[Stoves] [biochar-production] Re: Stoves Digest, Vol 14, Issue 17

[Anand Karve]

Dear Crispin and stovers,
biomass added to the soil serves the soil micro-organisms as a source
of organic carbon. By feeding on it, they multiply their numbers. The
microbial population density in the soil is positively correlated with
soil fertility, because when they die, the minerals sequestered in
their cells become available to the green plants.
Yours
A.D.Karve

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 1:53 AM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott
<crispinpigott at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Frank
> Is there any good reason to suppose that putting the whole mass, the whole
> biomass, into the soil, perhaps chipped or ground up? Why would charring it
> first do anything except speed up access to ash?
> Regards
>
> Crispin
>
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