Processing many coconut husks (not shells, outer husk) known by many as coconut coir. Locally grown, considered waste. Soak in water for a week or 2, hammered to fracture the leather-like outer skin, allowing the fiber to be pulled (like wool, but pure lignin.) Great compost resistant soil additive that does not compete for soil nutrients like woodchips.
To the point: Pulling the last bit of fiber from the leathery outer shell of the husk is not worth the effort. Can inoculate with mycelium and bury or re-dry and char. Any experienced opinions appreciated.
Anyone use Wakefield compost hero with biochar?
I did a burn yesterday using just live oak leaves to make char. It went just as expected. I used only about 75% of the amount of wood for fuel, the burn was faster than other burns, and the leaves were all completely char. They shatter under slight pressure and are thin like burnt paper. They should be easy pulverize for activation.
the draw back is the mass, when crushed 20 gallons is going to be a gallon or 2. Not worth the effort except for a small batch. maybe if I had a 55 gal. drum filled with leaves and just built a bonfire surrounding it, there would enough char to make it worth the time.
I have about 4 acres of hardwood to clear. I also am preparing and amending soil for future flower farming. I am looking for an effective and efficient way to make biochar. If anyone can share their methods or experience I would appreciate that.
Is anyone manufacturing and selling biochar? I’ve been interested in this idea to start some sort of manufacturing process but I’m not sure on the demand. I feel like it would do so much for a lot of people. So I’m curious to know if anyone is doing that.
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I have lots of brush piles. In my area folks just make burn piles to get rid of them, but I have no interest in releasing this carbon into the air.
I was planning to make hugelkultur beds for my garden, but I really want to make biochar. I saw this video by Skillcult and his method seems great. Does this actually work as well as he says? It seems too good to be true.
TL;DR: What is the absolute simplest way for me to turn my brush piles into biochar?
Is a "standard" recommended way to activate char to
- pulverize to powder
- wet/soak with water/Compost Tea
- add to compost pile
- work into the root zone of plants.
This seems to be the general advise that I see, and it makes sense. One thing I wonder about is if you soak the char in water with some N-P-K (8-8-8, and/or micronutrients) in a step 1.b, would that help activate char "chemically" so the bio could colonize more readily? I know it is a kind of heresy to suggest 8-8-8, but it will heat up a compost pile by increasing bio activity.
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This study references some others I've read (and seen linked here) and adds yet another perspective on ideal particle sizes.
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Anybody currently use KIS organics or something comparable in terms of BIOCHAR living soil? I am a little curious about running it, however am not exactly sold on the idea of just straight water.....thoughts and ideas appreciated Happy growin
I'm curious about this and couldn't find anything that wasn't an ad for humic acid products.
I know that biochar is probably a more complete approach to using carbon, yet I still want to know the potential of using leonardite, since I can have easy access to it and it's already pulverized.
Looking only at the soil benefits of biochar, could leonardite be better at improving soil biology and by extension, plant health?
A South Korean research team has succeeded in developing a new biochar that can replace activated charcoal by recycling seaweed like...
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