Japan - Giant vegetables

T/I: 10:48:56 Hungry? Then you need not be. Japanese farmers may have solved the serious problem of food shortage for the ever-growing world population. Just spray this solution on vegetables and plants....and watch them grow. Cultivation with enzymes is the latest craze in farming techniques. Some 50 varieties of vegetables, cereals and seaweeds are mixed with grapes, strawberries and other fermenting fruits. After three years and three months of fermentation, enough enzymes have been produced to induce dramatic plant growth. The enzymes are diluted in 5,000 to 10,000 parts of water and then sprayed onto the leaves once a week or so. The plant enzymes stimulate the growth hormones and thus speed up the process of photo-synthesis. The result is not only larger plants but also more nutritious, healthier and tastier vegetables and fruits. Since the solution is virtually odourless and not toxic like pesticides, enzyme-treated vegetables can be eaten fresh off the plant. SHOWS: JAPAN, RECENT VS farmer sprays crops with enzymes; CU giant vegetable; photograph of farmer holding giant vegetable; photograph of children with giant vegetable; tilt down to giant squash; baby sleeping next to giant vegetables; children eat fruit; Interior factory; VS scientist stirring enzyme mixture; CU mixture; CU scientists measure enzymes; Farmer sprays tomatoes; children eat tomatoes from bush; VS farming scenes; CU fruit; farmer sprays crop; CU crop; farmer picks apples; woman next to giant pumpkin; MS vegetables: normal Japanese pumpkin on left, enzyme treated pumpkin on right; MS vegetables: normal onion on left, enzyme treated onion on right; Giant sunflowers; VS rose that bloomed for seven months. Children play with giant pumpkins; 2.28 You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/1e4ad6dead22578b8493bf5fb833bebf Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork