Dear All,
My experience is that adding charcoal to the soil is a wash. Sometimes the plants did better than the control, sometimes they did the same and sometimes worse. In other words I have found Biochar to be a waste of time and resources. Furthermore the increase in CO2 in our atmosphere is not caused by the lack of biochar in the soil, it's because of our addiction to oil and coal (assuming man made global warming). After trying many growing schemes I have found that plants flourish in a humus rich soil. Humus is not compost but may start out as compost. It is a sticky form of carbon (plus) that can last in the soil for a long time. Furthermore plants and soil/humus has evolved together for thousands of years if not millions. Nature already has a design in place. Jeff _______________________________________________ Stoves mailing list [email protected] http://listserv.repp.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_listserv.repp.org http://stoves.bioenergylists.org http://info.bioenergylists.org UNSUBSCRIBE HERE; http://listserv.repp.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_listserv.repp.org
