How to Inoculate / Activate Biochar | Turning Charcoal into Biochar 

Something else to add to my "to do" list. Lovely educational video thanks. I need to now go back and watch your biochar video 🙂

I wtached a vid a couple of years back where they put the innoculated char into their potting mix. Makes a lot of sense as you can concentrate a limited amount of char at the plant rather than trying to cover every bed. Making char and compost for 26 beds is a lot of work. I think folk use urine to charge their char as it is considered the fastest method. 2 weeks in urine and you are good to add to the ground.

I call it charcoal. And the after it’s inoculated I call it biochar. (Ie biologically activated charcoal) Great video thanks😊

Nice explanation. My advices focusing on sustainability : use the charcoal to hygienize the chicken coop, remove the need to clean it since charcoal capacity to absorb poop is amazing (largely underestimated, i do not have chicken deseases anymore). Transfer after a while in an old fridge and add urine and remaining liquids of cooking. Add some mineral dust if you live in the tropics with oxysoils. And make agroforesty to ensure the carbon availability and biodiversity above the ground . My point is social sustainability since labor reduction is key and using the charcoal to hygienize humanure and animal or vegetable remains was certainly the main drive in the black earth of amazon.

Really interesting video thanks

Molasses feeds bacteria mostly, if that’s what you are after, then so be it. Microbes do not all eat the same foods Fungi would rather have humic acid, or kelp. The food you use , matters. I use many inoculates to inoculate, so select bacteria and fungi, Mostly fungi dominate. And never use molasses, my bacteria counts are fine. It’s fungi that’s the problem area, and that’s pretty common for most soils. Just saying.

What about adding it to your leaf mold and letting it set for a year or two maybe mixing it now and then?

Instead of molasses could I use brown sugar?