DIY Soil Enhancer Conditioner Booster with scrap wood. Kick your garden/potting soil into high gear #CaptainWingnut

THIS IS NOT BURNING FOSSIL FUEL...
THIS IS TAUGHT TO US BY THE U.S. NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE.

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Biochar is a phenomenal soil ameliorant or soil conditioner .
It is made from wood charcoal.
It is a stable solid that is very high, about 70% in carbon.
It is a soil stabilizer / enhancer.
It is made subjecting wood and forest debris to pyrolysis which is a fancy scientific name for burning something.


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We had to make our garden soil as the soil around us at the ranch was not conducive to growing a garden.
We stated by composting horse manure, pig manure, cattle manure and chicken manure for a year.
Then we added 50% peat moss, egg shell calcium, sulfur and magnesium.
The soil was wonderful and our garden grew well..
Then I became the Fire Council Chair for our town and worked closely with
State Forestry & Fire. One day they showed up at our ranch and began to tell me about Biochar... up to this point we used to shred all of our winter deadfall and then spread that on the ground.
These shavings are great ground cover, they kill everything they're on and they never decay. We can only put this where we don't want anything to grow.
So we took up the torch (so to speak) and started burning our winter deadfall and debris and then mixed it with composted chicken manure.
We put this on our garden at about 1" thick and tilled it in.
That year our garden turned into a jungle... and the production was at least double what it had been.

How we make Biochar
Some biochar is made by burning wood and forest debris in a container with very little oxygen however,
On our scale, we don't have a container big enough to burn in an oxygen free atmosphere, so we burn the debris in open air, much like the natural burning of a forest fire, and then when the coals are full red, we douse them with water and stop the burning process.

This leaves us with rich charcoal which is black, lightweight, fine-grained and highly porous with a large usable surface area.

Biochar benefits:
When used in composting, it reduces greenhouse gas emissions and also prevents nutrient loss.
It helps regulate nitrogen leaching, and regulates nitrogen uptake in plants.
It improves the consistency of soil and improves soil porosity.
It is a great water absorbent and retains water well, which then slow releases back to the plants adding nutrients it has absorbed as well.
It improves electrical conductivity in soil which is necessary for healthy plant biology.
It resists soil degradation.
And don't miss this one,,, it shows promise in mitigating climate change.

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