BIOCHAR BURNER

Biochar is essentially charcoal, but not like the charcoal you buy. It is an age-old method of increasing soil health, it has been around for thousands of years.

Biochar can be made from any biomass such as wood chips or twigs, bones, dried manure, paper, sawdust, nut shells. Biochar is produced through pyrolosis – which is the burning of wood in an oxygen limited environment so that the liquids and gases are released during pyrolosis and then leave mostly carbon behind. This remaining carbon is what we call biochar.

Biochar is great for improving soil structure, it is extremely porous, it is like a sponge and has a large surface area making it a great home for beneficial microbes to thrive and multiply. The surface area is so large that 1 gram of biochar can have roughly 25 metres of surface area! Because of its large surface area it can attract and hold nutrients and water and prevent them leaching from the soil, meaning in time less watering and fertilising.

Biochar needs to be inoculated or charged, so that it can start its work straight away. This can be charged through soaking it in compost tea or peeing in it (yes you read right) it can then be added straight to the soil or into your compost.

And because biochar is carbon-negative, it is able to capture and store Co2 - what a great way to do our part for climate change by helping to store carbon in the soil!

Items may take up to 2 weeks to ship as these are handcrafted items and may need to be made to order.