[Terrapreta] scored

[Sean K. Barry]

Hi Jim,

Did you ever dump some Jack Daniels into the garden?  If you did you wasted it, you fool!  Here is an idea:  Heat that JD filtering charcoal to just under over 200C.  I think that may drive off most of the alcohol left on that charcoal or at least bring it down to levels that are not toxic to plants.  I think the volatile matter found on charcoal can include ethyl alcohol.

Regards,

SKB
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Shengar at aol.com<mailto:Shengar at aol.com> 
  To: Terrapreta at bioenergylists.org<mailto:Terrapreta at bioenergylists.org> ; jimstoy at dtccom.net<mailto:jimstoy at dtccom.net> 
  Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 8:20 PM
  Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] scored


  Hi Jim,

  I would condition half of your high temperature charcoal (Activated 1500C, no VM) with finished compost /a little soil / or maybe Mycorrhizae Inoculents;  http://www.mycorrhizae.com/<http://www.mycorrhizae.com/> 

  and because of the alcohol/carbon , maybe spray on a soluble fertilizer


  In a message dated 4/11/2008 6:28:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jimstoy at dtccom.net<mailto:jimstoy at dtccom.net> writes:
    I'm mixing it about 20-25% by volume (charcoal to soil). 

  To what depth?.........6 inch till........8?......... Hand forked to 12 inches?
   If anything is worth double digging for, it certainly is biochar


  Enviously Yours,

  Erich 

  Erich J. Knight
  1047 Dave Berry Rd.
  McGaheysville, VA. 22840
  540-289-9750
  shengar at aol.com





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