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[Steve Hart <stevenlawrencehart@gmail.com>]

Thanks Toby...here is a good one to that I'm sure you have scanned as would
have Albert

http://www.carbon-negative.us/soil/TerraPreta_CMann.htm

We have briefly looked into the clay pot shards factor in the whole Terra
Preta phenomena and run a few experiments. We had two identical raised
garden beds 1mx1mx1m both with equal amounts of rich biochar. One had added
broken up clay roof tiles, to imitate the clay pot shard factors. We
planted broccoli in each. Both grew excellent big heads all similar size.
The plot with the clay tiles had far heavier yield by 150%. Asking a few
associates the answer seemed to be in the silica science which acted as an
antenna for different energy fields, perhaps electro-magnetic .....so more
entertainment and pleasure in that world.......Steve Hart

On 7 July 2016 at 04:33, Toby Hemenway <toby@patternliteracy.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the link to the Biochar Journal, Steve.
>
> There’s an excellent article there by a woman who is very active in
> biochar circles, Kelpie Wilson. I’ve met her at conferences, and she knows
> her stuff. The article is an in-depth overview of the various properties of
> biochar and how it works. There’s some chemistry in it, but it’s not
> overwhelmingly technical. One of the best I’ve seen on the subject.
>
> https://www.biochar-journal.org/en/ct/32-How-biochar-works-in-soil
>
> Toby
> tobyhemenway.com
>
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>
>
>
> > On Jul 5, 2016, at 10:08 PM, Steve Hart <stevenlawrencehart@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Great debate, greatv subject I was waiting for Christopher & Toby's
> input
> > before I offered my 20 c worth. Here is a valuable site
> > www.biochar-journal.org a good bit of science in there. I have been
> working
> > with New Zealand's leading soil scientist for over 9 months
> www.ef.net.nz
> > where biochar is made on site and several products from this are part of
> > several different soil fertiliser mixes. One of the unheralded realities
> is
> > the carbon factor. Carbon is a huge conveyor in soil biiochemistry. The
> > whole soil ecology is incredibly dynamic and I do look fwd to the
> continual
> > communication that Toby has recently jumped into. Love the intrigue....
> > Steve Hart
> >
> > On 6 July 2016 at 04:37, Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 11:12 AM, christopher nesbitt <
> >> christopher.nesbitt@mmrfbz.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>> No, pulverizing it increases the effectiveness. You are making more
> >>> surface, more edge, and more edge means more colonization by soil
> biota.
> >>> Biochar, itself, is empty space. What we are looking for is how to
> >> colonize
> >>> that space. Earthworms eating biochar, thats what you want.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Thanks!
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