Just finding out about this method. I have been using a barrel then I stand there and keep piling the stuff in to suffocate the bottom. Works but it is lots of hassle. I think I like this way better but I still need to try.
hey Sean I was just curious how you would rate this method? in comparison to others. I was going to have someone weld me up a Japanese cone kiln to do this but I thought it would be easier at this point in my life to just dig a pit like this. I have a cubic yard of sheep manure I want to make enough to mix a 25 to 50% biochar into the manure pile so I can have enough to put an inch or two on my kitchen garden this fall. So I gotta make a lot and these little vessels I see I'm trying to figure out how I can do it in a few days. I got lots so debris from making firewood that I could use branches that have dried out for a few years. Anyway any resources you know of with ideas for primitive larger scale char production would be cool. I'm sure you're busy this spring so no worries if you don't see this comment.
Sean, are you strictly using the biochar as a top dressing or are you digging it in a few inches or even double digging to achieve a depth of 1 foot or more?
For the most part, I try to now bring the finished charcoal over to my areas of highest fertility (compost areas, piles of manure, etc.) and mix it into those areas so it inoculates. I was just surface casting it in the past but I think it's better to focus it into fertility for a while first and then move it out into the areas I need it.
Sean, I saw another vid where the guy dropped a heavily water-soaked sack onto the finished fire (your first pit at 8:39) and then he covered it over with a thick layer of at least a foot of earth to rob all oxygen. He left that for a good three or four hours (he did keep an eye on it) to cool enough to extract into a metal barrow. No thermal shock of course, do you need it? Another thought, wouldn't that little bit of ash be beneficial? Great videos, keep it up!
I think I may have seen that too... Decent idea, worth exploring for sure. I use the water since thats what I started with but no reason not to experiment. Thermal shock I wouldn't think is a key ingredient. I think a little ash isn't the worst, either, I just need to be aware I have a pretty alkaline product I'm adding to the soil.
Hmm, why so few people indicate how much wood in (wood burned) - how much charcoal out and how much time it took for one person to produce this charcoal ? Chris ADAM, Ethiopia
Ok got it (EdibleAcres:) These charcoal sessions take generally a good 4-6 hours or so. I'm not sure of volume in to volume out ratios, but I'll say that it is a whole lot of wood that goes in for the charcoal that comes out. Perhaps 5 or 6 parts wood reduces to 1 part charcoal.
You need to invest the time to look at information available ,it would help you to be efficient and not babble with inexperience it’s embarrassing to watch you stammer around due to lack of experience. Thanks for letting us watch you show us how much you really know about biochar
Wow. Appreciating the time you took to not only judge me harshly for sharing ideas freely with folks to enjoy and work with but ALSO typing it out for all to see. Feels like a really good use of everyones time. Thank you!
Sean's channel has been a huge blessing to me. He has a delivery that many in the permaculture space enjoy and appreciate, but I could understand your perspective if this was your first video you've seen on his channel.
nice work friend , you out did them all , this is what im gonna do , forget all that building contraption an all that
Just finding out about this method. I have been using a barrel then I stand there and keep piling the stuff in to suffocate the bottom. Works but it is lots of hassle. I think I like this way better but I still need to try.
That's right! very exciting to think of all the benefit involved in this procedure- i think it will solve several problems for me😆🙏
Awesome that this video gets some ideas flowing for problem solving! Happy and safe burning to ya !
hey Sean I was just curious how you would rate this method? in comparison to others. I was going to have someone weld me up a Japanese cone kiln to do this but I thought it would be easier at this point in my life to just dig a pit like this. I have a cubic yard of sheep manure I want to make enough to mix a 25 to 50% biochar into the manure pile so I can have enough to put an inch or two on my kitchen garden this fall. So I gotta make a lot and these little vessels I see I'm trying to figure out how I can do it in a few days. I got lots so debris from making firewood that I could use branches that have dried out for a few years. Anyway any resources you know of with ideas for primitive larger scale char production would be cool. I'm sure you're busy this spring so no worries if you don't see this comment.
