55 Uses for Biochar
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Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 6:10pm
There are some real Jewels in the Ithaka journal's article 55 uses for Biochar
http://www.ithaka-journal.net/55-anwendungenvon-pflanzenkohle?lang=en
Mr. Schmidt makes a good point that biochar provides more value when it's used for other purposes before it is worked into the soil, and then he does a nice job of laying out the pathways to do so.
One of my favorites
Cascading uses of biochar in farming with animals.
- use biochar as a silage agent
- then it's a feed additive that's been shown to help feed conversion in cattle
- add it to the litter or animal bedding to help capture urea etc and keep it from annoying your animals
- in more watery forms of waste, use in slurry treatment
- adding a little more char can improve manure composting and retain more nutrients in the compost
- Then that compost makes a really good soil amendment, especially with a little more char added to help improve the water holding capacity of the soil