Enrich Your Soil For A Thousand Years With Activated Biochar - Turn Regular Charcoal Into Biochar

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[@Darkfyre755]

I did this as an experiment under my plantain banana trees and the one with the charcoal is currently about 5 feet taller than the other one! This stuff is magical!!

[@gardenlikeaviking]

thank you for sharing!!

[@GronVag]

Wow😮

[@nosequiters]

not a sufficent sample size but still cool

[@Darkfyre755]

@@nosequiters of course! Didn't have enough money for many banana trees unfortunately, they're quite expensive and I'm not a scientist lol

[@johnwilliams8184]

@@Darkfyre755 so easy to grow one just plant a banana in the compost

[@copperridgegrow3940]

Protect this man at all costs

[@BigWesLawns]

Too Late for them! I already ran out and grabbed the exact bag he shows in the video! 💪😅😂😉👌 🇨🇦👊🏻👨🏻‍🏭💖🙏🌞

[@ChadnRanda]

Fosho, him and David the good, we gotta keep an eye out, they're coming for us if something happens to either one of them

[@samartinez1988]

This man? Even bears are afraid of him!

[@swazilandirtbikes]

'O.k. This is where it's at my friends'. 'Don't forget to supercharge!'

[@porkchopexpress6969]

Seriously, who is after this dude?

[@anacarrillo8328]

A lot of people have missed that the black soils of the prairie are basically biochar enriched. It got dry enough for for the occasional fires to prevent trees from growing. Even though only a little of the burned grassland was charcoal, over the centuries, it accumulated into deep black soils.

[@davidcappaert8740]

Great video,thanks. I'm 77 and not in the shape I was 40 years ago. About 5 years ago I started making charcoal, running it through a wood chipper and adding to my compost pile. it's a passive pile and takes about 2 years to finish. I have 6 of these. They are 42 x 42 inch wood pallet bins. If want to speed up the biocharge I make aerated compost tea that I let run for five days, adding 2 tablespoons of molasses everyday till done. Add the charcoal on the third day. On the fourth day the tea has approximately 6 million critters per spoonful.That's by microscopic count. Had to find a way around all that shovel work. Huge difference in the garden.

[@lutvijahrnjic9670]

5 days seems too short of a time for inoculation so do you inoculate yours for 3 days only?

[@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123]

My thoughts…… YOU ARE THE BEST !!!! You can teach in such a clear concise understandable way in a short video it is amazing !!!! I have watched hundreds of gardening videos over the years, some 1 1/2 hours long and when I’m done I question, “what do I do” ?……not here, you are direct, to the point, don’t waste time, not a bunch of infomercials, not selling anything, not trapping people to watch by giveaways…..you are pure Gold and I am on a mission to make you KZbin famous !!!! I recommend you to everyone that wants to garden, I comment about you on other channels and hopefully send people here !!!! I can’t wait to see you earn enough to buy the land you dream of !!!! Thank you Nate, I know you are helping people to grow food easier, cheaper and healthier which will help people with food insecurities!!!! God bless you !!!

[@JohnDoe-tx6vz]

I made a retort to make charcoal but was unsure how to charge and apply. You have a gift for explaining clearly. Thanks for all your gardening videos.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

thank you for the positive energy my friend and now you know exactly how to charge it!!

[@scottmiller1916]

I just typed in the question”Can I use my GREEN EGG lump coal too make my own bio- char ?” and was directed too your site. I’m so happy I found you😁!. I’m an old disabled grandpa that is gardening with his granddaughter, and due to 5 back surgeries and a lot of pain, sometimes without her😉, I’m recently leaning tech, ie. this SMART PHONE my daughters got me, but I subscribed and MUST learn how to converse with you, be it text or phone?Your a GARDEN GURU, a SOIL SAINT, a GROW BRO.I doubt any site will reach and teach what the earth NEEDS NOW

[@ivahihopeful]

I’m so excited! You made this doable for me, because I would’ve been an old lady before I would’ve ever been set up to make the charcoal myself.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

yes you can do it my friend no problem!!

[@gromlynne3550]

I'd watch this channel even if I wasn't a gardener just for the injection of positivity and passion you have Nate. Thank you from Wales🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@gardenlikeaviking]

thank you for the positive energy my friend!!

[@willm5814]

Hey that’s me I’m not a gardener, I own a software company, but I’m absolutely certain that knowing this stuff is more important!

