Further thoughts on my branch logger (Remet CNC R120)

[peds]

Gareth, time and time again you've shown you haven't got the slightest idea about what biochar is and what it does. I recommend, at some point before the next time this pops up in conversation, that you do some reading and bring yourself up to speed.

 

On 31/10/2024 at 18:36, openspaceman said:

I'd crush it to 2mm size class and mix it with compost.

 

Perfect. Tossed about in just-finished compost and allowed to age for a few months, then top dressed.

 

An IBC of compost tea with apple juice and molasses and an oxygen bubbler (which member on here had a video of their setup recently? One of the Frenchies I think?) would give it a quick turnaround time. 

[GarethM]

Peds, maybe you could use that gift god gave you to explain how it's "different" without drum beating some hippy nonsense.

 

Call it whatever you want it's still charcoal or fly ash and as such is just devoid of anything and everything combustible, that's actual science!. As charcoal is done to produce a clean burning fuel.

 

Weird how you've not advocated using the thousands of tonnes of ash from drax for your pet project of arsing around with molasses, apple juice and probably hanging around smelling of elderflower.

 

Those few hundred thousand tonnes of woodchip I've filled holes with are more alive with worms and bugs without any pissing around.

Edited November 3 by GarethM

[peds]

Woodchip ≠ biochar ≠ wood ash

 

Flour ≠ tortillas ≠ breadcrumbs

 

...and if you try to substitute one for the other in any given recipe, you'll end up with shite results.

Hope that helps. 

[GarethM]

Woodchip -> Charcoal -> Ash

 

It's not a reversible equation as it's pyrolysis.

During which you're "good" gets heated off and combusted or vented out via the chimney.

[Stere]

Terra preta soil in the amazon was basically the idea for it

 

 

 

Seems that the science is very complex and the jury is still out on how effective biochar is for the UK to create dark earth from what ive read?

 

 

 

Not saying it might not be useful but seems over hyped.

 

Anyway i want a tigercat 6650 just coz it looks scifi

 

 

https://www.tigercat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/6050-Carbonator-1.0-1119-web.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

Tracked mobile bonfire!

Edited November 3 by Stere

[GarethM]

If you want to argue dried Anaerobic Digestate, yeah that works.

 

There's a french company trying to sell greenhouses to dry the stuff using solar, they never understood its not as sunny in the UK for drying it commercially.

 

There is a UK smoke exempt version made by Burnwell of that burner, reviews are always a bit mixed as it's a chunky monkey at like 100k for the artic size.

Edited November 3 by GarethM

[peds]

1 hour ago, GarethM said:

Woodchip -> Charcoal -> Ash

 

It's not a reversible equation as it's pyrolysis.

During which you're "good" gets heated off and combusted or vented out via the chimney.

Holy God.

 

The symbol used above, ≠, was "not equal to".

 

I can't, I'm out.

Edited November 3 by peds

[GarethM]

I think the equal sign is only usable in an actual equation as we aren't accounting for the Co2, water vapour and other stuff.

 

As your symbol was the reversible type "≠"

 

The reason why your out if you've finally realised your bs, it's abit like the slavery with added steps.

Edited November 3 by GarethM

[GarethM]

I know you like being the hippy type, but even your most hard core ones understands.

 

If you burn your pot, it doesn't magically turn into fertilizer, not does your dealer want it back as bio char to sell down the local garden centre.

[peds]

Once again, you leave me speechless.