Biochar
Biochar
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Biochar is a carbon-rich and charcoal-like substance produced through the process of pyrolysis, the burning of organic material in a low oxygen environment. It is both sterile and stable and is often crushed or ground to make a fine powder.
Biochar has a wide range of applications for soil, worm farms, carbon sequestration, water filtration, as a renewable fuel and more. Biochar is an excellent addition to your worm bin as a worm bedding amendment.
We proudly sell CHAR+TM BioChar which is created 100% from wood (including ash and moisture).
Please note this is unactivated biochar. It is very important to only add activated biochar to your soil. You can charge it in a worm bin or backyard composting system, or steep it in a worm castings extract, compost tea or other suitable water-soluble soil amendment.
Activated biochar is highly regarded as a valuable slow release soil amendment that has a wide range of benefits:
- Has ability to increase exponentially the surface area available for microbial life
- Has ability to house, store and supply nutrients, water and air
- Has negative electric charge on surface that attracts and retains nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus and calcium, BioChar is like a protective habitat
- Increases soil fertility and encourages microbial activity
- Increases water retention
- Increase pH and mitigates some of the heavy metal toxicity in soil
- Increases plant growth
- Reduces fertilizer use
- Used as a tool in carbon sequestration
How Long Will It Last When Used for Vermicomposting?
The supply estimates are based on these usage guidelines:
- dd 1 cup or more (depending on the size of your system) of Biochar to your system.
50 g bag:
- Add entire contents of the bag to start your system.
1 L bag:
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4 month supply (for smaller to mid-sized systems up to 2 square feet of surface area).
- 2 month supply (for larger systems up to 4 square feet of surface area).
2 L bag:
- 8 months supply (for smaller to mid-sized systems up to 2 square feet of surface area).
- 4 months supply (for larger systems up to 4 square feet of surface area).
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