Micro-scale Biochar

I am experimenting with Biochar on a very small scale.

I collected some charcoal from a fire (using wood from my own prunings in my yard).

This charcoal filled up the pint (568mL) jar about 20%. I then added liquid fertiliser to the jar, again about up to the 20% full mark.

I then filled the rest of the jar with water.

I plan to stir it daily, then after about 3 weeks dig it into a small area of a garden bed.

Any comments/ tips would be great! (The pics show the jar with just the charcoal and also after adding the liquids.)

I think this is brilliant.

So much of what you see is large quantity of biochar being produced at a time, but it can scale down like you see here. Let the fertilizer/water inoculate the biochar and add it where you wish.

I could imagine you could do this, save a jar or two and use it to mix into the dirt when you plant something almost like targeted biochar placement.

I will be doing this, thanks for the idea!

Thanks, Timothy!

I was inspired by this video from David the Good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYikWBnf4dQ

He is doing it on a large scale, but encourages us to experiment.