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Re: [Livingontheland] Making Biochar in my New Char Chamber
- From: Marty Kraft <martyk@allspecies.org>
- To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Making Biochar in my New Char Chamber
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:17:39 -0500
I fill the chamber with chips that a neighbor was throwing away. I tried sticks that were in my yard but need to work out more efficient stacking method. The chamber is half full of charcoal at the end of the process. I don't know how much volume was water or oils in the wood. So i got 40 to 50% by volume. Don't know weight cause i flooded the chamber with water to stop the process at the charcoal stage. The heat would have been wasted had i not been heating my house. We need furnaces that make char in the process of heating one's home.
Marty
On Mar 30, 2011, at 2:43 PM, Tradingpost wrote:
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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