Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Brix measurements reveal sugar content of vegetables, fruits, and juices. They are used by brewers, for example, to reveal how much alcohol will be in the wine or the beer.
I enjoy testing the measures of sugar, in different seasons and weather. I show you a range of vegetables, fruits – and even a flower. Some of the results are not what I expected.
These vegetables and fruits were harvested in my garden, mid-morning on 25th July. Homeacres, Somerset UK, no dig.
I recommend the portable refractometer – it's not expensive and not difficult to read. It measures up to 35% sugar. The digital reader is an iKoffy:
ikoffy.com/collections/products/products/ikoffy-ai-brix-refractometer
🎥 Filmed 25th July by Carly Dutton-Edwards
🎵 Music: Homeacres Song by Heidi Theaker – jacquivincent.bandcamp.com/track/homeacres
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00:00 Introduction, measuring Brix levels
00:59 Outdoor-grown tomato, Rose Crush
03:08 Tomato from pot in greenhouse, Maskotka, from Poland
04:08 Reason for measuring
06:08 Carrots, Nantes Milan – dry, finding a way to juice!
07:51 Beetroot, Boston - moon rings
11:09 Melon, Charentais cantaloupe from polytunnel
14:10 Onion
15:51 Garlic
18:17 Cucumber, Tanya
19:56 Lettuce, Batavian Saragossa
22:06 Blackcurrant
24:09 Anise hyssop flower
25:39 Sweetcorn
29:05 Outro
#charlesdowding #nodig #brix #homeacres #refractometer #growyourown #vegetablegarden #soilhealth #summerharvest
Brix measurements reveal sugar content of vegetables, fruits, and juices. They are used by brewers, for example, to reveal how much alcohol will be in the wine or the beer.
I enjoy testing the measures of sugar, in different seasons and weather. I show you a range of vegetables, fruits – and even a flower. Some of the results are not what I expected.
These vegetables and fruits were harvested in my garden, mid-morning on 25th July. Homeacres, Somerset UK, no dig.
I recommend the portable refractometer – it's not expensive and not difficult to read. It measures up to 35% sugar. The digital reader is an iKoffy:
ikoffy.com/collections/products/products/ikoffy-ai-brix-refractometer
🎥 Filmed 25th July by Carly Dutton-Edwards
🎵 Music: Homeacres Song by Heidi Theaker – jacquivincent.bandcamp.com/track/homeacres
You can join this channel by paying a monthly fee, to support our work with helping gardeners grow better, and to receive monthly videos made only for members:
youtube.com/channel/UCB1J6siDdmhwah7q0O2WJBg/join
00:00 Introduction, measuring Brix levels
00:59 Outdoor-grown tomato, Rose Crush
03:08 Tomato from pot in greenhouse, Maskotka, from Poland
04:08 Reason for measuring
06:08 Carrots, Nantes Milan – dry, finding a way to juice!
07:51 Beetroot, Boston - moon rings
11:09 Melon, Charentais cantaloupe from polytunnel
14:10 Onion
15:51 Garlic
18:17 Cucumber, Tanya
19:56 Lettuce, Batavian Saragossa
22:06 Blackcurrant
24:09 Anise hyssop flower
25:39 Sweetcorn
29:05 Outro
#charlesdowding #nodig #brix #homeacres #refractometer #growyourown #vegetablegarden #soilhealth #summerharvest
