Wasabi Growers Primer now available
The Wasabi Growers Primer Book contains all the basic information to grow Wasabia japonica successfully.
Set out in an easy-to-read format, there is no waffle in the pages. Most of the technical information is set out in a table which makes understanding the requirements easy.
The Wasabi Growers Primer is 66 pages of packed information. It is a downloadable book (PDF) and is available right now from here.
The price is USD$497.00.
Wasabi Growers Primer
66 Pages of Basic Information for Growing Wasabi
Price: USD497.00
The Table of Contents of the Wasabi Growers Primer is listed below.
Table of Contents of the Wasabi Growers Primer
Preface
Introduction
The Growing Environment
The basics for growing Sawa Wasabi
Growing Systems
Water Grown (Sawa)
Traditional Sawa Growing method
Semi Traditional Growing Method in a River
Non Traditional Growing Systems
Greenhouse
Hydroponically growing wasabi
The basics for growing Oka Wasabi
Field Grown (Oka)
Planting
Care
Fertiliser Requirements
Nutrient Formulation
Weed Control
Cultivar Selection
Propagation
Tissue Culture
Vegetative (Offshoots)
Seeds
Diseases
Black Rot (Phoma wasabiae) – sometimes known as Black Heart
What causes Black Rot?
Solutions
Other diseases
Appendix A – Water Requirements
Why Test Your Water?
Use a Certified Laboratory
For More Information on Having Your Water Tested
A Typical Water Test Report Water
Analysis Report
The Components of a Typical Water Test Report
1. Client and Sample Information
2. Analysis
3. Results
4. Units
5. Standards
6. Comments
What Are Drinking Water Standards?
Understanding Units
The Most Common Water Test Units
Description of Common Pollutants (by category)
Microbial Pollutants
Coliform Bacteria
Fecal Coliform Bacteria
Fecal Streptococcus Bacteria
E. Coli
Standard Plate Count (Heterotrophic Plate Count)
Iron Bacteria
Giardia and Cryptosporidium
Inorganic Chemicals (IOCs)
Alkalinity
Arsenic (As)
Barium (Ba)
Chloride (Cl)
Copper (Cu)
Corrosivity
Hardness
Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S)
Iron (Fe)
Lead (Pb)
Manganese (Mn)
Nitrate (NO3) or Nitrate Nitrogen (NO3-N)
pH
Sulphate (SO4)
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
Turbidity
Organic Chemicals
Volatile Organic Chemicals (VOCs)
Benzene
Carbon Tetrachloride
Chloroform
MTBE (Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether)
Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and Trichloroethylene (TCE)
Xylenes
Nonvolatile or Synthetic Organic Chemicals (SOCs)
Atrazine
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4-D)
Chlorpyrifos
Glyphosate
Metolachlor
Simazine
Other Synthetic Organic Chemicals
Dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD)
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
Radiological Pollutants
Radon
What’s Your Next Step?
More Water Testing?
Maintenance
Pollution Prevention
New Source
Water Treatment
Appendix B
Land requirements for Growing Wasabi
Stream
River
Ground
Greenhouse
Hydroponic
Appendix C
Scientific discoveries about True Wasabi
Anti-Cancer (breast, prostate, colon, lung, leukaemia, pancreas, oesophagus, bladder and others)
Antibiotic – infections, oral hygiene, cavity prevention and ulcers
Anti-Inflammatory (asthma, arthritis, allergies, anaphylaxis – aids in the healing process)
Aids in Bone Calcification (fights/prevents Osteoporosis)
Phase 1 and Phase 2 Liver Detoxification
Other Health Benefits of Wasabi/Isothiocyanates
Appendix D
What makes a wasabi grower?
Healthy Wasabi Plants grown Hydroponically
Michel Van Mellaerts (The Wasabi Maestro) is the recognized World authority and expert on the practical Growing, Processing and Marketing of Wasabia japonica. He and his wife have been commercially growing Wasabia japonica longer than anyone else outside Japan.
Trained as an Engineer he has invented and installed many improved growing systems into their farms. These enable high quality Wasabi to be grown anywhere in the World.
The Wasabi Mastroes have set up commercial Wasabi growing farms from the Arctic Circle to Southern New Zealand, including the Equator. They have worked with individual growers, national governments, and investment groups on four continents.
These growing systems have reduced growing times by nearly 67%, improved yield and quality of the Wasabi rhizome, and increased the levels of active ingredients by nearly 100%. It is these active ingredients that independent scientific studies show kills cancer cells and improves human health.
They pioneered the use of Wasabia japonica in the Nutraceutical and Medical industries. They are at the leading edge of research into the benefits of Wasabi on human and animal health.
The Wasabi Maestroes offer a Training and Consultancy service for potential and actual Wasabi growers who only want to learn from the best. Others spend their time floundering around trying to find out what information is useful and what isn’t.
The Training has been proven and improved over the last 20 years plus of personal commercial Wasabi growing. This has been hands on, getting wet and dirty work – not guesswork from behind a desk.
