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Ar

Anyone use it? I've been watching a lot of youtube videos about it and it seems like some good stuff.

I plan on making my own eventually but I did buy a bag of lump charcoal at the store and got it crushed up and charging. I just used some compost and liquid fish but I see some use compost tea to charge it and I will eventually go that route after I get my bubbler set up.

4/26/2020 4:11:29 PM

Oak Grove, Mn

I really thought about adding biochar with what I am starting with for soil. It seems like my garden is a prime candidate to use it. Unfortunately, I could not find a local source for it. Shipping makes it too expensive. I have seen some biochar burners, which I might try to fabricate when I have more free time. I have quite a bit of wood already cut, from clearing trees to make my garden. This weekend, another one went down.A big cottonwood fell over with a bit of chainsaw persuassion. It was shading 1/3 of the 8000 sq ft planned area for 4 hours per day.

4/26/2020 5:03:34 PM

Grittyville, WA

I think it could be good. It is lightweight has high cec cation/anion/whatever exchange. So I dont know if that means you have to soak it in fertilizer for it to work otherwise it just sucks nutrients out of the soil like sawdust? But... the internet and permie type mindsets seem to have a lot of theories that dont really lead to world-record-anything. Watch out for the gap there... Best idea is to run your own side by side comparison and see if it helps your plants.

4/27/2020 10:42:35 AM

Grittyville, WA

There are some good theories out there. I used to think the internet was half good and half garbage but I suspect that ratio is going down some searches its maybe 1/4 good 3/4 garbage. I adding to the compost heap myself, of course... The wr guys have the best advice.

4/27/2020 10:49:11 AM

Ar

Reading up on the terra preta in south America is what really caught my attention. So this isn't something new but was used thousands of years ago and that soil is still super fertile today.

Yes it must be soaked before using or the first year it will just absorb everything.

I scored a bag of Royal Oak at dollar general today. I had watched a video of migardener where he bought a bag at the dollar store back sometime back but I had not saw a bag in the store since. I picked up an off brand last week but looking forward to seeing if the royal oak brand is any better.

I may just end up working with the store bought lump charcoal this year and do some testing for myself before I build a stove.

4/27/2020 3:49:25 PM

Oak Grove, Mn

I have a potential 14,000 sq ft to modify. Buying it by the bag does not help. I need semi loads of it. If it was available for a good price..it would be in my garden. I wish some of the sawmills in the northern part of the state would start producing.

4/27/2020 6:09:19 PM