[@jesse4530]

I never thought of supercharging the biochar before. What a great idea. I'm trying to no-till my foodplots, but if I ever do till again ill definitely add this to get it all mixed in deep.

[@EngJSJ]

One of the greatest channels on KZbin Thanks man for the great info

[@daviedodds3050]

Brilliant. I've been waiting for you to cover this topic. Cheers dude!

[@2Blackdiamond]

Amazing stuff! So much to learn. Thank you Nate!

[@ancesthntr]

@Nate: The more of your videos that I watch, the more I appreciate the amazing experience and knowledge base that you have, as well as your genuine concern for everybody else trying to grow a garden. Tough times are either here or coming, and we as a nation are going to have to do a lot of what the World War II generation did in terms of producing our own food. The problem is that most people really don’t know how, and just think that if they dump a bunch of fertilizer in their garden that they buy at a big box store, that’s good enough. Thanks to you, we all know better. All of us should spread our own knowledge to family, friends and neighbors, including telling them about this channel. Rather than using urine for nitrogen (not that there’s anything wrong with that) another fantastic and free source is used coffee grounds that you can get for free from your local coffee shop. That is obviously in addition to whatever coffee grounds someone may have from their own brewing, though that is usually a very small quantity in comparison. Most of the acidity is removed during the brewing process, so you are left with something that is chock-full of nitrogen. Another good thing about coffee grounds is that they are roughly a 50-50 mix of carbon and nitrogen, so it is a good addition to a composting pile. You don’t have to worry that much about the ratio between greens and browns if you have a lot of coffee grounds.

[@justinbegin3827]

Thank you for sharing this. I began making Biochar after stumbling across an academic research article about the Amazonian dark earth (Biochar) from over 1000 years ago and how those regions are still amazingly fertile and becoming even more fertile each year. Amazing how nature can turn what initially is a total destruction by fire into an ever-present source of life.

[@michaelsekalala8041]

Indeed God is great

[@angelaleeds2798]

Great job explaining, excellent analogy -- "high-rise condominium"! for micro-organisms. :)

[@norseman9367]

I wondered when you were going to get around to covering biochar, and I am glad you did. I first read about this about 20 years ago in the wonderful Acres USA eco-agricultural publication in an article about terra preta. That is Portuguese for dark earth. Ancient Amazonian civilizations made highly fertile soils in the Amazon basin, and if you have ever been in the tropics and seen the soils you would know that can be a challenge. They also utilized unfired pottery sherds for the clay minerals and to act as a type of perlite. I use leftover charcoal from my fruit and nut trees used in the grill, which goes through the chipper with other green waste and gets added to compost piles. I add kitchen waste, manure from horse, burro and llama, as well as urine, then hot compost it. I have been doing this for many years and have built amazing soils. I am now using the JADAM preparations as well. Outstanding work you are doing my friend, keep it coming!

[@user-jm7zj7ds5t]

Good advice.

[@rogerrains344]

Wholly affable, endlessly informative, & a refreshing voice on the future of (gardening) humanity. I’m losing sleep re-watching all the great videos. Love it! Thanks!

[@williamodell8634]

Hello Nate, Yes absolutely use Bio Char in your soil. I have 24 raised beds and have been adding Biochar into my beds for the last three years. Works wonders with my Sandy Florida soil. Leave mold, compost, Biochar and your teachings about using the JDAM system. The combination works wonders for my sand box soil. Thanks for helping us Organic Gardeners.

[@AlvinKazu]

Do you mix your biochar into your soil or just on the top layer? I've heard about mixing it in, so I'm unsure about just putting it on top, with regards to containers/raised-beds/pots/etc.

[@williamodell8634]

@@AlvinKazu I mix all of mine into the soil or add a layer to the surface and then cover with 2 inches of compost. It’s not really helpful to leave on top of the surface as the exposure to the sun can be harmful to the microbes you worked so hard to grow and nurture. This is from my experience with Biochar.

[@stonerubber]

I spent the winter making biochar in pyrolizing stove (made from a clean one gallon paint can in a sap bucket with a 4" stack 3 feet high). Small batches. Takes some experimentation to get things right, but it can burn with almost no smoke. Even if you have neighbors around it is doable. I live in a "right to farm community," whatever that means, so people here are a little more relaxed about what you do on your property when it's burning, composting, keeping livestock, etc. Anyway, lots of ideas online for building one of these stoves. This practice sequesters carbon, too, people!

