http://ahualoa.net/eggsntea/2010/01/farm-update-4/ a historical farm in Ahualoa (2005-2010) Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:41:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ahualoa.net/eggsntea/2010/01/farm-update-4/comment-page-1/#comment-348 Michael Gothschild Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:09:14 +0000 http://washedashore.com/eggsntea/?p=249#comment-348 But do they taste as good? But do they taste as good?

]]> http://ahualoa.net/eggsntea/2010/01/farm-update-4/comment-page-1/#comment-334 ben Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:27:15 +0000 http://washedashore.com/eggsntea/?p=249#comment-334 Thanks Jay. The char for this test was applied along with my neighbor's IMO, which is a bunch of unknown microbes. The other char used on my farm is inoculated by either sitting in a bucket of manure water for a while, or simply being added to the compost cycle, where is goes onto beds after passing through all the microbial activity stages of hot/cold compost. From what i read on the biochar list, it seems so far that the production conditions (speed, temp) are less important than the bioactivity of the char that comes from inoculation. Thanks Jay. The char for this test was applied along with my neighbor’s IMO, which is a bunch of unknown microbes. The other char used on my farm is inoculated by either sitting in a bucket of manure water for a while, or simply being added to the compost cycle, where is goes onto beds after passing through all the microbial activity stages of hot/cold compost. From what i read on the biochar list, it seems so far that the production conditions (speed, temp) are less important than the bioactivity of the char that comes from inoculation.

]]> http://ahualoa.net/eggsntea/2010/01/farm-update-4/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Jay Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:56:42 +0000 http://washedashore.com/eggsntea/?p=249#comment-332 Hi Ben and Deb! So glad that the char is working out. It only gets better as it goes along. I've got to say experimenting with it has been one of the most hopeful things I've done in a while. I would also add that it's certainly best to create the char in a traditional mound style burn, as the industrial stuff is too hot and you lose a lot of the trace acids that are key to getting the micro nutrient levels up. I posted a link to a great study on all that a while back--let me know if you've not seen it. Hi Ben and Deb! So glad that the char is working out. It only gets better as it goes along. I’ve got to say experimenting with it has been one of the most hopeful things I’ve done in a while. I would also add that it’s certainly best to create the char in a traditional mound style burn, as the industrial stuff is too hot and you lose a lot of the trace acids that are key to getting the micro nutrient levels up. I posted a link to a great study on all that a while back–let me know if you’ve not seen it.

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