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Watch the whole day of the recent Biochar Workshop led by Bob Wells, soil scientist Jon Nilsson and Patryk Battle. Learn how to make biochar and its many beneficial uses including greatly enhancing soil life and fertility. Discover innovative ways to maximize its uses for dynamically carbon negative farming and gardening.
I am growing bamboo (Rubro Marginata) for my Biochar feedstock. This series had been an enormous help. I would love to visit your facilities.
is there a way to pull heat off the char drum to heat a greenhouse? I'm looking at doing this. Thanks.
have there been efforts to look at pyrolizing soybean litter that has been baled into big round bales? Also, one of the videos mentioned that woodchips don't char very well. Does that assume that they are chipped into smaller pieces or does it also apply to the bigger pieces that tree service companies seem to produce more of?
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Most soil on farms are deficient in all vitamins and minerals – glacier rock dust will more than double a yield especially if used with biochar mixes. The healthier your soil, the healthier your plants will be and the more the plants will not be affected by insects and pests. Work smart, not hard. Google or youtube Glacier Rock Dust.
Please give me the cover crops talked about. I could not understand. thanks.
Do you make your compost in windrows, and turn the rows and check the temperatures? What tonnage do you make at any one time?
Hello from the Uk. Great videos, very inspirational .one suggestion.. better sound as I struggled to hear some of the conversation but overall I think you are doing a fantastic job . We are going to make our first biochar today 🙂
can a get the name of that cover crop. Tanner cetepholium… lol
You guys are amazing. This is one of those videos that really gets me excited. I have been looking at using biochar for a few years now and this video series has given me some ideas to expand what I'm already doing. Thank you so much for posting this.
Couldn't understand even half of what he said. Needs to work on his Articulation and Volume control. Sound very herky jerky.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvqaNSDwjo8
Biochar Workshop Part 5, Biochar & the Greenhouse
Instead of using wood to initiate the first burn, why not initiate the firs burn with stored low pressure gas (say at about 30 psi). Since it is agreed that the gas coming off from the charred material is far in excess that necessary to complete the pyrolysis process, then it seems logical to store some for other uses, one of which can be the initiation of the burn.
Thank-you for all these.
One other winter use idea is to bring chickens and/or pigs in to keep temperatures up and increase in-situ manuring.
I don't want to sound too harsh but this guy's info on subsoil CEC is complete garbage. CEC in most soil comes from the amount and type of clay, organic matter is a minor contributor in to CEC typical topsoil. Pure organic matter (compost) does have a very high CEC but in most climates soil organic matter equilibrium is reached at only 3-6%, this is where breakdown equals biomass production, above this level requires continuous importing of organic matter from offsite. The exception are muck soils which are almost all organic but they were formed by bogs, much like peat.
As an example I have what is called loamy sand(one category from pure sand) its about 5% clay and all the organic matter was destroyed by the previous owner keeping it fallow for years on end and our rain fully leaching the soil, the CEC is 6 to 8 depending on the sample location, the garden area which has some OM from sod being tilled in has a CEC of 9.4
so how much ridx should I use per pound of char
can you include subtitle to this video , because i can't explane many words ?
Ok , in time 6,20 he said he mix the soil with what????
I hope the equipment lasts for a long time!
Great cast!
Do you know whether anyone has experimented with creating a hugelkultur garden bed with biochar at the center, rather than raw wood?
What was the cannafolium cover crop you mentioned?
I can see one aspect that has been overlooked. The flue gas going up the char chimney should be diverted into the greenhouses. It should be safe up to about 7000 ppm CO2 for humans, and the plants would grow way way faster.
how about side effects to the human body from biochar?
Amazing
@26:30 he mentions pest pressure on plant making more anti-oxidants—- that maybe true but more important are the “polyphenols” the plant makes under pressure. These feed your good gut bios. See Dr Gundry podcast – also on YT – search polyphenols … its very good.
Love this !!!!! Thank you
Ever thought of enhancing the CO2 level in the greenhouses using the exhaust from the charcoal ovans ?