[Guy1731]

Note from the staff!

Likewise the 'thank you' post are not allowed on this site, we shall from now on not allow any 'I hate you' posts also. Please don't take that personal, Zach, it's just a precaution.

[sherlockx]

Ooh does this mean I can tease him even more without fear of reprisal?

yippee

[Zacharie]

ok. Just two Yes/No questions. (Dam you, Guy, I thought you were on my side!)

Is 'planting a seed' in this puzzle something compared to 'making a hole by taking away some ground, putting the seed in the hole, and putting the ground back on top'?
If 'yes', is that what both brothers do?

[sherlockx]

Is 'planting a seed' in this puzzle something compared to 'making a hole by taking away some ground, putting the seed in the hole, and putting the ground back on top'?
If 'yes', is that what both brothers do?

Yes & Yes

I really think you could do with a mole in the local gardening club

[Zacharie]

Tell me, Bert's 'technique', is that something he does with his hands?

[sherlockx]

Tell me, Bert's 'technique', is that something he does with his hands?

no not with his hands he is not digitally enhanced

[Zacharie]

no not with his hands he is not digitally enhanced

Speak for yourself.

So, if it's not with his hands, and praying or mediation is not an option (I think), I presume he uses a tool to apply his technique. You said they use spades, forks and trowels... So my question is: does Bert use one of his tools in a different way compared to his brother, or does me make more use of (one of) the tools?

[sherlockx]

So my question is: does Bert use one of his tools in a different way compared to his brother, or does me make more use of (one of) the tools?

No he does not use a garden tool in any different way

praying or mediation is not an option (I think)

correct but that is closer than any of your previous questions or guesses

Off out now to try to beat the nucivorous vermin to my walnuts

[Zacharie]

No he does not use a garden tool in any different way

Anything else beside a garden tool?

correct but that is closer than any of your previous questions or guesses

Hey! Remember I'm kind of on my own for this one, will you? Hmm... I wonder if we should launch this puzzle on the other site also... We could create some extra motivation, make it some kind of 'prestige' battle for the site users that find the answer to the puzzle... Then maybe some would get awake and put their brains at work. Want a link to the other site?

[sherlockx]

Anything else beside a garden tool?

His eyes

Hmm... I wonder if we should launch this puzzle on the other site also...

why not

[Zacharie]

Hmm... I wonder if we should launch this puzzle on the other site also...

why not

Fine. If I don't get help here to solve this puzzle in the next hours, I shall challenge the other side... err... site to do better. Maybe THEY will have more mercy on me...

[Zacharie]

Anything else beside a garden tool?

His eyes

Do you mean Bert makes more or better use of his eyes to achieve his better result compared to his brother?

[sherlockx]

Do you mean Bert makes more or better use of his eyes to achieve his better result compared to his brother?

Yes together with his brain/mind to process and correlate the data from his eyes.

he claims his better crops are the result of a coup d'oeil

[Zacharie]

Summary of this puzzle, for which there is ancient knowledge - merely observation over a number of growing seasons - involved to solve it...

Two random adults without any physical restriction - Bert and Adam - share a hectare of land on which to grow eatable plants of any kind. They do not have different types of plants, in fact they buy a big packet of each type of natural seed and split it between them. The seeds are planted at the same depth. The plants receive the same amount of water and fertilizer - at the same time - and again the water and fertilizer are identical. Each plant receives the same amount of weeding and care and there is no sabotage by either or anyone else. To cultivate the plants they use the same tools: spades, forks and trowels. Bert doesn't do something to his seeds - which are planted at the same distance from ech other as Adam's seeds - but from the moment the seeds are in the ground he uses a different technique (that doesn't ask for more energy/effort compared to his brother's) to plant and harvest. Adam puts his seeds in the ground the same way, and knows about this 'technique' his brother uses, but doesn't want to do for a certain reason - and Bert has every year a better yield/result compared to Adam, and they both know why. It has nothing to do with something that's beneath their field or amount of (sun)light, nor are there any insects, birds or other animals involved. Bert doesn't play any music for his plants. Ruth Van Waerebeek - a Cookbook writer - knows the technique Bert uses and always buys her vegetables from him when she is in the area.

Why does Bert have a better yield/result compared to Adam, while challenger Sherlockx' claims he only uses 'his eyes' to apply the technique that differs him from his brother.

[Zacharie]

knows about this 'technique' his brother uses, but doesn't want to do for a certain reason

Is that 'reason' important for solving this puzzle?