Biochar technology supplier and USBI/IBI supporter Biomass Controls in Connecticut has been extensively involved in the WASH Water Sanitation Health projects including carbonization of fecal waste, se

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Kim, you may be aware that human feces and urine bring a number of pharmaceuticals (birth control, hypertension, cholesterol, …) with them that are found in most drinking water. Rick

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All, I thought you all should know about the Rich Earth Institute, headquartered in Brattleboro, Vermont USA. They are working to erase the stigma regarding human urine and feces, to improve sanitatio

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Ron, We cut the plant stem at the soil level. This allows the roots that have grown throughout the soil to degrade over winter. Also since we use clay pot irrigation and rooting stimulants, we typical

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Mike: I have not seen your third question before: "When your farmers harvest their corn do they cut the stalk and leave the root mass in the ground to degrade..?” What is your preference on that quest

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Yes

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My suggestion to Good Fellow is that he consider the addition of urine to biochar. As its very name suggests, all urines, including human urine, are high in N. They also tend to reasonable amounts of

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Works fine. We wet and dry, wet and dry in hopes of increasing charge. What the hell. The sun is free.

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Kevin; Unfortunately, I do not know what remains in the liquid but I do know the biochar absorbs a lot of the N-P-K. I would have to dig back into some paperwork to report but want to reserve that for

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Goodfellow, Glad to hear that our calculations auger well with your extensive experience. We are looking forward to doing our own experiments this coming growing season. What do you mean that you dril

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Please,let all who write about urine or biochar as fertilizer be assured each of on its own or the two combined do work well. Let us improve on these and find way to may the application for both small

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Dear Mike, Your calculated rate of application augers well with mine. We do dilute urine with water at 1:10. Then we drill holes around the plant and apply 300 milliliters per planting station. Indeed

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Kevin, Another way to look at the 1/2 cup of 10% urine recommendation per plant from a fertilizer perspective is you are applying 1/2 cup of liquid with a NPK concentration of around 800ppm of N, 60pp

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Goodfellow, Do you think that there is less animal activity around the corn plants due to human urine smell acting as a repellent........? Mike Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

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Kevin, Assuming a target application of 133kg N / ha and that my math is correct...... 1/2 cup of 10% urine liquid would need to be applied to each corn plant per each application event. .. This appli

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Thank you for all of the ideas. Please keep them coming. I'm still unsure how to incorporate biochar. I hope we can develop a model quickly. In the meantime, my colleague/farmer in Uganda is going to

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Dear Kevin, When farmers buy my Bionitrate fertilizer (trade for my urine fertilizer), we support them with either a user manual or practical training on the application. That way, they are able to fo

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Dear Goodfellow, How are your customers instructed to apply your fertilizer? Kevin

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Dear all, The urine collected is quarantined in airtight containers for at least 7 days. During that time, the urine under goes chemical changes from being acidic to being alkaline in state. That way

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From a recent US study: Consumers’ Acceptance of Agricultural Fertilizers Derived from Diverted and Recycled Human Urine https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.0c00576 Nitrogen and phosphorus are es

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