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

[Crispin Pemberton-Pigott]

Dear Dr AD

My question remains: Why would charring it first do anything except speed up
access to ash?

Shall I re-phrase it?

Thanks
Crispin

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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