Love the chared fingers. We are so ready for ash Wednesday (a joke)
I will have to try the cone pit method. I think the other methods I have looked at seem expensive(material) and harder to do. Thanks for sharing. :)
Sean, are you strictly using the biochar as a top dressing or are you digging it in a few inches or even double digging to achieve a depth of 1 foot or more?
For the most part, I try to now bring the finished charcoal over to my areas of highest fertility (compost areas, piles of manure, etc.) and mix it into those areas so it inoculates. I was just surface casting it in the past but I think it's better to focus it into fertility for a while first and then move it out into the areas I need it.
Question... Couldn't you just dowse the coals by pouring water into the pit? Then come back later and shovel out the cooled char?
+SasquatchBioacoustic mud does kinda suck but yeah if your using it for what he is
Yes you can this guy is moron
very good idea ..simple enough ..thanks man
Primordial party time!
If he uses a lot of charcoal I hope he has come up with more sofisticated ways to produce it, by now. :D
very impressive yield
Sean, I saw another vid where the guy dropped a heavily water-soaked sack onto the finished fire (your first pit at 8:39) and then he covered it over with a thick layer of at least a foot of earth to rob all oxygen. He left that for a good three or four hours (he did keep an eye on it) to cool enough to extract into a metal barrow. No thermal shock of course, do you need it?
Another thought, wouldn't that little bit of ash be beneficial?
Great videos, keep it up!
I think I may have seen that too... Decent idea, worth exploring for sure. I use the water since thats what I started with but no reason not to experiment. Thermal shock I wouldn't think is a key ingredient. I think a little ash isn't the worst, either, I just need to be aware I have a pretty alkaline product I'm adding to the soil.
EdibleAcres I was thinking in terms of npk, so potash but I'm no expert.
Just found that video again: ruclips.net/video/CJLIH13fteY/видео.htmlm12s
I wouldn't quench it with compost tea ,you kill the beneficial microorganisms present in tea.I would add it after
Good note... Or split the difference and quench with water at first, and while still warm add the tea.
I think so, anyway quench it out of the pit can be convinient for diverse reasons.
All these little nuggets from long time ago.
In the wayback machine!
Hmm, why so few people indicate how much wood in (wood burned) - how much charcoal out
and how much time it took for one person to produce this charcoal ? Chris ADAM, Ethiopia
Ok got it (EdibleAcres:) These charcoal sessions take generally a good 4-6 hours or so. I'm not sure of volume in to volume out ratios, but I'll say that it is a whole lot of wood that goes in for the charcoal that comes out. Perhaps 5 or 6 parts wood reduces to 1 part charcoal.
الاحسن ا ن نحفر بئر بعمق 2 متر ونضع فيه الاخشاب الطويله وعند تمام العمل نطفئه بان نغطى فوهته بقطعة صاج ونغطى اطرافها بالطين زفما رايك دام فضلك ؟
You need to keep adding more wood on top at a faster rate to maintain air deprived situation.
thanks for sharing, respect! 8-)
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Your bio char needs to be inoculated b4 use...or it will steal minerals from your soil the first year...great job
This is just a fire
OK. Although if it were 'just a fire' you'd be left with a pile of ash instead of a pit filled with charcoal.
Yeah have a party a bunch of drunk and stoned people playing with fire I see nothing going wrong there😂😂🤘
Damn. Get to the point already bro. 20 minutes to burn some wood and talk about what you may do.
You need to invest the time to look at information available ,it would help you to be efficient and not babble with inexperience it’s embarrassing to watch you stammer around due to lack of experience. Thanks for letting us watch you show us how much you really know about biochar
Wow. Appreciating the time you took to not only judge me harshly for sharing ideas freely with folks to enjoy and work with but ALSO typing it out for all to see. Feels like a really good use of everyones time. Thank you!
Sean's channel has been a huge blessing to me. He has a delivery that many in the permaculture space enjoy and appreciate, but I could understand your perspective if this was your first video you've seen on his channel.