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What do you char your bio with?  Going to try to break to an even 1inch chuck  material and then soak in a high nitrogen rich liquid  nutrient for about 5 months or so.
Ive Be gathering large stacks! from a previous wildfire, along with organic  materials such as leaves and soft brush like matter to amend the  sands loamy soil to try to hold more nutrients and water..

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The nitrogen uptake happens very quickly.  Maybe in a day or two.  Your liquid will probably start smelling better in short order as the carbon absorbs the nutrients.  After it does, you’ll probably want to drain it in order to favor an aerobic microbe colony.
 
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I agree with Gray.  I've never heard of soaking for 5 months before.  That's a really long time, and like he? said, you will favor anaerobic microbes, exactly what you don't want in your garden, probably.  The longest I've heard of for soaking is 2 weeks. That's what I do, but I just drench them once a day and leave the microbes to wander the char and fill themselves into the micropores the rest of each day.  

Some people will let their chickens infuse the char with nutrients.  Others will put in in a compost mix.  Those might last for 5 months, but they are passive, completely aerobic procedures, so you're favoring the microbes you probably want.  

Are we answering the question correctly? It was worded in an unusual way, so I couldn't tell if we got it right.
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