Katie Patel

Bryant RedHawk wrote:I would suggest char, not the inoculated "biochar".
By using fresh char, the mycelium willl populate the char pores thus preventing un desired bacteria in that portion of the graywater system. The bacteria work best in the reed bed portion and the sand bed (filter part).

Redhawk

"Char" it is, then!!  Thanks for the quick response!!

I think the topic pretty much says it all.  I'll be putting in a greywater system this summer to divert laundry water to underground infiltrator chambers.

I'm already thinking about starting off with some mycelium-innoculated mulch in the chamber.  Not because mulch is a requirement in a setup like that, but mostly to seed the mycelium in the greywater system.

Also thinking about biochar in the system.  My concern is that may be counterproductive by fostering the wrong kind of bacteria and clogging up the system (either at all or quicker that it otherwise might have).  On the other hand, more bacteria means more capacity for processing the stuff that moves through it.

I haven't been able to find anything conclusive on using boichar this way.  Does anyone have any thoughts on this?