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dice · June 14, 2009

(Resurrecting this thread to report some research results.)

I noticed in a BIM ("Beneficial Indigenous Microorganisms") document whose URL was
posted in a thread fairly recently (
http://tribes.tribe.net/effectivemic...8-51fdf4f013ad
) that the authors had a formula for "Designer Compost" that included Charcoal Dust.
The reason cited was that it functioned as a substrate for beneficial microorganisms.

Some research reported recently on the effects of adding wildfire-produced
charcoal to various soils:
http://soil.scijournals.org/cgi/cont...ract/73/4/1173
(Cannot read the whole article without a subscription, but the abstract sums up
the general conclusions.)

June 14, 2009	#32
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	(Resurrecting this thread to report some research results.) I noticed in a BIM ("Beneficial Indigenous Microorganisms") document whose URL was posted in a thread fairly recently ( http://tribes.tribe.net/effectivemic...8-51fdf4f013ad ) that the authors had a formula for "Designer Compost" that included Charcoal Dust. The reason cited was that it functioned as a substrate for beneficial microorganisms. Some research reported recently on the effects of adding wildfire-produced charcoal to various soils: http://soil.scijournals.org/cgi/cont...ract/73/4/1173 (Cannot read the whole article without a subscription, but the abstract sums up the general conclusions.) __________________ -- alias Last edited by dice; June 14, 2009 at 09:46 PM. Reason: sp