About Biochar
Biochar is the product of heating biomass in an oxygen-starved environment. This heat-processed char is stable in the environment and the carbon portion (80%) is kept out of the atmosphere. Forever. When exposed/inoculated/charged with a compost or a nutrient/microbe soup this ‘biochar’ is the backbone of a healthy soil.
The benefits of using biochar in your garden include:
The indigenous people of the Amazon basin were the first people to add charcoal to soil and the “terra preta” or “black soils” they bio-engineered thousands of years ago remain stable and carbon-rich to this day.
You can benefit from biochar as an effective and sustainable way to improve soil health and fertility while reducing your carbon footprint.
The benefits of using biochar in your garden include:
- Improves soil structure: Biochar helps to create a more porous soil structure, improving water retention and promoting better root growth.
- Increases soil fertility: Biochar is rich in carbon and has a high surface area, making it an ideal habitat for beneficial soil microbes. These microbes help to improve soil fertility, promoting plant growth and health.
- Reduces nutrient leaching: Biochar’s porous structure helps to retain nutrients in the soil, reducing the loss of valuable nutrients through leaching, or draining away.
- Enhances soil water retention: Biochar’s porous structure helps to retain moisture in the soil, making it available to plants even during dry periods.
- Catches and stores carbon: Biochar captures carbon and fixes it in the soil. It is also highly stable and will stay in your soil for the long-term – which means you only need to add it once.
The indigenous people of the Amazon basin were the first people to add charcoal to soil and the “terra preta” or “black soils” they bio-engineered thousands of years ago remain stable and carbon-rich to this day.
You can benefit from biochar as an effective and sustainable way to improve soil health and fertility while reducing your carbon footprint.