I posted this this in r.g and r.g.e and then wondered if any of you on
your side of the planet have done this or have experience with this, as
you seem to be ahead of the curve. The more I read, the more excited I
become about it. I'm particularly enthused about the long term and
persistent aspects of this.
>After reading Bill's posts about Rodale's compost work with leonardite
>dust and the essay by Rebecca Lines-Kelly that mentioned terra pretta,
>I started looking into the use of charcoal, crushed or dust, as a
>compost and soil amendment. Has anyone used charcoal dust or have any
>thoughts or results?
>
>http://terrapreta.bioenergylists.org/
>
>http://www.eprida.com/hydro/ecoss/background/charbenefits.htm
>
>Charlie
These FUs added some info..seems there is a shit-ton of info and study
being done. Benefits seem to go beyond soil fertility.
>There are some interesting articles on this site. It's a Canadian
>company working in conversion of biomass into energy.
>
>http://www.dynamotive.com/en/news/media.html
>
>Dora
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>Funny you should mention this... I was just reading news headlines at
>sciencedaily and found this:
>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080410153658.htm
>
>I think I should read up on this a bit more and maybe try some in may
little
>plot. Thanks for the links.
>Chas
Care
Charlie
