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Originally Posted by freeztar
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If you can, put the
Nature article on terra preta right at the top of the list. It was and is one of the most informative sources on terra preta. I love that magazine. It and
Science are my bibles.
Also, I think the impurities do play a large role in terra preta. While the key to terra preta may be to include charcoal of some sort, to do a multitude of things (like adsorb nutrients, organic molecules, etc. and provide living spaces and encouragement to soil microbes), I have a feeling that the impurities help provide for robust and healthy growth of the microbes and plants. They can't live on carbon alone.
Even in my homemade stuff, I add eggshells, coffee grounds, tea leaves, and pulped seaweed to try to include as many minerals and elements as I can into the soil. The Amazonian Indians apparently were adding things like kitchen refuse, fish bones, ceramics, and maybe manure.
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