[Terrapreta] Charcoal Injector

[Jeff Davis]

Hi Kurt,

Sounds like a good idea.


Jeff




Kurt wrote:
> In the middle of a paddock of switchgrass, mow a patch, say 10m square.
> On half of it spread some finely ground charcoal. Run your backhoe over
> it, dragging the teeth of the bucket over the ground, as a sort of
> tiller. Do the whole patch, back and forth, side to side.
> Do another 10m square, same way, but this time also spread some sugar
> over the entire area, or perhaps over half the area, at right angles to
> the direction of the charcoal. This will give you 4 squares, one
> untreated, one with sugar only, one charcoal only, one charcoal with
> sugar.
> Mark the areas with fence pegs of some sort, so you can find them later.
> Let it grow and check the results at the end of the growing season.
> Monitor it for the next couple of seasons.
>
> The grass shouldn't be worried by the bit of scrification.
>
> Small enough?
>
> Kurt
> who is doing something like that with a couple of garden beds.
>
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Jeff Davis

Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA