly,

most of us are unaware that one of the most widely used artificial

fertilisers today is sulphate of ammonia. The use of this fertliser

either stops, or does not allow,or for whatever reason, causes the fruit

acids to not convert into fruit sugars. That in fact can cause the fruit

sugars to revert to fruit acids if they have already done so by adding

it to the soil in a way that the plant will take it up.To transpose from

that it is possible to say that most, if not all commercially grown

fruit can, and will never properly ripen.

 

Further, that the addition of organo-phosphate fertilisers to our crops

has the potential to cause disease in both animals and humans. I base

this upon my own observations with animals in which pulpy

liver,anemia,jaundice,worms and cancer had become relatively common, yet

relatively unknown previous to the introduction of these fertilisers.

This finding has also been born out by the experience of a practical

farmer in Victoria, Australia, Percy Weston, who, died recently in

excess of 100 years still being active on his farm. Percy had observed

these very same factors and through his research had enabled both

himself and his wife to survive serious illness including cancer.

 

To my way of thinking this underlines the necessity of growing as much

of our own food as possible, with the balance being, as far as is

humanly possible, organically grown.

 

John

 

John L. Fielder

Osteopath & Lifestyle Consultant

Academy of Natural Living

www.iig.com.au/anl

 

 

This group operates in conjunction with RBTI