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  • From: christopher nesbitt <christopher.nesbitt@mmrfbz.org>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Fwd: Biochar
  • Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:52:51 -0600

ALbert explains it as "apartments" for soil biota, and that it is stable.
On Nov 16, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Toby Hemenway wrote:

>
> On Nov 16, 2011, at 8:22 AM, Steve Bonney wrote:
>
>> On 11/15/2011 8:03 PM, christopher nesbitt wrote:
>>> That charcoal will be full of microrganisms in a short amount of time.
>>
>> Is there any research to indicate this? I am thinking about the practice
>> of charring the bottom length of posts before burying so that they do
>> not rot (or at least have a much slower rate of decomposition).
>
> I've seen photos. The microbes aren't eating the charcoal; they are using
> all the pore space in it to adhere to, and consuming nutrients that float
> past in soil moisture. The charcoal itself is more or less inert. Same as
> in a reed bed; the bugs cling to the gravel, and they sure aren't eating
> that.
>
> Toby
> http://patternliteracy.com
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