[Terrapreta] New biochar trial in Indonesia

[lou gold]

Hi Rob,
>
> Your last sentence really caught me: *(Please keep open minded in all
> aspects of Agri Engineering, remember the Amazon is far from quiet!)
>
> *The great ethnobotanist and storyteller Wade Davis tells of an Amazon
> Indian tribe whose members are able to identify 16 different kinds of
> ayahausca plants by going into the forest on the night of the full moon and
> listening to what key the plants are singing in. He then quips, "This will
> not get you a PhD at Harvard but it's a hell of a lot more interesting than
> counting stamens."
>
> Here is his TED Talk:
> http://lougold.blogspot.com/2007/12/power-of-story-here-is-mavelous-ted.html
>
> Thanks for your good work and for raising a most interesting question.
>
> hugs,
>
> lou
>
>
>
> On Dec 18, 2007 9:42 AM, Robert Flanagan <saffechina at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I've just taken some photos and clips from my latest trial where we
> > wanted to see the effects of sterilized subsoil with different treatments;
> > biochar/organic nutrient/microbes & fungi with and without sound. Now what
> > we found was quite interesting as I'm sure you can clearly see from this
> > clip I posted  and explained in more detail on youtube
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6WTZr-dMk8 . On seed germination as seen
> > in the graph on one of the attached photos you can see that there was no
> > major change (Unlike my bamboo seed trials in China this year) but you can
> > see a little difference with and without sound on all treatments compared
> > with control. Now on plant growth we did see some correlation with early
> > plant development and sound with all treatments apart from the biochar+VAM
> > fungi (Who knew sound effected fungi???). From a quick scan from a non
> > scientist I would say the control (No Sound) was the lowest and Biochar+VAM
> > fungi (No Sound) was the highest growth. Dr Supriyannto is keen to take this
> > trial to the next stage and transplant several plants into polybag's and
> > monitor for at least another 60days.
> >
> > My big Q. is how does this translate to what we think we know about both
> > plants/microbes and fungi in agriculture? Have any of you guys done any work
> > on the effects of sound? I know the Chinese have proved the the effect is on
> > the resonating vibration on the plant cell wall (Findings from a 10M RMB Key
> > Lab setup in Beijing) and they are pushing hard to get this technology into
> > biofuels. In 2008 Dr Zhong should have a lot more precise information on the
> > effects of different dB "V" frequency as he's buying a chamber to measure
> > photosynthesis, respiration and angel of stomata.
> >
> > I'd love to hear your thoughts (Please keep open minded in all aspects
> > of Agri Engineering, remember the Amazon is far from quiet!).
> >
> > Regards,
> > Rob.
> >
> > --
> > Robert Flanagan
> > Chairman & President
> > Hangzhou Sustainable Agricultural Food & Fuel Enterprise Co., Ltd.
> >
> > Skype "saffechina"
> > Tel:   86-571-881-850-67
> > Cell:  86-130-189-959-57
> >
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