[Terrapreta] Kevins TerraPreta questions & questions for Rich

[Shengar at aol.com]

Rich , great read
 
Questions:
 
Are the trachieds of hardwoods, the voids in the charred "bones" of  the 
lignin structure?
 
 
"slower in temperate zones"........, maybe, less water and solar  inputs, but 
we know of the non char high soil biome masses in "virgin"  forest,
the bugs of each zone should all like quality homes and infrastructure  to be 
their best.
 
 
"let the mix age for a period of time."...... ? amount of time?....then  
spread & tile?.. or disk?.... cultivate?.
 
 
"I am using charcoal at 200lbs/1000sq feet for my work in combination with  
commercial fertilizer or compost and collected natural forest  surface soil  
and rotting  litter. ".......................................................
   This sounds like a great mix ; natural innoculum ,   High density Compost 
microbes, got it all. As I mentioned in the "TP Kit "  post last month, love 
to test the different affects of Time release  Fertilizer and Hydro-Gels
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