[Terrapreta] Commercial charcoal- observation
Michael N Trevor
mtrevor at ntamar.net
Wed May 9 19:40:07 CDT 2007
Thanks for the feedback but it looks to me while my own
gasifier stove charcoal is "better" the commercial stuff may
not be bad, just not as good. Heavy metals residues would definitely be a no
no.
However, I am not sure coal dust would be detrimental at all.
Coral atoll soils are based on coral fragments, coralline algae and
foraminifera remains.
Coal dust might actually be a beneficial additive for physical structure
Sawdust while breaking down might act as a nitrogen sink but guaranteed it
will beak down
here pretty quickly. Therefore I do not think this would be a long term
detrimental effect either.
thanks all
Michael
Enemanit
Marshall Islands
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