Crispin, Rest assured that there is a lot more going on with biochar than making ash accessible to soil microbes. Right?
Paul On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott < [email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > > -- Paul A. Olivier PhD 27C Pham Hong Thai Street Dalat Vietnam Louisiana telephone: 1-337-447-4124 (rings Vietnam) Mobile: 090-694-1573 (in Vietnam) Skype address: Xpolivier http://www.esrla.com/
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