[@gardenlikeaviking]

thats interesting because the only way I've done it before is in a large 55gal steel drum and we had to start a large fire each time and then smother it out so there's no way I could do that where I'm currently at

[@justinbegin3827]

@@gardenlikeaviking, I have heavy clay in many areas of the property and will pile sticks that are finger to wrist sized vertically in a pyramid very close together until it's about 3' wide and 2' tall and cover it with damp, workable clay. I make around 7 holes around the perimeter at the bottom and one on the top of the pile. I will ignite the 7 bottom holes, and when I can see the fire in the top hole I plug all the holes with clay. Open it up the next day and, poof, charcoal, and a scorched area ready for planting after amendments.

[@joannmcculley8253]

​@@justinbegin3827 nice tip! I have 70% clay

[@B30pt87]

@@gardenlikeaviking There's a video on you Tube (sorry, I can't remember the name) where a guy who's been doing it for years gets two cans, crimps the edge of one so it will fit tight into the other and makes small batches in his stove. He says the cans wear out faster than a 50 gallon drum but they're easier to deal with. Oh yeah- he pokes one hole in the bottom of one of the cans for the gasses to escape.

[@oldporkchops]

@@B30pt87 kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5PSiXurr7J5qaM Here is the video you are probably referring to.

[@firmamentfarms4869]

I was happy to see you post this video, I've exhausted the rest of the biochar content on YT moons ago. Skillcult's playlist stands above the rest and his video on charcoal usage in early north america is FULL of cool information. Cheers to you and yours, thanks for your content! Always watching when you post new ones and love the long Q&A's as well.

[@anthonykillough2086]

I can’t stop watching your videos. I’m definitely making Biochar to add to my container garden

[@codysaunders7348]

Best video on biochar I've seen, well done

[@user-wq3jp3qg1o]

Love your videos Nate and I also love reading all the comments it’s like a 2 in one special. Thanks for all that you are...blessed

[@TealJadeTurquoise1]

You are a very vibrant, high energy being. I love your energy and the beard. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@mizp1111]

Look at you! 60k plus followers now. Well done and deserved.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

thank you always for the support my friend!

[@valarielopez3515]

I ABSOLUTELY love your site! You share much wisdom my brother. Biochar and a more robust garden coming up!💖

[@DeDeBoyd-lc1ow]

Thank you! I love this channel. I take notes on everything!

[@kimberlyrogers9953]

Thanks for sharing your extensive knowledge , mister And your video held my attention from start to finish , thanks for that too

[@peggysuehubbard957]

Thank you! I've been researching this biochar and can completely understand the benefits but was still a bit unsure of the charging method. There is so much "stuff" out there on the subject. You spoke in language that I get and I really appreciate it. Thanks again!

[@chrismartin7579]

Two thoughts. First, making charcoal for biochar is relatively easy with the TLUD approach. Oxygen starved, the Top Lit Up Draft method keeps the carbon from oxidizing into CO2. I sent a sample to the NC state lab and using hardwoods as a base material, the charcoal I produced was 97%+ pure carbon, ~2% Calcium, and the rest trace minerals. I burn in 55 gallon drums and after a dozen burns I had, literally, a drum full of charcoal. Second, the I make the particle size small. Small means more surface area and better bio-activation. I've used a mid-sized screen in a small hammermill but pounding with a 4x4 post works too. My activation material is contents from a Johnson Su Bioreactor and 2 YO leaf mulch.

[@barbaraalexandriacowin6106]

Would it be possible to buy a bag of this from you? I would love to!

[@chrismartin7579]

@@barbaraalexandriacowin6106 I can send you a bag. Was is the way to get ahold of you?

[@jerrybates5766]

So glad this info is available when needed. Running to catch up these systems.

[@deralias1711]

Thanks so much for your wonderful enlightening videos. Really appreciate it and helps me a lot!! 🙏🙏

[@abraham3901]

Great, glad to see more on the subject. We have a jora composter, and add our home made charcoal there. Remember you can biochar a lot of organic material, fish bone, pinecones, shells, etc. Pretty cool man, thanks for the video.

[@CarolVance-ve2wn]

Hello Nate, so much knowledge. Love it 😻

[@sirrichard6685]

Finally got myself some hard wood lump and turned it into biochar. Charging it now. Thanks for the knowledge my friend

[@deaconmma3048]

Viking - you are the garden GOAT my friend! TY 4 ALL the KNOWLEDGE!!!

