RE: Brix

Well, Jim, most of the sites I found referred to the sugar content of
grapes, wine and related products.  This site gave a slightly different
definition:
http://www.milnefruit.com/info/definitions.php :BRIX: is the measurement by
which the percentage by weight of soluble solids is expressed as the percent
of sucrose in a solution.  

I don't know if that helps.

Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5) 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of james singer
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 6:44 AM
To: Garden Chat
Subject: [CHAT] Brix

Anybody know about brix? Like, brix is measured in "degrees"; how does this
associate with "percent," if it does? And, are there established benchmarks
published somewhere--so one can compare apples and oranges? 
I'm getting a refractometer [the organic guys say you can determine the
fertilizer needs of plants by measuring the brix of leaf sap], so it would
likely be more interesting if I knew what I was doing.

Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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