[Terrapreta] eprida char - organic?

[Sean K. Barry]

Hi Tom, terrapreta list, ... and David Yarrow,

I'm waiting for David Yarrow to chime in about how much it would cost to put sea minerals into a charcoal mix and what kind of benefits a product like that might have?  And, yes phosphorus from bone meal might be a good value-added mix component.  Maybe we could just specify mix ratios or recipes for charcoal with compost, ABC, minerals, other fertilizers, and microorganism inoculents.

Regards,

SKB
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tom Miles<mailto:tmiles at trmiles.com> 
  To: 'Terra Preta'<mailto:terrapreta at bioenergylists.org> 
  Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 4:01 PM
  Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] eprida char - organic?


  I looked at an imported product from Japan earlier this year that is essentially charcoal based. It is OMRI approved but I can't remember whether it carried nutrients. I think it might have been a charcoal + bone charcoal kind of mix. 

   

  Tom

   

   

  SKB>Yes, that sounds about like what I heard from OMRI when I talked to them about Organic Material SKB>certification in Minnesota.  They want to know about materials and processes.

    JF>I have talked to the Organic Growers Association and they wont touch any product unless certified organic. To do JF>what I have started with my"new product" will cost $690.00 for the OMRI and whatever the lab people will charge. JF>OMRI don't do the testing. They give us a rule to follow, we & Lab must follow their direction and make sure all the JF>t's are crossed an i,s are dotted. This will take me up to 4 months IF I get samples into the lab now. I only hope they JF>accept cow manure that is dried at 300C to kill any pathogens. As mentioned earlier, raw, and pasteurized manures JF>are labeled as restricted.

     

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