Dear Dr AD My question remains: Why would charring it first do anything except speed up access to ash?
Shall I re-phrase it? Thanks Crispin +++++++ Dear Crispin and stovers, biomass added to the soil serves the soil micro-organisms as a source of organic carbon. By feeding on it, they multiply their numbers. The microbial population density in the soil is positively correlated with soil fertility, because when they die, the minerals sequestered in their cells become available to the green plants. Yours A.D.Karve On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 1:53 AM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Frank > Is there any good reason to suppose that putting the whole mass, the > whole biomass, into the soil, perhaps chipped or ground up? Why would > charring it first do anything except speed up access to ash? > Regards > > Crispin _______________________________________________ Stoves mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: http://www.bioenergylists.org/
