Science Forums 2

[davidgmills]

Taildragerdriver:

What is the humidity where you live? Even though you do not have much rainfall the humidity might be higher than expected for such an otherwise dry climate.

I ask this question because, my very first observation was that the charcoal in the ground almost seemed to have sucked water out of the air. I don't remember any appreciable rainfall rainfall to cause this and the surrounding ground seemed dry in comparison. So you may be pleasantly surprised to find that it really does help stop wind as well as rain erosion.

Does anyone know just how well charcoal will absorb/adsorb (I guess adsorb seems to be the more appropriate term) water from the ambient air?

Also, on another site I read today that a presentation at the 18th International Soil Covention indicated that glucose would jump start the bacterial process. If so, it would be nice to know how much sugar water would be a good idea on a square foot of ground.