Burning the buried end of a post (before setting it) greatly improves the working life of that post. Even better than pressure treated. I appreciate this series of videos. Thank you.
Good stuff, Great idea on that sheep tank,waiting on my pond to green over so I can broadcast some on it to see how the algae reacts. Not sure what will happen this summer as we took all the catfish out last fall and only have brim now. Time to clean the pond so will put heavy charcoal a month prior to clean out, the the muck will go on the garden spots. Will see how it works.
Man, biochar is exciting stuff. I'm copying your retort design to start making it--hopefully I can transform some of this new mexico clay dirt into proper soil! Putting it in stock tanks is a great idea as well!
I watch the whole biochar playlist last night,knew i had a big drum and an old steel milk can,i put it all together and it is burning now ! Thanks man.
Love your videos. You have quickly become my new favorite education channel.😊 I am particularly interested in the biochar right now. I bought a bag of Royal Oak lump charcoal to start experimenting with. My question though, is it as good to use for biochar as the char you make? Your home made is a lot more brittle and easy to break up. Does that make a difference when you start to infuse it, and does it do the same job when you put it in your soil? You do a great job explaining things. Interesting, and without the boredom of some of the other guys. Good job. Thanks for making these videos.
I have seen some people on RUclips suggesting that you can use lump charcoal in place of biochar and although it may work I do not believe it is a viable alternative. First because of the associated cost and it is in my opinion a less than pure product containing more residual volatile organic compounds. I come to this belief based on my own experimentation. Here is a video documenting some of those experiments. Check it out if you haven't seen it already. ruclips.net/video/zlltae_AokU/видео.html Thanks for watching and welcome to the channel. 😉
I've always wanted to create and use biochar, but for my 2Ha land, I've always felt I'd need too much of a quantity to do by hand like you do in your barrel. When my pond is dry later on I'll use it with the trench method hopefully. Thanks a lot for your always insightful videos.
Well, I never really got finish my little experiment with inoculating some biochar. As a mater of fact, I had watched the video you suggested, and I quickly came to the conclusion I didn't like the lump charcoal idea to inoculate. I did make some though in my fire place. Tell me if you think it will work. I love a fire, so in the winter I always have one going at 4 or 5 in the morning while Iam enjoying the peaceful dark hours of my day, drinking coffee, watching videos like yours and letting my body warm up and get ready for my day. I noticed in my fires the pieces of red hot material. I pulled a lot of them out over quite a few fires, and plunged them in to water to cool them off so they didn't burn the rest of the way up. I'm hoping what I wound up with is a satisfactory biochar. What do you think? I soaked them in my well water for several days I think I remember, got busy with a zillion other things and never got back to making my compost tea to inoculate it with. Is that crazy or what. I always have so much on my plate here on the farm by myself, I'm surprised I remember my name. I want to finish this, mainly because it's so interesting to me, and second, I hate not finishing something. Now, if you think that is adequate biochar, I need to hydrate it again I'm sure. I have a water tank for my Buck goats I can soak it in. Should I do that first, then soak it in the compost tea? It's been looks like 9 months since I soaked it the first time. It's been sitting in 5 gallon buckets since. I's this crazy or what? Thanks , Jenny Well never mind, watched another video AGAIN...... Don't know how many times I've watched them all, but that was last year. I doubt seriously if mine has that metallic sound. Don't know if I'll ever get to try this. I just won't ever make enough to make it worth building a retort.
It sounds like you're on the right track! It's great you're thinking of the hydration and inoculation steps. Don't worry, it's a process. The fireplace is a good way to do it that is a secondary use of the heat being generated. I have seen some use hotel pans as the exclusuion vessel. Good luck and keep experimenting! 😁
Got a couple of questions.. For chickens, have you noticed a difference in effectiveness as for what is used for biochar? Maybe even by breed of chicken? Egg laying effects? Longevity? Also a interesting thought..for a chicken that isnt feeling well\low energy ive heard a soak in a warm epsom salt bath will help..would the addition of powdered biochar to that maybe offer some additional benefit?
I have not noticed anything specific to your questions however it is something they lightly consume as they need it and it is used in their bedding to absorb odor. I don't think the soaking idea would hurt but I'm not sure how specifically it would help. Might be worth a try though. Thanks for the suggestion. 👌
@@therealprtrhsenteal the soaking idea as a detox especially with a problem like mites,fleas or any other mild abrasion\wounding..granted they may not be happy with 'salt in the wound' so to speak but it would offer a thorough cleaning\sterilization of any effected areas and help to pull any minor poisons out such as fleas, ticks, mites and such would deliver
Hi Am alarge farmer of beans, intrested to introduce biochar to soil, my worry is management of weeds, bse i have been using herbicides to control weeds on large scale. We apply herbicides preplanting, pre emergency and post emergence. I hear that once you apply biochar it interfaces herbicides efficiency. How can i go about. Thank you.
Unfortunately I don't have a definitive answer for your question. However I suspect biochar would be less likely to affect the efficiency of your herbicide if it has been effectively inoculated prior to introducing to your soil plot. What I would recommend is running some test plots of your own to know for sure. One with char, one without to test any differences. I would be interested to know your findings should run some comparisons. Thanks for the question. 👊
Burning the buried end of a post (before setting it) greatly improves the working life of that post. Even better than pressure treated.
I appreciate this series of videos. Thank you.
Very true!
Outstanding description and explanation!
Thanks! Glad you liked. 🙂
Great video. Tons of useful information in 5 minutes. Keep up the great work.
Thank you! 😉
Good stuff, Great idea on that sheep tank,waiting on my pond to green over so I can broadcast some on it to see how the algae reacts. Not sure what will happen this summer as we took all the catfish out last fall and only have brim now. Time to clean the pond so will put heavy charcoal a month prior to clean out, the the muck will go on the garden spots. Will see how it works.
