[Terrapreta] Biochar trials in China

[Ron Larson]

Rob:

    Thanks for sending those pictures. 

     My perception is that the plots with rice hull char showed plants with more growth.  Was that your conclusion?  What are the workmen saying?  

    You have now had a few more weeks since the photos you sent.  Anything new?

    You didn't show any photos of rows 7 (carrots) and 11 (USA addition).  Any reasons for their exclusion?

    You said there were more extensive scientific tests going on nearby.  How do those differ?  Any off-hand results yet?

    You say below that you are using 20kg per plot.  How large are the plots - or can you estimate the tonnes per hectare application rate?

    Any guesstimates yet on the likely ability to justify the added expense to farmers?   (what is local cost of charcoal?  Any big deal to adding the char?  How was it worked in?)  

    Or - how much money might be needed from those with Kyoto agendas?  (I assume it too early to answer all these questions - but maybe you have given it some thought already)

    Again - very nice work.  This will be very helpful it seems.

Ron


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robert Flanagan 
  To: terrapreta at bioenergylists.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 9:54 PM
  Subject: [Terrapreta] Biochar trials in China


  Hi,

  Not sure if you guys pic's on your site so I just put them on a power point. This is a small trial I'm doing for some farmers just outside Hangzhou to show them the benefits of Biochar. I've 48 plots in all so 24 with rice husk charcoal addition at 20Kg per plot. This trial is not for scientific data collection we have that in another trial a little further outside town. 

  Is it possible to see if any one else has clips of their trials to post on www.youtube.com? This might be a good way to spread the word about terra preta and biochar (I tried to sign up and log in but got sent around so much I gave up). I've only found a few ref's to biochar at the moment but we could change all that very soon if more positive results came in. 

  Regards,
  Rob.

  -- 
  Robert Flanagan
  Chairman & President
  Hangzhou Sustainable Agricultural Food & Fuel Enterprise Co., Ltd.

  Tel:   86-571-881-850-67
  Cell:  86-130-189-959-57 


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