9 thoughts on “VIDEO: Biochar trials 14 day progress report”
When I plant peppers in the winter I get 99% germination but if I do it in the mid summer I only get around 1%. I assumed that it's the weather or maybe it's the soil. Gardening can be complex. Hope that you can solve your problem. My Hydroponics
It is my understanding that Biochar has a positive effect on soil microorganisms. If so, it would seem that any soil mixture containing Biochar would need a period of microbial acclimation for its benefits to be noticed. So it would seem to me that after preparing a soil mixture with Biochar that it should remain undisturbed for a certain period of time prior to starting the test.
Just have to see how we J. I have had some not come yet but I have just had a look and I have one or two that are very dry. I must look watering more oops. But I have just seen my Kiwis are starting been a month or so from when I sown them from shop friut. On another note we had some snow this morning lol sping is here. Dave
This really interesting. If it was the seed source, you would expect that the lack of germination will be evenly distributed between the treatment groups but it seems like your 5% is the one that is doing the worst. It's very curious! Great job capturing an describing your results!
When I plant peppers in the winter I get 99% germination but if I do it in the mid summer I only get around 1%. I assumed that it's the weather or maybe it's the soil. Gardening can be complex. Hope that you can solve your problem. My Hydroponics
It is my understanding that Biochar has a positive effect on soil microorganisms. If so, it would seem that any soil mixture containing Biochar would need a period of microbial acclimation for its benefits to be noticed. So it would seem to me that after preparing a soil mixture with Biochar that it should remain undisturbed for a certain period of time prior to starting the test.
Just have to see how we J. I have had some not come yet but I have just had a look and I have one or two that are very dry. I must look watering more oops.
But I have just seen my Kiwis are starting been a month or so from when I sown them from shop friut. On another note we had some snow this morning lol sping is here.
Dave
That's very interesting results Jay, I'm curious as to how this will materialize!
it is interesting to see your results so far!
It very well could be your seed source, Jay. It will be interesting to see how everyone else is doing with this experiment.
Was the biochar pre-charged or raw?
This really interesting. If it was the seed source, you would expect that the lack of germination will be evenly distributed between the treatment groups but it seems like your 5% is the one that is doing the worst. It's very curious! Great job capturing an describing your results!
I guess we can have too much of a good thing 🙂 As you probably know, growing in containers is a whole different ball game from growing in the garden.