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

[Paul Olivier]

Crispin,

Rest assured that there is a lot more going on with biochar than making ash
accessible to soil microbes.
Right?

Paul

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <
crispinpigott at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
> +++++++
>
> 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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