How to use Biochar in the garden | Improve your garden soil

Written by: Ramchandra Bhatia                        Date: 03/09/2017

Biochar is a unique way to fertilize plants. It improves soil, helps in increasing the production by reducing the need of water and fertilizer. Biochar enhances its production capacity by amending the soil. It helps in climate change by removing harmful carbon dioxide from the environment. Agricultural scientists say that soil amendment due to biodegradation, it maintains nutrients such as magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, and nitrogen, which are important for plants. Nature Bring You are sharing information about the use of biochar.

What is Biochar

Biochar is a solid carbon, it works for soil amendment. This carbon can tolerate soil for thousands of years. It is the life to soil and increases the reproductive capacity. This is the innovative way of doing gardening.

Benefits of Biochar

• The balance of pH is ineffective when using biochar.
• Its use reduces the need for fertilizer in the plant.
• With its use, the mineral easily reaches the root of the plant
• “Carbon sequence” reduces the release of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
• Biochar brings unprecedented improvements in soil and reduces the need for water and fertilizer. The direct reason for this is that more moisture and nutrients remain in the soil. Scientists believe that due to the presence of carbon, the soil is improved because it maintains nutrients such as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and nitrogen contained in it.

How to make Biochar

• You can make biochar in your own garden with little effort.
• First of all to make a biochar in your garden, dig a trench. Loosen the trench surface with the help of forks.
• After this lay dry sticks on the surface and set fire to it.
• When smoke starts coming out of it, then with the help of a shovel, put the dirt on the burning wood, this will reduce the amount of fire and oxygen also. So you will have more production of coal rather than ash.
• After some time when a charcoal is formed, then you use water to extinguish the fire.
• After this, modify the soil of the garden by mixing biochar prepared at home.
• Now add compost in biochar and soil, and wait for the time of planting.
• You use 10% coal with the amount of soil, there will be better results.
• Biochar is a charcoal, do not throw it in the same garden until it becomes completely organic and harsh chemicals. Otherwise, there may be fear of fire. Read more.

Why use Biochar

• Studies show that the crops, which were amended by biochar, show continuous growth. This is due to the increased availability of nutrients and water in the soil amended and the growth of microorganisms available in the soil.
• Biochar increases Drought Tolerance and acts as an immune system in diseases of the plant root and leaf.
• Using too much Biochar harm the plant. It probably increases the soil’s alkaline tolerance level.
• Using Biochar in soil rich in organic matter reduces the level of nitrogen because of microbes will-out plants with this nutrient.
• If you want to take full advantage of the enriching Biochar in your garden, use commercially produced biochar.
• If you are using biochar in your garden, then monitor the sign of lack of nitrogen for a few months. On the basis of small experiments, you benefit from biochar in your garden. Find it more.

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