Nice! Lots of good nutrient in that pond water. Let me know how it goes! 👌
Man, biochar is exciting stuff. I'm copying your retort design to start making it--hopefully I can transform some of this new mexico clay dirt into proper soil! Putting it in stock tanks is a great idea as well!
Right on. Make char! 😉
I watch the whole biochar playlist last night,knew i had a big drum and an old steel milk can,i put it all together and it is burning now !
Thanks man.
That's awesome man 👊
I think I learned at least five new words during this episode 🤯.
Lol 🤘
The water tank is very impressive maybe because I can see it working so fast.
I just put a third batch of fresh char in that water trough at around 5 weeks from when I made this video. The water gets cleaner each time. 👌
There are so many ways to use it.
Awesome, thanks for sharing.
You are welcome! 😉
How often do you change out the biochar from the trough?
I have been switching it out about every 3-4 weeks. It seems like it is fully hydrated in that amount of time.
Love your videos. You have quickly become my new favorite education channel.😊 I am particularly interested in the biochar right now. I bought a bag of Royal Oak lump charcoal to start experimenting with. My question though, is it as good to use for biochar as the char you make? Your home made is a lot more brittle and easy to break up. Does that make a difference when you start to infuse it, and does it do the same job when you put it in your soil? You do a great job explaining things. Interesting, and without the boredom of some of the other guys. Good job. Thanks for making these videos.
I have seen some people on RUclips suggesting that you can use lump charcoal in place of biochar and although it may work I do not believe it is a viable alternative. First because of the associated cost and it is in my opinion a less than pure product containing more residual volatile organic compounds. I come to this belief based on my own experimentation. Here is a video documenting some of those experiments. Check it out if you haven't seen it already. ruclips.net/video/zlltae_AokU/видео.html Thanks for watching and welcome to the channel. 😉
Tera Petra nothing better! Thank you!
Couldn't agree more! Thanks for watching! 🙂
I've always wanted to create and use biochar, but for my 2Ha land, I've always felt I'd need too much of a quantity to do by hand like you do in your barrel.
When my pond is dry later on I'll use it with the trench method hopefully.
Thanks a lot for your always insightful videos.
Right on thanks! Glad you liked the video:)
Well, I never really got finish my little experiment with inoculating some biochar. As a mater of fact, I had watched the video you suggested, and I quickly came to the conclusion I didn't like the lump charcoal idea to inoculate. I did make some though in my fire place. Tell me if you think it will work. I love a fire, so in the winter I always have one going at 4 or 5 in the morning while Iam enjoying the peaceful dark hours of my day, drinking coffee, watching videos like yours and letting my body warm up and get ready for my day. I noticed in my fires the pieces of red hot material. I pulled a lot of them out over quite a few fires, and plunged them in to water to cool them off so they didn't burn the rest of the way up. I'm hoping what I wound up with is a satisfactory biochar. What do you think? I soaked them in my well water for several days I think I remember, got busy with a zillion other things and never got back to making my compost tea to inoculate it with. Is that crazy or what. I always have so much on my plate here on the farm by myself, I'm surprised I remember my name. I want to finish this, mainly because it's so interesting to me, and second, I hate not finishing something. Now, if you think that is adequate biochar, I need to hydrate it again I'm sure. I have a water tank for my Buck goats I can soak it in. Should I do that first, then soak it in the compost tea? It's been looks like 9 months since I soaked it the first time. It's been sitting in 5 gallon buckets since. I's this crazy or what? Thanks , Jenny Well never mind, watched another video AGAIN...... Don't know how many times I've watched them all, but that was last year. I doubt seriously if mine has that metallic sound. Don't know if I'll ever get to try this. I just won't ever make enough to make it worth building a retort.
It sounds like you're on the right track! It's great you're thinking of the hydration and inoculation steps. Don't worry, it's a process. The fireplace is a good way to do it that is a secondary use of the heat being generated. I have seen some use hotel pans as the exclusuion vessel. Good luck and keep experimenting! 😁
Got a couple of questions..
For chickens, have you noticed a difference in effectiveness as for what is used for biochar? Maybe even by breed of chicken? Egg laying effects? Longevity? Also a interesting thought..for a chicken that isnt feeling well\low energy ive heard a soak in a warm epsom salt bath will help..would the addition of powdered biochar to that maybe offer some additional benefit?
I have not noticed anything specific to your questions however it is something they lightly consume as they need it and it is used in their bedding to absorb odor. I don't think the soaking idea would hurt but I'm not sure how specifically it would help. Might be worth a try though. Thanks for the suggestion. 👌
@@therealprtrhsenteal the soaking idea as a detox especially with a problem like mites,fleas or any other mild abrasion\wounding..granted they may not be happy with 'salt in the wound' so to speak but it would offer a thorough cleaning\sterilization of any effected areas and help to pull any minor poisons out such as fleas, ticks, mites and such would deliver
Yeah totally I could definitely see more upside to giving this a try. 👍
Hi
Am alarge farmer of beans, intrested to introduce biochar to soil, my worry is management of weeds, bse i have been using herbicides to control weeds on large scale. We apply herbicides preplanting, pre emergency and post emergence.
I hear that once you apply biochar it interfaces herbicides efficiency. How can i go about.
Thank you.
Unfortunately I don't have a definitive answer for your question. However I suspect biochar would be less likely to affect the efficiency of your herbicide if it has been effectively inoculated prior to introducing to your soil plot. What I would recommend is running some test plots of your own to know for sure. One with char, one without to test any differences. I would be interested to know your findings should run some comparisons. Thanks for the question. 👊