Re: ramial wood?

Let me try again. 

I wonder about the statement "These small-size branches are not used as
firewood, even in the poorest tropical countries." He offers no research to
support this statement.  My recollection is that woks evolved as a means to
use twigs to cook:  woks are far more fuel efficient than western cooking
vessels that require larger fires.
Janet


on 01/03/2003 10:37 AM, Josh Haskell at haskell@ncweb.com wrote:

> Not a typo.  See:http://www.sbf.ulaval.ca/brf/regenerating_soils_98.html
> 
> Josh Haskell
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Libby Valentine" <LVALENTINE@WORKINGCONCEPTS.COM>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 9:43 AM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] ramial wood?
> 
> 
>> Then it must be a typo on the site - 7 cm diameter is a whopping big twig!
>> Interesting term, though.
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kitty Morrissy
>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> Sent: 1/3/2003 10:03 AM
>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] ramial wood?
>> 
>> Libby,
>> I don't mean anything by ramial wood; I just clipped that from the site
>> that was mentioned in the previous post.  That one's been cut from here
>> so
>> I'll have to look for it a little later.  If you still have it, check it
>> out.  I did cuz I didn't understand the term and figured others might
>> not
>> either.
>> Kitty
>> 
>> 
>>> [Original Message]
>>> From: Libby Valentine <LVALENTINE@WORKINGCONCEPTS.COM>
>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>> Date: 1/3/2003 7:57:21 AM
>>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] ramial wood?
>>> 
>>> Hi Kitty,
>>> Clarification question on ramial wood (new term to me) - do you mean 7
>> cm
>> or
>>> 7 mm diameter?  Or maybe circumference not diameter?  7 cm diameter is
>>> somewhat under 3 inches and doesn't seem like a twig to me.  When I
>> was
>>> little we had tons of tiny twigs on and in the soil in the woods in
>> northern
>>> MI - if you could find a spot between the roots the soil was great.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Libby
>>> Maryland zone 6
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> For others:
>>>> "Ramial wood" refers to twigs having less than 7 cm in diameter.
>> They
>>>> contain soluble or little-polymerized lignin, the base for soil
>>> aggregates
>>>> and highly reactive humus. These small-size branches are not used as
>>>> firewood, even in the poorest tropical countries.
>>>> 
>>>> Kitty

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