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12 days ago6 points(+0/-0/+6Score on mirror)5 children
Would this be from overfarming? Soil only has so many nutrients. If I grow an orange tree in a place where no man has ever planted anything, it'd be objectively different than if I grew one in a former Iowan cornfield that's had all the nutrients sucked out of it.
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You can resupply the soil nutrients with manure or compost. But you need to let the fruits ripe naturally and not spray it with chemicals to hasten the process.
My in laws own a small farm and their fruits have always been tastier than the market, but in much smaller size.
Yes and probably also most stuff is harvested super early to prolong travel and shelf life, and i suspect cutting the fruit from te plant stops the nutrient absorption early which reduces nutrient content compared to the fruit that ripens on vine(etc).
It's mostly from industrial monocropping. The soil in that case is not being rotated or regenerated naturally. Just endless inputs; artificial fertilizers and glyphosate. then you have many common crops being bred for shelf life and color.
You can add certain types of rock dust to soil if it's truly mineral depleted, in most cases it's a matter of when they pick and the cultivars they use which just grow larger and quicker, having more carbs and water in them than nutrients.
My in laws own a small farm and their fruits have always been tastier than the market, but in much smaller size.