Farmers across India are under utilising a device which as be used as a Fertility meter and give you greater and deeper insights into the health of your crops !

We mostly use Brix meter at harvest where as it should be used on almost daily basis – Twice a day at least if you really want to make the most of it.

A higher sap brix level is what every farmer should target once you seriously start your Nutrition Management Program.

After the sap is extracted and 2 drops put on the brix meter there are the following things a farmer can infer from it :

• A lower brix level means lower plant health has been comprised and it won’t give the expected yield, quality, taste and sweetness. 

• If you are finding pest attack happening quite frequently or if your insecticides, herbicides, fungicides consumption has gone up – your brix level will be pretty low than what it should actually be.

• If the minerals and sugars are moving perfectly well inside the plants system it is an indication that your Xylem and Phloem are working efficiently. This will show a higher brix level of the leaf sap.

• A higher brix means your plants are ready to fight Climate Change – they can fight drought & frost better.

The reason why every farmer should be using the Refractometer at least twice a day – Morning & Afternoon is because morning reading should be lower than afternoon reading. The reason is sugars move into the roots at night and this gives a lower brix reading.

So what is A Good Brix Reading for your Crop ?

Here’s a Chart for several Fruits & Vegetables by Dr. Carey Reams which should be referred by every farmer 

I write this post only to propagate the usage of Brix Meter in a way that will ensure good crop health, better quality produce for farmers.That’s what fetches you the price after all !

The wheel was already invented by Dr. Carey Reams, I’m doing the job of making it move faster. 

Get juicing your leaves, after all its just 2 drops that makes a huge difference !