AgroSensi®
Project 2009
september 5
Cucumber
Small test in a green house, May - July 2009:
| BRIX (%) : | bad | moderate | fairly good | good | Ranking | |
| Tap water | 3 | 2 | Green house, watered with tap water. Moderate taste, colour light green. Plant only had 1 cucumber. | |||
| 904 | 3,5 | 1 | Thick, juicy, more flavour. Dark green. BRIX value almost 20% higher. | |||
| Super market | 3 | 3 | Thin, hard, almost no taste, packed in plastic foil. |
| Dehydration (%) : | June 24 - July 2 | July 2 - July 13 | Ranking: | June 24 - July 2, before cutting | ||
| Tap water | 12.5 % | 31.4 % | 2 |
July 2 - July 13, after cutting |
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| 904 | 11.5 % | 29.4 % | 1 | |||
| Super market | 24.75 % | 46.0 % | 3 |
| Yield | ||||||
| Tap water | 4 | |||||
| 904 | 24 | |||||
| Super market | - |
904 treated plant, 4 cucumbers Tap water treated plant, 1 cucumber
Left to right: 1. 904 treated in green house. 2. Green house, just tap water. 3. Bought in super market
- 3. Supermarket bought in plastic foil, BRIX value 3%
- 2. Treated in green house with tap water, BRIX value 3%
- 1. Treated in green house with 904, BRIX value 3,5% (about 20% higher BRIX value). Cucumber is soft and tastes better.
Drying test start on June 17, 2009
904 Water Super market
June 24, 2009, drying test at room temperature:
904 Water Super market
June 29, 2009, drying test at room temperature:
904 Water Super market
July 01, 2009, drying test at room temperature:
904 Water Super market
July 02, 2009, drying test at room temperature:
904 Water Super market
July 02, 2009, drying test at room temperature, sliced pieces of the end:
904 Water Super market
July 03, 2009, drying test at room temperature, after 1 day in airco 21 degrees Celsius:
904 Water Super market
July 6, 2009, drying test at room temperature:
904 Water Super market
July 9, 2009, drying test at room temperature:
904 Water Super market
July 13, 2009, drying test at room temperature:
904 Water Super market
July 13, 2009, drying test at room temperature:
Test completed.