He does seem to have an especial thing for the pipe clay, I could not read your article, as I have long lost the Yahoo password, sorry. His property is the catchment for Pipe Clay creek. In the mean t

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On 21 Nov 2019, at 4:49 am, Glenn Atkisson via Groups.Io <thurx@...> wrote: Geoff, This tree planting project sounds very interesting. Do I read correctly that the customer has determi

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Geoff, This tree planting project sounds very interesting. Do I read correctly that the customer has determined a planting scheme that involves, in part, including pipe clay and other material placed

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Oops Glenn, I also suggested he put in some Biochar into his seed ball, - was just focusing on the MC. - MCF Mycorrihizal Fungi. Cheers, Geoff.

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Thanks Glenn, all good stuff, and the advice about requiring a plant is very timely. I am going to a customers place, (to assess his site for Hydro) tomorrow, but he wants to talk to me about Biochar

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Hi Geoff, I agree that biochar will help growth of both plants (and their roots) and the resident Mycorrhizae. The C found in biochar is a separate feature of the soil than the C found in the fungi. B

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Hi Robert, I would think that to the degree that Biochar fosters the underground Biology, it will help everything including the fungi, - to what degree it particularly helps the Mycorrhizal, eg with c

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A little research on the connection of biochar to EcM leads me to the hopeful conclusion that biochar will foster better fungal growth similarly to the way it works with AM (though the literature pret

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I haven't read the full paper, but am wondering if anyone sees any implications here about biochar's role, pro- or anti-, in the symbiosis of MF and plants to sequester carbon. Robert Gillett

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