Sweet! I am eager to hear your results. I imagine that larger is better, up to a point, since Terra Pretta has been shown to support a wide range of microorganisms, which aid in the breakdown and sequestering of nutrients and making them bio available. I imagine bio char is one of the reasons old growth forests, ones that have historically experienced fires and recovered, thrive and are so vibrant, because of the presence in the soil of large pieces of charred tree remains.
@SocietyofEnoch Yes. Fire often plays a very important role in nutrient cycling in many different ecosystems. I think majority of product would be ash though..
@madeofyucca There would be more ash than charcoal. It is my understanding that the biochar holds the mineral ions provided by the ah, so they don't leach out the next time it rains.
Good work. I too am interested in the source of the biochar and the way in which it was produced - fast or slow and the type of equipment used, etc. There are 7 major styles of equipment and they are not all equal. charobrien@gmail.com
@okhomestead Thank you :) That had not occurred to me and I haven't found anything about it in my research but, that would definitely impact people using no till methods. I will have to look into it more!
Hey Yucca, I started learnig about biochar just a few months ago so I burned a bunch of wood in an open pit just to let it turn black. (not very scientific I know) Is this the same thing? I added it to my soil which is very alcaline and it brought it to neutral ph which is what I wanted but I havn't planted anything in it yet. I'll let you know what happens
@threeredstars No, share the message, you did not produce biochar, you produced charcoal. If you allowed the organic material to burn in the open air, with plenty of oxygen, then the material was not pyrolised. You get a hotter, and faster burn with plenty of oxygen. Starve the fire of oxygen, you get a cooler, and slower burn. These factors impact on disintegration of the molecules in your organic matter.
@chillshack Thanks for the clarity but I already added it to my soil so we'll wait to see if it helped or hurt. Honestly though, this is desert soil so I dont think there is much you can do to hurt it. HAHAHA I'll try Biochar next time. Thanks again.
@threeredstars Ok, it was just a friendly suggestion for you to avoid misrepresentation in communicating your results in your scientific reports. If I was marking your report, I'd have to deduct marks for use of misleading terminology.
@ kdraper2 Wood chips and slow pyrolysis. I purchased it from a California based company. If you are interested on the exact numbers (temperature and duration) I can get that to you once campus opens back up on Tuesday
My best summation and overview for these carbon conservative pathways is this talk to the EPA directors of north America.
Titled; The Establishment of Soil Carbon as the Universal Measure of Sustainability
The most cited soil scientist in the world, Dr. Rattan Lal at OSU, was impressed with this talk, commending me on conceptualizing & articulating the concept.
Please find the full text & links by googling "Five Minutes with Lisa Jackson et al"
Sweet! I am eager to hear your results. I imagine that larger is better, up to a point, since Terra Pretta has been shown to support a wide range of microorganisms, which aid in the breakdown and sequestering of nutrients and making them bio available. I imagine bio char is one of the reasons old growth forests, ones that have historically experienced fires and recovered, thrive and are so vibrant, because of the presence in the soil of large pieces of charred tree remains.
SocietyofEnoch 1 week ago
@SocietyofEnoch Yes. Fire often plays a very important role in nutrient cycling in many different ecosystems. I think majority of product would be ash though..
madeofyucca 4 days ago
@madeofyucca There would be more ash than charcoal. It is my understanding that the biochar holds the mineral ions provided by the ah, so they don't leach out the next time it rains.
SocietyofEnoch 3 days ago
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Good work. I too am interested in the source of the biochar and the way in which it was produced - fast or slow and the type of equipment used, etc. There are 7 major styles of equipment and they are not all equal. charobrien@gmail.com
charbamboo15 1 week ago
Hi, how you measure the cation exchange capacity? I'm very interested What college is doing this experiment?
thank you very much
MArizaga1965 1 week ago
@MArizaga1965 I am actually sending the cation exchange samples to a lab that has more equipment than our soil lab. I want very accurate data.
I am in the Env. Science program at Northern New Mexico College.
madeofyucca 4 days ago
Congratulations. I love this documentary of your research. It's pleasing to find a researcher comparing particle size :) Do you have a hypothesis?
chillshack 3 weeks ago
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okhomestead 1 month ago
@okhomestead Thank you :) That had not occurred to me and I haven't found anything about it in my research but, that would definitely impact people using no till methods. I will have to look into it more!
madeofyucca 1 month ago
Hey Yucca, I started learnig about biochar just a few months ago so I burned a bunch of wood in an open pit just to let it turn black. (not very scientific I know) Is this the same thing? I added it to my soil which is very alcaline and it brought it to neutral ph which is what I wanted but I havn't planted anything in it yet. I'll let you know what happens
threeredstars 1 month ago
@threeredstars No, share the message, you did not produce biochar, you produced charcoal. If you allowed the organic material to burn in the open air, with plenty of oxygen, then the material was not pyrolised. You get a hotter, and faster burn with plenty of oxygen. Starve the fire of oxygen, you get a cooler, and slower burn. These factors impact on disintegration of the molecules in your organic matter.
chillshack 3 weeks ago
@chillshack Thanks for the clarity but I already added it to my soil so we'll wait to see if it helped or hurt. Honestly though, this is desert soil so I dont think there is much you can do to hurt it. HAHAHA I'll try Biochar next time. Thanks again.
threeredstars 2 weeks ago
@threeredstars Ok, it was just a friendly suggestion for you to avoid misrepresentation in communicating your results in your scientific reports. If I was marking your report, I'd have to deduct marks for use of misleading terminology.
chillshack 3 days ago
i was an amp student in under grad!!!!!!
SuperNewwife 1 month ago
@SuperNewwife Sweet!
madeofyucca 1 month ago
@ kdraper2 Wood chips and slow pyrolysis. I purchased it from a California based company. If you are interested on the exact numbers (temperature and duration) I can get that to you once campus opens back up on Tuesday
madeofyucca 1 month ago
What was your feedstock for the biochar and how was it produced (e.g.. fast or slow pyrolysis)?
kdraper2 1 month ago
@kdraper2 wood chips and slow
madeofyucca 1 month ago
My best summation and overview for these carbon conservative pathways is this talk to the EPA directors of north America.
Titled; The Establishment of Soil Carbon as the Universal Measure of Sustainability
The most cited soil scientist in the world, Dr. Rattan Lal at OSU, was impressed with this talk, commending me on conceptualizing & articulating the concept.
Please find the full text & links by googling "Five Minutes with Lisa Jackson et al"
shengar1 1 month ago
Have you pre-charged the BioChar with any kind of bio based fertilizer, or did you apply it raw? Thanks!
kraplanet 1 month ago
@kraplanet For this project I applied it raw.
madeofyucca 1 month ago
Well, you know that I am VERY interested in this!!! What a great project. I'm looking forward to hopefully hearing more from you about this.
PaintedRavensong 1 month ago
very cool cant wait to see what happens
SteveHarpster 1 month ago