biodynamics and brix levels

I have just returned from working a season on a biodynamic farm. Most of the food I tested with my refractometer was good but not excellent. One of my collegues did an experiment with the biodynamic preperations using them intensively [once a week] on a small area in one of the greenhouses. In the rest of the greenhouse the preperations were used about once a month. Otherwise the areas were treated the same. We planted lettuce, radish and beetroot for leaves. When it came time to harvest, the crops from the heavily treated patch were generally double the size, more vibrant in colour, tastier and virtually insect free. There was moderate damage and at times insect devistation in the rest of the greenhouse in the same crops. I tested the crops and the brix levels were significantly higher in all the vegetables from the patch. My collegue also tested the organic matter in the soil before and after the experiment. The organic matter had increased greatly in the 5 month period the experiment went for. Perhaps there is something in biodynamics after all... Tweet