How to charge biochar

To get the best out of biochar it should be mixed with nutrients and microbes - a process known as charging, inoculating or activating.
Benefits of biochar
Improvement of soil fertility.
Increase in crop yields.
Better water retention and drainage.
Reduction of soil acidity.
Adsorption of soil pollutants.
Increase in plant disease resistance.
Catching and storing carbon.
Ways to apply biochar are top-dressing, tilling or hand mixing.
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[@eh6971]

A tip:
If you put out the burning coal with water, the steam basically activates the charcoal and greatly increases the surface area and capacity to absorb nutrients. This is because of the cells in the charcoal break open.
Greetings from Hungary

[@MotosAllotmentGarden]

Thank you for sharing the tip😁

[@Dma112288]

Shouldn’t be dusty really at all

[@MotosAllotmentGarden]

Thank you for watching and commenting

[@josefjorge]

I don't powder it either though I don't mind if a bit is mixed in already. The ash (more here than usual / purchased) minerals are absorbed at the first level. The bigger pieces are blessed in replanting / multiplying orchids with coir. My nutmeg are wary of ash unless monsoonly watered down in teaspoons. Whereas burying biochar in one feet pits around need be done only once in a century. Since I have goats I use their urine soaked dry pellets for inoculation after water soaking. I throw char in my dung / compost pit that ferments during monsoon. I don't know why I don't throw this onto dry leaves piled for mold. But I do use a handful of leaf mold in my inoculation mix (usually a 10 litre used paint bucket 4/5th full.

[@servantofthetruegod7596]

Maybe if you add water first, it won't break down to dust.. but just smaller pieces

[@MotosAllotmentGarden]

Thank you for watching and commenting

[@user-ch6ti5cc2e]

With biochar production, you extinguish the fire before it goes to ashes. It looks like you have pulled out charcoal which is too close to ashes. The fire was left to extinguish by oxygen, not by water. I would be surprised if this was effective at anything other than providing drainage.

[@MotosAllotmentGarden]

Thank you, I can not use water to extinguish the fire that would damaged the clay lining. when i do a normal BBQ fire i use water to extinguish the fire, what i am using probable is biochar/charcoal mix, it might not be 100% real biochar but it works great..

[@user-ch6ti5cc2e]

Ah. I understand. I managed to get a huge 210 Liter drum for burning, it is perfect because it has few holes it can easily be sealed like a burn ring, but taller. Some are designed for fruit juices or oil and have no holes at all. It was only about $40. @@MotosAllotmentGarden

[@neal0071234able]

I burnt oak logs with garden hose.. Soon as it turns to coal and a bit beyond spray it lightly a few times and rake the steamy coals to one side and add more wood to main fire.. My charging ingredient is fish remains rabbit droppings and corn cobs chopped into inch or less size.. It should be charged by the spring when I grow tomatoes with it

[@DIRTYPLACCY]

Cap still has nutrients but your right it’s not bio char

[@DIRTYPLACCY]

@@neal0071234ableyeah just did the same last night sounds gross but I put all my piss in a bucket with a bit of dirt throughout the day and used that to cool it down before it fully burned 😂

[@skyfarmorganics]

That is not biochar

[@MotosAllotmentGarden]

What is biochar?
‘Biochar’ is a catch-all term describing any organic material that has been carbonised under high temperatures (300-1000°C), in the presence of little, or no oxygen. This process (called ‘pyrolysis’) releases bio-oils plus gases and leaves a solid residue of at least 80% elemental carbon which is termed biochar.
There is link to the source website in the video description

[@skyfarmorganics]

@@MotosAllotmentGarden I know very well what it is as I produce it commercially and that is not biochar like I said

[@MotosAllotmentGarden]

@@skyfarmorganics i am not an expert on biochar, Happy to learn from others that now more, The tandoor oven i get "charcoal" from gets very hot at lest 400 or 500c , i think that is enough for "pyrolysis" i will continue to us this until i find something better,

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