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Originally Posted by Axixic
I started making my first biochar a couple of weeks ago.
Down here we can buy charcoal that is all wood without any additives so instead of making my own charcoal I bought a bag of charcoal. I broke up the chunks and it is soaking in worm castings tea.
One person said to soak it for 3 days and another said for 30 days so I'll soak it for two to three weeks.
I have bags of composted horse manure that I will mix in the soil with the biochar. I guess I will know in a couple of months if it makes a difference.
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If you do the soak thing in compost tea, make sure it is AACT and don't let it go stagnant. Otherwise you could do more harm than good by colonising the biochar with anaerobic pathogens. 
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Scott
AKA The Redbaron
"Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labour; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system."
Bill Mollison
co-founder of permaculture
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