John Elliott wrote:Here's a thought on how you can keep the nitrogen from leaching while making it less offensive to handle -- chelate it.
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John Pollard wrote:Waiting for the scientific community to make up their mind and agree on something. In the end, it's whoever has the best funding and political/business connections that wins the argument publicly.
John Pollard wrote:
I think the "permaculture spirit" is more like, if it already happens in nature, then it's probably ok.
John Pollard wrote:
And that was probably no help at all.
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If not now, when?
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Su Ba wrote:
John, a question about chelating. We presently collect some urine in a bucket of biochar which gets added to the compost every three days or so. What's your take in putting rust nails in the bottom of the bucket? I have access to plenty of rusty metal.
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