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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] [KC No-Till] Adding Biochar and WinterizingGarden Beds
  • Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:12:20 -0700


Ironic isn't it.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 2/9/2011 at 2:06 PM Ken Hargesheimer wrote:

>I have a running battle with the BioChar Association.  They said we added
>it to the soil and got increased yields.  I told them they might have spit
>on it and gotten increased yields. I told them to compare a biochar plot
>to an organic, no-till plot and we which yields the best.  They will not
>do that.  They are on an ego trip.  I asked them what is the difference in
>burning the crop residue on the filed and hauling the residue to a place
>and burning it there.  We have worked for decades to teach farmers not to
>burn their fields and now the experts say burn the crop residue.
>Ken H





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