[Terrapreta] scored

[Michael Bailes]

I am incredibly JEALOUS.
Not only a ton of already ground up char, but beautify fragranced and close
to FREE
Amazing.

Isn't alcohol just another sugar ('ol')?

Is the char  activated?
It usually is if used in filtering.

Here is your chance to do a lot of experiments on different amounts on
different plants etc.,

One experiment/thing I would like you to look at is Charcoal and PH.
What is the PH of the char now. What is the soil' PH now what is it with
added  5,10, 15, 20% char?
How does this change over time 3, 6 12 months.?
m

On 12/04/2008, Jim Joyner <jimstoy at dtccom.net> wrote:
>
> I just scored a ton of charcoal! It's all ground to a powder to pea
> size. Just one little drawback: it has Jack Daniels whiskey in it.
>
> They filter all the fresh made whiskey through sugar maple wood charcoal
> (then it gets stored in charred white oak barrels). They wash the
> charcoal with water to get as much of the alcohol out of it as they can.
> They normally make charcoal briquettes out of the charcoal left over but
> I convinced them they should give me a ton to experiment with.
> (Actually, they charged me $30). So, now I have a ton of charcoal with
> the very sweet smell of Jack Daniels.
>
> The fellow who loaded my truck ask me, "whatcha gon with it?" I told him
> and he grimaced. Said they used to mix the charcoal with wood chips and
> apply it as mulch until they found that it "kilt all the shrubs".
>
> So, I've got the charcoal setting out in the sun, evaporating the
> alcohol out of it, hoping it be will be OK when I put it in the soil.
> Any comments or suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
>
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