Biochar is an amazing substance that provides massive amounts of pore space for microbes to live and thrive. Learn how to load the biochar with healthy microbes in simple inoculation processes to meet your needs on the farm or in the garden. Biochar holds a variety of nutrients and retains water, enhancing long term fertility and soil life. Learn how biochar can be made and inoculated at home to pre-load it with ‘the right biology’ before soil application. We’ll explore a variety of easy techniques for effective biochar inoculation, including composting, vermicomposting, compost tea and more. In part 2, we start with a simple and effective method of making compost tea at home.
VIDEO: Biochar Inoculation Part 2
Biochar is an amazing substance that provides massive amounts of pore space for microbes to live and thrive. Learn how to load the biochar with healthy microbes in simple inoculation processes to meet your needs on the farm or in the garden. Biochar holds a variety of nutrients and retains water, enhancing long term fertility and soil life. Learn how biochar can be made and inoculated at home to pre-load it with ‘the right biology’ before soil application. We’ll explore a variety of easy techniques for effective biochar inoculation, including composting, vermicomposting, compost tea and more. In part 2, we start with a simple and effective method of making compost tea at home.
I don't buy it. You mean to tell me that Nature needs our help multiplying microbes? Please!
Very informative and best video.
Thanks for this, great info you are helping spread far and wide!
The dude with the orange Stihl hat, is he there to learn or give advice?
May I get your email address please?
Aerobic Compost Tea Recipe:
In bag*:
2 C good compost
2 C Worm Castings
2 T Kelp Meal
2 T Alfalfa
1 T Fish Meal
1 T Sea90
1 T Azomite
In water:
Water between 65-75 F
1 T Liquid Fish
2T Molasses
* Fungal Tip:
Prep bag with some oats and above bag mix, moisten with compost tea and let age for 2 weeks to use for the next application (for use every 2-3 weeks apply to garden – besides biochar inoculation, its also used in garden to fertilize/innoculate soil).
12:12 EM-1 Bokashi – Fermented Food Waste. I am just starting out with this as well as biochar so looking forward to learn how to inoculate biochar with EM-1 or Bokashi. EM is mostly beneficial bacteria. Spraying mowed grass with EM-1 Activated (extended) on top of cardboard on new garden plot, also adding Mycroryzea (beneficial fungus), and planting squash seeds at the same time. Should turn into soil in a week as the winter squash seeds sprout. – UPDATE: What I learned from this video.
1. Biochar Conditioning (does all 3: ph, microbes & nutrients) : The Bokashi juice you drain from buckets every 2-3 days (leachate) is acidic (ph 3.5), balancing the alkaline (ph 9) biochar; plus its full if microbes (fungal and bacterial) and nutrients from the food waste.
2. Unlike compost or worm casting, you CAN add meat and dairy. Careful with salty food – you don't want to accumulate salts in your soil.
3. Too acidic to add to worm bins (full strength). (The guy in the orange cap said, while this is close to no pathogens, its not as safe as worm castings, where its 100% "clean" after going through a worms gut). However, on EMRO site https://www.emrojapan.com, creator or EM-1, there are many case studies of EM use in disaster relief (Thailand, Japan, Poland disaster) dealing with flooding, sewage, rotting animal bodies, smell cleanup. Even treating water or how to use it when water is not available for showers. So it must help remove pathogenic microbes.
Thank you for covering EM-1 and Bokashi.
Great info , I've watched oh about 5 videos so far and I just wanted to comment and say thank you very much. It's exciting looking into it all ,it gives a new dimension to horticulture. You've all done a wonderful job at clearly passing on the information . I'm so glad I came across your channel. Thanks once again. Take care
How long should the biochar "steep" in the worm/compost tea before it is fully inoculated and ready to be amended to the garden ?
Thanks for this video. What is this person's name. He is not only intelligent, but quite modest. Thanks for all this excellent information. May I ask: what about comfrey leaves and making some compost tea. I dont have a set up for complex things like what your doing but I do this year have finally got some comfrey. Do you find it useful at all in making a simple compost tea. Also., separate question, but what about adding newspaper bullets urine from cats? Removing the feces and only the urine soaked newspaper bullets into the food compost or leaves compost bins: is it ok to do?
When you speak about mulch in the end, how do you apply it? Green or you do some kind of composting?
Love the video
Good & Marvel's video, exposure and awareness to share your experiences Thanks again for your kindness.
102(???) /3 i think it should be 102 divided by 3.
Solids. Not salts.
00:10:00 Beer will be expensive, but Malted Barley is cheap compared, and if you grind it and add to the garden, the encymed and Chitin content will move the soil web along faster more efficiently
thank you Clakamas Coot
Would be very interested in seeing the links the instructor mentions.
Look into recharge nutrient ,great white and milorganite I use them in my teas . Your guys content is excellent.
Loving this, I can't wait to be myself in a year, I am going to know all about worm castings and biochar and probably be woofing around the country…
Thanks so much for this! I ordered azomite and joined the email list for the rich earth/urine site. Charged my char with stinky fish liquid fertilizer, chicken manure, urine and will add azomite too.
Biochar is to be ground to what size before to mix with compost
Is every video staged?
How to stabilised a biomass tarrefication plant ?
Check out KNF or Korean Natural Farming. This talk is paralleling that system. Also Dr.Elaines food web, she has Extremely valuable information. More scientific than this. Still right alongside what he is doing here. Good Growing!
If you're not on any kind of medication I would imagine your urine would probably be healthier than a cow that is filled with hormones and antibiotics.
Great information! Thanks for breaking it down very simply. Question: Could I use just EM-1 to charge my biochar, and if so, how long should I soak it?
Awesome presentation. Thanks
Hello, I was wondering if it mattered what sprayer or sump pump is used for application to not damage our microbe population?
How long do you soak biochar in an aerated compost tea? (For 100% inoculation ) Thanks for sharing this information.