[Terrapreta] Update on biochar trials in Hangzhou

[Tom Goreau]

Dear Rob,

Thanks. for sendintg these messages It would be most
useful if you can present this data in graphical form.
I think the music really detracts from the message.
What you need is a voiceover soundtrck that explains
what you are looking at, and why it is important, that
adds information and intellectual content to the
visual information. I would like to arrange this to be
presented in May 2008 at the United Nations Commision
on Sustainable Development Partnership in New
Technologyfor Small Island Developing States, which I
am the coordinator of. Although we focus on islands,
the technologies we present are of universal
application, and a major focus of next year's meeting
will be agriculture.

Best wishes,
Tom
Thomas J. Goreau, PhD
President
Global Coral Reef Alliance
37 Pleasant Street, Cambridge MA 02139
617-864-4226
goreau at bestweb.net
http://www.globalcoral.org


--- Robert Flanagan <saffechina at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Guys,
> 
> I just got some data from our Longwu biochar trials.
> There was a bit of a
> mix up with the corn cob weights as some cobs had
> broken off the plants in
> transport so we just grouped them all together for
> each plot and took the
> average. The charcoal 1 is control (No foliar
> nutrient), charcoal 2 is
> seaweed extract (7 foliar applications) and charcoal
> three is modified
> vinegar (7 foliar applications). So from a quick
> glance you can see a clear
> difference in the charcoal amended plots. I'm hoping
> that Dr. Zhong does the
> follow up soil tests so that I can pass that data on
> as well.
> 
> I had some corn cobs in the lab from samples we took
> a few months back so I
> decided to go a quick run with them in the stove,
> hope you enjoy
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c0T3Hn1jzQ
> 
> Next week I plan to head out of China for some time
> so not sure if the guys
> here will get any more biochar trials done this
> year!
> 
> Regards,
> Rob.
> 
> -- 
> Robert Flanagan
> Chairman & President
> Hangzhou Sustainable Agricultural Food & Fuel
> Enterprise Co., Ltd.
> 
> Skype "saffechina"
> Tel:   86-571-881-850-67
> Cell:  86-130-189-959-57
>