Dear TP enthusiasts, After finding out about the Zai hole practice, I immediately adopted the practice in combination with using biochar. It solved the problem...
Bakary Jatta I think you now have been using biochar in the Zai holes for two or three years now. With the biochar, grass, and residue you describe has this ...
vetiversystemshawaii.blogspot.com/2008/12/vetiver-mothers-banana.html Mycorrhiza: At the time, I was not familiar with Mycorrhiza mycelia and the way it...
Hi Bakary, Your comments about Vetiver grass sequestering carbon faster than biochar applications or tree planting and biochar helping soil tilth in your...
*Bakary (cc Biochar List_: 1. Thanks for your very encouraging reply message today re Zai, vetiver, and Biochar. */ /2. *You wrote in part in the first...
Hello Regulus  Sounds interesting. But I cannot open either of your links.  I have vetiver growing in a large pot. As I understand it is an invasive...
http://vetiversystemshawaii.blogspot.com/ I don't want to promote a plant as someones fad product. You want your soil to have the benefits of these micro...
Dear Ron Bakary is indeed an "asset to Biochar", in that he is several years ahead of most of us with the technology and methodology he is implementing. ...
Dear Lewis, I agree! Everyone goofed on my analogy that if a meteoroid was headed for your domicile and you could reasonably be expected to alter the otherwise...
Biochar list (and adding biochar-climatechange list who I ask to go back if you need more than the little bit below to understand the issue): 1. Tonight,...
Hi. I've been keeping track and taking photos of my biochar plot. I have enough data to form some conclusions. Despite inoculating the biochar by soaking in...
Dear Ron Thanks for your suggestions on possible ways to get Carbon Credit Payments to Small Farmers. I hope they are helpful to Bakary. Given that the Carbon...
Hi William... ? What proportion of char did you add to the soil, and what's the soil like? I'm experimenting with tomatoes (30%char 70% sandy loam), my...
Hi Lewis Smith! I've not seen your name in a very long time. This post of yours below is just great! It's nice seeing you ringing all the right bells again. ...
This reminds me that the west African tradition of "Zai" has been automated in the past, as part of the Keita Project (Niger) in the 1980s (background here:...
Hi TJ, William, I was wondering the same thing, TJ, what is the char/soil ratio by weight and or by volume? I figured the application rate by weight on my...
Dear Sean ... From: Sean K. Barry To: biochar@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [biochar] Re: [Gasification] CONGRATULATIONS...
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Jul 2, 2009 5:43 pm
Dear Collaborators, After checking more of my mail after an absence I think I must take some time to elaborate and make my response more specific. To Ron: Zai...
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Jul 2, 2009 5:43 pm
Dear Collaborators, After checking more of my mail after an absence I think I must take some time to elaborate and make my response more specific. To Ron: Zai...
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Jul 2, 2009 5:46 pm
Dear Collaborators, After checking more of my mail after an absence I think I must take some time to elaborate and make my response more specific. To Ron: Zai...
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Jul 2, 2009 5:47 pm
Dear Collaborators, After checking more of my mail after an absence I think I must take some time to elaborate and make my response more specific. To Ron: Zai...
Hi SKB... ? I worked by volume, using? a 1 cubic foot purpose-built box. My intentions were for a larger test plot, but i only had five feet of char on hand at...
Trk, What a beautiful project, I foresee that the organic growth and spread of such practices will be replicated by Lorenzo's Biochar Fund projects. Now the...
Indeed a beautiful project. Hats off to Bella Italia for doing this - their investment, at $65M in 1980s dollars, was quite significant. Finally I was now able...
Bakary: 1. Thanks for the many answers today re charcoal, zai, and vetiver, 2. You said in response to my question on incentivizing local use of Biochar:...
Good governance is also essential. It's hard to imagine NGOs completely replacing GOs. M. Trk, What a beautiful project, I foresee that the organic growth and...
