[Terrapreta] char vs. diatomaceous earth

[Michael Bailes]

Here is afew links from agoogle search
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=gmail&q=diatomaceous%20earth%20soil%20additive
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On 13/12/2007, Gerald Van Koeverden <vnkvrdn at yahoo.ca> wrote:
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> If the value of char is mainly as a habitat for micro-organisms,
> would another multi-porous material like diatomaceous earth have the
> same effect?
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> In looking for a cheap source of charcoal fines, I checked out the
> local distillery - Labatt's.  I had understood that charcoal is what
> was used to filter alcohol, just as it is used for filtering corn
> starch.
>
> However, I discovered that Labatt's uses diatomaceous earth instead
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