So many benefits when using Biochar!
Biochar offers a unique solution to some of the world’s most critical problems including those of climate change, declining soil fertility, and the need for clean renewable sources of energy.
BIOCHAR PRODUCTS PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS TO FARMERS, GARDENERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT:
1. IMPROVED SOIL FERTILITY AND CROP YIELDS
2. LESS FERTILIZERS REQUIRED
3. IMPROVED WATER RETENTION, AERATION, AND TILTH
4. HIGHER CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY, LESS NUTRIENT RUNOFF
5. CLEAN AND EFFICIENT BIOMASS ENERGY PRODUCTION
6. COMBINED HEAT, POWER, AND REFRIGERATION FROM PYROLYSIS
7. CARBON NEGATIVE PROCESS (SEQUESTERS CARBON FROM ATMOSPHERE)
8. GREATER ON-FARM PROFITABILITY
9. CAN HELP ALLEVIATE POVERTY IN THIRD-WORLD COUNTRIES
10. CAN BE FINANCED THROUGH CARBON MARKETS AND OFFSETS
11. LOW COST MEANS OF WATER PURIFICATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
12. DECREASED NITROUS OXIDE AND METHANE EMISSIONS FROM SOILS
13. POTENTIAL FOR LIQUID FUEL, ELECTRICITY AND/OR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION
14. REDUCED DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL
15. REVERSAL OF DESERTIFICATION ON MASSIVE SCALES
16. ALTERNATIVE TO SLASH-AND-BURN AGRICULTURAL
17. CAN WORK IN TANDEM WITH REFORESTATION/AFORESTATION EFFORTS
18. CAN PRODUCE ELECTRICITY, BIO-OIL, OR HYDROGEN FUEL SOURCES
19. CAN USE WIDE VARIETY OF FEEDSTOCK INCLUDING BIOMASS WASTE PRODUCTS
20. ENHANCED PLANT GROWTH
21. REDUCED LEACHING OF NUTRIENTS
22. REDUCED SOIL ACIDITY
23. REDUCES ALUMINUM TOXICITY
24. INCREASED SOIL AGGREGATION DUE TO INCUREASED FUNGAL HYPHAE
25. INCREASED SOIL LEVELS OF AVAILABLE Ca, Mg, P, and K
26. INCREASED SOIL MICROBIAL RESPIRATION
27. INCREASED SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS
28. STIMULATED SYMBIOTIC NITROGEN FIXATION IN LEGUMES
HOW DOES BIOCHAR AFFECT SOIL PH?
Biochar raises soil pH which is an important contribution to influencing soil quality. Soil pH mostly influences the relative availability of nutrients. At low pH, aluminum toxicity is particularly harmful to plant growth. Aluminum toxicity is an extensive and severe soil problem and biochar is the most available and obvious solution that we have to combat it. Soil phosphorus availability is highly dependent on soil pH range, and thus biochar can be used to substantially increase phosphorus availability in soils that are below the ideal pH range of 6.5 to 7.0.
HOW DOES IT AFFECT SOIL AND PLANT DEVELOPMENT?
Biochar enhances soil, retains water for plant usage and provides nutrients for plant growth. On a microscopic level, the biochar opens a latticework of carbon which provides spaces for microbes to live. These beneficial microbes help transport nutrients and water to plants.
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