[Terrapreta] Charcoal mix continued

[Michael N Trevor]

To all those who tossed information into the ring thank you very much.
Since I am also currently working with pots and home consumption
items like basil, green onions, red peppers etc I will go straight to the
about 20%, one pot at a time first  It will be a considerable time before my
TLUD stove(s) with be fully functional on a regular basis to produce enough
to turn into
the gardin.

One thought, at the risk of repeating what may have been said before, if
Amazonian terra preta
soils are about 30% charcoal, what was the percentage when they were taken
out of useage?
Does the percentage of charcoal reamin fairly constant once incorporated
into the soil?
Also since these soils were apparently developed over hundreds and even
thousands of years
even minute amounts must be beneficial. It would seem likely that producing
and incorporating charcoal
in to the soil would have occured in rather small sequential doses over
generations. Massive charcoal generation
to jump to a high percentage would seem unlikely unless it was carried out
small plot by small plot.

Sincerly yours,

Michael N Trevor
Enemanit , Majuro
Marshall Islands

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