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Talking Re: Terra Preta Sugar might help?

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Originally Posted by Michaelangelica
Another nugget of information gleaned from the net

"priming through co-metabolism of added glucose has been observed to increase mineralization of bio-char."
http://crops.confex.com/crops/wc2006...ram/P16146.HTM

Anyone want to help me pan for gold here?
I have prospected & mined for years. Your enclosed quote receives no further explanation in the article linked; I simply have no idea what it means to "prime through co-metabolism of added glucose".
On the other hand, the link does offer some temperature-for-charcoal-production info that is interesting in regard to our attempts to build solar trough ovens for charcoal production.
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Originally Posted by crops.confex.com
The temperature of carbon conversion is critical for the stability, with recent results indicating that temperatures of 200°C and above significantly increases stability against microbial decomposition, whereas bio-char produced at a temperature of 1000°C showed less recalcitrance to oxidation by ozone than that produced at 400°C


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