[Terrapreta] Terra Preta in containers?

[Jeff Davis]

Hi Peter,

I was going to get my compost from the forest floor. Just rake some up by
hand.


Jeff

Peter wrote:
>> I like the idea of a replicated experiment using containerized plants.
>>
>
> One concern that I would have about experimenting in containers would be
> whether or not there was a sufficient starter population of all the
> necessary wee
> beasties to really populate the charcoal. If they are not present then I
> think
> the charcoal becomes rather moot. So one would want a medium that
> contained a
> full spectrum of the appropriate bacteria and fungi to combine with the
> charcoal, and a few worms wouldn't hurt :-)>

-- 
Jeff Davis

Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA