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Re: [Livingontheland] Making Biochar in my New Char Chamber
- From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
- To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Making Biochar in my New Char Chamber
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:43:43 -0700
What is the ratio of carbon released to the air in making charcoal to carbon
sequestered by burying the charcoal?
paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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On 3/30/2011 at 1:11 PM Marty Kraft wrote:
>A Fiery Movie: I just uploaded another video to youtube. It shows
>firing my biochar chamber in my wood stove turning wood chips into
>charcoal. If added to the soil the carbon in wood chips will be back
>in the atmosphere in 10 to 20 years. However the charcoal that i'm
>making will last for several thousand years in the soil and will help
>plants get nutrients too. Before i add the biochar to the soil i need
>to soak it in a fertilizer or compost tea solution so it won't grab
>minerals from the soil. Once charged with minerals the char will give
>nutrients instead of take them.
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdk62DBs4kU
>
>See other videos arranged into a garden calendar guide at,
>http://www.organotill.org
>
>Marty Kraft
>
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[Livingontheland] Making Biochar in my New Char Chamber,
Marty Kraft, 03/30/2011
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Re: [Livingontheland] Making Biochar in my New Char Chamber,
Tradingpost, 03/30/2011
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Re: [Livingontheland] Making Biochar in my New Char Chamber,
Marty Kraft, 03/31/2011
- Re: [Livingontheland] Making Biochar in my New Char Chamber, John D'hondt, 03/31/2011
- Re: [Livingontheland] Making Biochar in my New Char Chamber, Liz, 03/31/2011
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Re: [Livingontheland] Making Biochar in my New Char Chamber,
Marty Kraft, 03/31/2011
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Re: [Livingontheland] Making Biochar in my New Char Chamber,
Tradingpost, 03/30/2011
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