Biochar Making, Inoculation, and Use
Join Cooperative Extension in an afternoon workshop highlighting opportunities around converting wood wastes to a valuable soil amendment.
This workshop will guideparticipants through all the steps of bio-char making, to include:
(1) Setting up either of the kiln types available from Watauga Cooperative Extension
(2) Firing the kiln and managing the burn through completion
(3) Crushing the char to soil amendment size
(4) Options for inoculating or "charging" the char with microbes and nutrients such as lining a barn floor, adding to home-scale composters, or soaking in vats
Join Cooperative Extension in an afternoon workshop highlighting opportunities around converting wood wastes to a valuable soil amendment.
This workshop will guideparticipants through all the steps of bio-char making, to include:
(1) Setting up either of the kiln types available from Watauga Cooperative Extension
(2) Firing the kiln and managing the burn through completion
(3) Crushing the char to soil amendment size
(4) Options for inoculating or "charging" the char with microbes and nutrients such as lining a barn floor, adding to home-scale composters, or soaking in vats