Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Marty Kraft <martyk@allspecies.org>]

Yes, my soil is basic. That's the only reason for the Sulfur.

Thanks

Marty
On 2/9/11 1:42 PM, John D'hondt wrote:
> What is in a name? Pacification of the natives really means genocide, 
> but genocide sounds so crude. Bio-char is one of these words. Bio 
> means life, comes from the old Greek. But charcoal is deader than a 
> dodo. It is sterile and then some, the oldest and maybe best wood 
> preservative known to mankind. It is bad for the planet to produce it 
> and I have never seen it do any good in soil.
>
> Also adding sulfur where it is not needed can do a lot of harm. Is 
> your soil too alkaline? Or lacking sulfur?
> john
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marty Kraft" <martyk@allspecies.org>
> To: "KC No Till" <kcnotill@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 8:04 PM
> Subject: [Livingontheland] [KC No-Till] Adding Biochar and 
> WinterizingGarden Beds
>
>
> > I just put a video at http://www.organotill.org/calendar (Scroll down
> > to November) on our gardening calendar. It shows adding sulfur,
> > alfalfa, biochar and leaves as we prepare beds for winter.
> > Marty
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