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OK...if i could go back an link to them...i'd route yall to some available research/academic papers...but im not able to do that, due to computer switchover. But...deeper learnings have developed...that ...Recognize...the unique attraction that charcoals have, towards the thus-far identified beneficial soil microbial life-forms.

Bear in mind...identification and individual understanding of the myriad microbial species existent within soil is ...a science still in infancy, man knows very little, compared to the questions left to be studied. But of the few beneficial soil mychrobia that have been identified, it was found that...charcoals are a wonderful...Shelter...for them...a wonderful habitat of sorts.

Couple that current day awareness, with archaelogical discovery that proves...slash an burn was not responsible for the over-whelming presence of charcoals , still existent in soils of Middle America,South America...and...draw your own conclusions.

Tessa...wood ash is primarily calcium and potassium, in a highly leachable form. There is no harm in its generous use , an the charcoals that remain...are Icin on the Cake...))) One can overdo anything, but wood ashes , due to their leaching attribute, are kinda hard to be unreasonable in using. And thats also why...its desirable for an organic grower to acquire Potassium from mineral sources, like Langdbenite (Sul-po-mag)...or granite dust...as well as usin wood ash.Mineral sources of K are slower release, but longer available, and provide many other trace elements that wood ashes dont.

Activated charcoal...lol...simply refers to the fineness...a charcoal is ground into, because...thats when it truely demonstrates its absorptive and filtering qualities, due to it's surface area. Studying why...or how charcoal can be called..." activated"...is a fascinating, and enjoyable pursuit of learning.

Most of us eat sugar every day, filtered thru....charcoals derived from burnt bone...)))