How to Use BIOCHAR for a Healthier Garden
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ค. 2024
- Today I'm hanging out with @DiegoFooter for a lesson in biochar. He'll teach you the basics of biochar, why it's such an interesting input that has a varierty of important uses and how to make it at home.
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I Heat my house with a wood stove when I clean up the ashes inside the stove every 2 weeks or so I throw I put the ashes in a medium size galvanized garbage can and put the lid on once finished cleaning. There is always Hot embers from the partially burnt hardwood large and small that die out because of lack of oxygen that turn into Char coal or Biochar. Once the can is full I just dump it in various piles in my gardens then in the spring I spread it out add Chicken Shish and compost and till it once a week for about 4 weeks before planting. The Chicken manure has a lot of saw dust the saw dust has a lot of carbon and the chicken manure has a lot of Nitrogen way too much its good for the leave but not for the fruit But the Carbon in the saw dust evens it off.
I use 1) compost
2) Chicken manure w/ saw dust
3) ashes from wood stove w/ charcoal
4) every 3-4 years I add composted horse and goat manure (it is Dark brown or blackish)
When my Raised Beds seem to be getting too full of soil I take out 5 gallon pales and mix it with 50/50 with old depleted potting soil and use that mix for my potted plants around my house. I add 2 inches of fresh potting soil on top for looks when planting. I never have to worry about fertilizer during the growing season.
My vegetable Gardens Soil is so soft and aerated I can dig with my hand but I still mini till to break down egg shell charcoal etc.. my PEPPERS ARE 4 FEET TALL AND YIELD 3/4 BUSHEL FROM EACH PLANT. MY TOMATO PLANTS HAVE TO BE TRIMMED OR THEY WILL GROW WELL OVER 8 FEET AND THEY YIELD MORE THAN A BUSHELL FROM EACH PLANT. I'm NOT BRAGGING! I just wanted to show you it is real simple Keep it that way. I love science but sometimes we get to overwhelmed with the newest thing. Like I said I don't mean to brag BUT I haven't seen anyone with better results than I get.
That’s a beautiful rock wall
I use a product called Humichar. Its a combination of Humic acid and biochar. It works great.
When I was in Asia building permaculture garden beds for kids in schools in the Forrest they taught me this biochar technique, As well as a PSB: photosynthetic sulfur bacteria technique! Pretty much you just add water and egg to a bottle let it sit for about 3-4weeks and then it becomes pink and useable for your garden!
redboy218 Nice can you tell me how work with this in proportion plz ? Thx !!
That sounds awesome! I would be interested in the proportions as well! Thank you!
Mr white is a genius in and out of the lab yo!
My method yields much less than optimal but it's super easy, quick and cheap. Simply burn my brush pile and quench the coals to yield a wheelbarrow or so from a modest pruning pile, limbs mostly.
Great video.. thanks for you and Diego's work. Looking forward to some videos in Tennessee!
I forgot to say a couple of things in the last note... I do add magnesium sulfate (epsom salt) once a month to my plants you can buy it cheap at the dollar store. I mix 1 cup per gallon of water (rain water if you can get it). Also the maple wood in the ashes from my wood stove has a lot of minerals some that are hard to find. The ashes cake up at the bottom that means there are minerals in it.
Incredible and humble guy!
thanks Diego.....
Nice explanation and it is very simple way that anyone can understand very clearly... thanks a lot....
Great video... thanks for sharing .
I'm too curious about the possibility of biochar. Excellent video 😊👍
Awesome! Thanks for making this video for us all to Absorb! I've heard that dousing the hot coals at the end with water is a critical step that explodes the material, creating many more microbe and nutrient living quarters, and pushes out resins or gases that would otherwise prevent the living quarters from being used?
I have heard that too. It makes sense. Does it actually make a difference? I am not sure.
Diego is really good at what he does, I enjoy his channel. Biochar is a really good thing, I've had some really good results using it.
It only works like you suggest if it is activated charcoal.
which adds a big step to the process of making Biochar.
The easiest way for a beginner.
Use a 55-gallon steel drum.
CUT an oval shape into a side. A couple of breathing holes on the bottom.
And start a fire in it. Keep adding wood.
Until you have enough charcoal. then pour water on it.
Then you have charcoal. Very cheap but a little labor-intensive.
If you spread biochar on top of the soil, won't it take a _long_ time for biochar to migrate down to the root zone? I can see why it won't steal nutrients when it's just lying on the surface. The question is, will it do any good there?
Talk to How To With Doc. He is really into biochar.
Live in a city and it's impossible to burn. Can you inoculate lump charcoal and use? Thanks...
Scott Wilbur Look up black owl biochar.
Yes, I have done this with good results.
Would it be possible to buy a few bags of charcoal for grilling and use that as the char? If so that would seem like an easy option to try out biochar.
Depends as long as it is raw charcoal, some brands are filled with chemicals I believe, just be sure.
You will find conflicting opinions. Some purists will say no, but I have had good results. Must make sure you use lump charcoal- this is pure hardwood with no added fillers or accelerants.
@@NaturesAlwaysRight Ok, cool 👍 might give it a try soon 🙂
just today my nursery newsletter linked me to your video about herb cuttings. I subscribe and start watching more videos. And I find out you moved to TN months ago!!! THank goodness I have your video library to help with my SoCal urban garden. May JAH bless your endeavors.
How much do you add per sq ft?
As much as you have really, it's not easy to create that much of it normally.
whats the best way to go about it DIY?
Thanks
Dig a conical shaped pit and burn in that.
Any idea of the environmental impact of using/creating this?
Yes, there are trade offs. Burning wood releases hazardous smoke and carbon dioxide, but if you take the remains of a backyard fire and put it to use in the garden, you are reducing the amount of watering needed and preventing nutrients from running off into groundwater, streams, lakes and oceans.
@@YarrHarr11 Thanks, I appreciate the insight!
Lacona Snyder I found a brand here in the PNW that reclaims the biochar from other processes, making it a second hand product. I looked for a brand that took the environmental impact into account and being a second hand product seemed like a good thing. If you'd like to look it up search for Black Owl biochar.
@@YarrHarr11 You are NOT "creating CO2" you are only releasing most but NOT ALL of that which was stored in the tree from the air, and when wood decomposes it release all of it, so actually you are sequestering some CO2 for many thousands of yrs as the stuff doesn't break down.
Is it just me or does it seem like people are way over complicating things by calling it "biochar" and talking about how to make it and all this stuff? Couldn't you just say "If you make a fire, spread some ashes over your garden soil." Does it need to be any more complex than that? Am I missing something? Is it not the actual ashes but the charcoal left over that you're talking about?
I bought a giant bag of Azomite because of you. Come to find out there are many studies showing it doesn't actually do anything. Thanks for that. Biochar? Yeah, if you have poor soil
Can you link us to these studies?
The studies on biochar are mixed. Given that it costs nothing to produce and worst case it adds aeration to the soil, then why not experiment with it. I am not totally sold that it is HIGHLY beneficial, but it think it is more positive than negative, and I like doing it, so why not.
If you check out @NaturesAlwaysR on twitter you will see he's not very science oriented. Sure he can make plants grow but I wouldn't trust him on scientific references.
JUST TALKING UNTIL THE END? SHOW US HOW IT IS USED! I DON'T LIKE THIS KIND OF TALKING. THE PRESENTOR FEELS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT HE IS ABOUT TO SHOW HOW. WHAT A PITY!