Home made Biochar

[hecno]

@Eyes on Fire Nar mate , no Char coal smell , don't know about burnt tea smell , more like the smell of the nutrients I put in , I plan on draining it then mix the Char into the soil . and just see what happens .

 

[Eyes on Fire]

VERY kewlness bro. cant wait to see whatcha go going on once it takes and feeds.I bet its good too man. Homemade is ALWAYS the way to go yo.ya know Bro?! LOL

 

[hecno]

Easy way to make smaller . After smashing the dam stuff to get smaller I figured out a easy way to do it , soak the bloody stuff till it is soaked . way quicker and no bloody dust and bits going everywhere . What I use is a 4 kg lump of lead and paint scrapper , a joint and a cold can of beer :smoking: , and smash away Doesn't take long to get a ltr . 10 min at most which depends on how many beer breaks ya have

 

[Autoqueen25]

I have some oak slabs that are dried and damaged that I want to make into biochar can’t wait

 

[thetreeman]

Biochar will likely raise your PH significantly. Something to consider. I made a bunch last year out of hardwood scraps that I source locally for free.

 

[DTOM420]

I really want to make some biochar and I was looking at some fairly easy to make kilns or rocket stoves to make it with. What I can’t figure out is a good way to break the it up easily into smaller pieces. I wonder if a wood chipper would do it? Making the charcoal from wood chips instead of bigger pieces of wood would increase the amount you could make in a single batch; and then using the chipper to further break up the char might justify the expense of a chipper. Wonder if they can be rented?

Here’s the video that really interested me in the DIY stove setup:

 

[DTOM420]

Biochar will likely raise your PH significantly. Something to consider. I made a bunch last year out of hardwood scraps that I source locally for free.
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Doesn’t that make a lot more ash than charcoal with an open air burn? I thought you basically needed to make charcoal in a limited oxygen environment. I’ve got some giant brush piles 10’ tall and 30’ wide that I’d love to turn to biochar but I can’t figure out a way to burn them that won’t just turn them to ask.

 

[hecno]

@DTOM42 I make mine out of big piles of hard wood open fire , 8 hour burn which gets the temps up very high Around 280 c to 300 c , You call tell by the colour of the fire , I find another way is to drop a bit on the concrete floor and if you hear a -- Tink -- type sound it is done . .