[Terrapreta] Terra Preta in containers?

[Michael Bailes]

Except we mostly don't know what the "wee beasties" (great name) are.

Brazil does not want to let them out of the country in case the USA patents
them and they might be a bit short on the technology to do it themselves.
Especially as many TP soil "wee beasties" stubbornly refuse to grow on agar
plates.

I find worms in my pots (most in a home improvised TP mix-see my post on
this) fairly quickly. I would imagine the potting 'soil' should get better
with time so always re-use old mix (never did this as a nurseryman). Some
nursery people don't like worms in pots. I am not sure why.

You can buy commercial innoculants from Organic Garden suppliers or you will
probably have some "wee beasties" if you make your own compost

This may be a change of subject or may not
Has anyone heard of "Rhizotonic" a Dutch stimulant to root growth? Saw an
advertisement for it today that claims plants can jump over tall buildings
in a single bound after tasting it. Anyone used or heard of it?
michael

On 24/02/07, PurNrg at aol.com <PurNrg at aol.com> wrote:
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> In a message dated 2/23/07 11:31:44 AM, richrd at nas.com writes:
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> I like the idea of a replicated experiment using containerized plants.
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> 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 :-)>
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> Peter :-)>
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