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[Donald Lewis]

I am not sure how to tell y'all, but I fail to understand what "brix" might possibly have to do with compost quality. As a chemist with over 4o years experience, I can tell you with some assurance that the brix test is a measurement of water density used in the sugar industry as a crude measure of sugar content of water solutions such as molasses. Any soluble salt will affect the brix reading. Now, if you were composting molasses...

Don Lewis
QA Officer
State Chemist Section
Maryland Department of Agriculture
50 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis, MD 21401