[@gardenlikeaviking]

I appreciate the enthusiasm my friend!

[@relatedtowhat7980]

Your perspective and guidance is greatly appreciated 🤙

[@CarlosCastillo-eb2ke]

Awesome ecplanation. Congraulations for your teaching skills. Greetings from Honduras.

[@johnwilliams8184]

i love how u break it down . thank you

[@MichaelJosephJr934]

This is fantastic. Thanks for showing us.

[@johnnykay8261]

I just made my own Bio Char using home grown bamboo thanks for the information on how to super charge it. Cheers Nat.

[@TSis76]

Great content as always. Thank you!

[@kiptap4021]

Nice and easy methods, best bang for the buck enhancements. Wonderful set of gardening knowledge tools from this channel. Never fails to disappoint. One of my favorite channels.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

I appreciate your positive energy my friend thank you!

[@longkochannel9726]

this video is really good, sir, it's very useful for farmers and planters, thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@Microx3]

Thank You for this Tutorial!

[@ssmith5127]

I definitely gave this a happy thumbs up. I learned something today. I've been wanting biochar for my sandy yard. But fire hazard is high in my forest area. So I didn't want to burn anything. Now I know I can purchase a few bags and have the same benefits for a small cost. And since I no longer need to purchase fertilizer, I have the extra funds.😊. Thank you!!!

[@cowgirlinarizona1371]

Thumbs up 😊

[@TruthSeekerChik]

Really appreciate video. Using biochar for first time this summer. Thank you!! Very informative

[@easygoindood]

Why only 60k subscribed!? This is pure gold! 🔥

[@Keirfey]

Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge with the world. ❤

[@lpmoron6258]

Wow with all these recipes I will look like a mad scientist with all the buckets sitting around. I love it!

[@CinnamonBear-xv4eq]

Me too haha!

[@driqbal316]

Awesome as always. Thanks for sharing.

[@lilybethlangomez6390]

This is amazing knowledge i got from you Nate.

[@lorrismith7366]

Wow you are good! I found you after the Pinball video. So glad I did!! Thank you

[@bryantcolby4038]

Thank you Nate. I leaned a new 55 gallon drum at a 45 ish degree. It made perfect size charcoal from tree branches. You helped me tremendously. Hopefully this will help you or someone else in the viking tribe.

[@martinjones6762]

I have got a Iron-heart wood burner which I only burn natural wood from windfalls from my wood nearby 👲I will try that out 👍thanks again for your videos 👍I always learn something new from you😀watching from England

[@michaelmendez-castillo9453]

I love your western revitalization of this ancient technique.

[@andrewrivera4609]

VERY GOOD VÍDEO NATE, THANK YOU VERY MUCHO, I REALLY APPRECIATTE, BEST REGARDS & WISHES FROM PERÚ

[@spaceface3122]

Subbed from the compost video... I know about biochar but this is a good video.

[@reynantealtovar5102]

Thank you! Watching from philippines

[@thevagrowinggardener1898]

Awesome video friend!

[@TigerLilyGzzTLRoars]

After watching maybe 15 of your vids, I kept asking myself if you knew about biochar. OMG how fantastic! I just made almost an entire 55 gal barrel of biochar yesterday and the day before. It's crude and I used old wood pallets. Then I used a magnet to get all the nails out, then I used a round shovel to smash the pieces using a 55-gallon barrel that I had cut in half lengthwise. I was able to see what I had and get rid of rocks and other debris that I noticed. It was a crude way to make biochar and it was my first time after watching tons of vids. I have an area on my little 1/3 acre that I had carved out what was gonna be a pond but it's been so dry in the Texas Hill Country that it was dry as a bone and cone shaped. I got 4 small goats that love that space. My chickens and goats were thrilled to have me out there. I've been in a SUPER depressed state and trying everything to increase my vibrational energy. Gosh, your vids are incredibly helpful. Gonna start looking for your live shows cause you really are helping me stay alive. I started to watch your last live vid and I love how you answered someone's question - how to help others lift their energy. You used the two logs example. One is burning brightly, the other is smoldering. I told my husband of 41 years that luckily for me he has been the burning log stoking my smoldering log. Kind of sounds a little kinky now that I put it in writing. LOL From the bottom of my heart I wanna thank you for what you do. If you're helping me, I just KNOW you're helping others. I bet you're gonna have a million subs in no time!

[@georgekahn3313]

Excellent as usual. Thank you . 🙏

[@kristensauter2840]

I can't wait to try this!

[@christyallen7848]

Really like your straight forward tutorial don't need a lot of fluff just info 👍

[@Outlander929]

Hi Nate! I'm late to this one as I'm catching up after subbing to you... Just thought I'd add a comment. I cut down and dug out some big wild rose bushes next to my patch during the winter. I left the branches and roots where they fell and last month cut them into foot long lengths and used them to make charcoal. The burn went well and after dousing, I let the char sit in water overnight. The next day I added rice bran (brown), chicken manure and 2L of urine (green). After letting it sit for a week I then added it to two 1.2 cubic meter piles of compost that were bubbling away at about 68C (154F). This compost will be used to make no dig beds in the fall. So excited to convert to no dig and garden/farm more naturally. Thanks for all the info you provide in your videos. All the best my friend ☺

[@MullicanDesigns]

Dude where have you been! Thanks downloading this bad boy.

[@magiccarpetride4700]

That was GREAT! Thanks.

[@archie3537]

Learn something new everyday from the viking king,

[@indianb1918]

Great explanation. Great video.

[@carlacrawford9322]

Yesterday I was thrilled to find the exact bag of charcoal at my local store! Off to make some super charged biochar! Today I found some biochar on my walk and I collected an ice cream pail full of it. So exciting!

[@mariaarroyo3780]

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing

[@gmo3686]

Soooooooo Educational bro, thanks!

[@ja5onl6]

I make biochar using softwood as thats all we have in Montana. After I make the charcoal, I charge it in my compost pile, chicken coop, and use it in my barn for bedding with the goats and pigs. I spread a lot of mine on my fields with my manure spreader. I just found your channel, so I haven't had the opportunity to make all the fertilizers and urea yet.

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Great video, as always, thank you!

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Most people don’t have half that stuff. Great video as always. 👍

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Nate so lucky to discovered your videos

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Very interesting presentation tks

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My Man! Cheers!

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Thank you ! Good stuff !

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Yay I love your videos!

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Good morning from Papua New Guinea. I enjoyed watching your contents.

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Awesome information 👏👏🎯👍

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One of the best information I never none thanks brother

[@homegrowntone]

Best explanation ever...

[@JohnSaldana]

Amazing video.. Starting with that now...

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Holy crap this is awesome

[@Markdmarque]

Great information thanks

[@sharmanstevenson2698]

Really enjoyed 👌

[@American_Liberty]

Archeological findings in south America discovered charred wood and bone meal in the rainforest from thousands of years ago called terra preta. Fascinating stuff!

[@warrenbeans8495]

Thank you. I just made an open air charcoal kiln. What ama do is use the smaller bits of left over charcoal and create biochar for my vegetable garden. #salute. #great_vid

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Sooo awesome!!

[@temperancemoon8888]

Gonna try this and come back ❤

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Currently watching the weather. Stay safe my friend.

[@lilygonzales905]

I think this is my favorite of your videos. I am making tons of biochar for my soil. I hope that in a few years when I can't garden so intensively anymore (age/health), then the biochar will do the job for me! Hurrah for permanent fertilizer - my own Terra Preta :)

[@gardenlikeaviking]

yes my friend by doing the right things now you'll ensure the land is nice and fertile and relatively self sustaining in this!

[@carolscabinas]

Great explanation! Thanks!

[@steveo1006]

Listened to Albert Bates lecture on biochar several years ago. Be careful if you try to buy biochar. I did and added it to my new garden and after suboptimal production I inquired about what/how that inoculated the char with the microbe biology. Turns out they were selling char as biochar and that was the reason for poor garden performance. Caveat emptor! Will be making my own this winter.

[@generalnewsense5264]

Once again I thank you for the knowledge 💝 I am currently binge watching your videos 😂

[@Davamir]

Okay......Thank you my friend, again. ✌🌿

[@johnpaulhilton8329]

I was saving all my pistachio shells to make my own bio char because I was buying it but I use it for terrariums, aquariums, ponds and the garden so need to start my own because it’s gone really expensive and aquariums bio char needs changing every month so this video was helpful thank you (I want sure how to activate it with microbes) 👍