How To Make Biochar In A Pit | A Simple Method

In this video I show you a simple method to produce biochar for the vegetable garden. Biochar is an amazing soil amendment that helps to improve the soils fertility in the long term, as it does not decay.
0:00 Preparation
0:54 Digging the pit
1:34 Starting the fire
2:13 More wood
3:00 Extinguishing the coal
3:34 Testing
4:22 Harvesting the biochar
4:37 Grinding
4:56 Nutrients
5:12 Composting biochar
5:37 Outro
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[@Blue1Sapphire]

Your videos are short, concise, informative and to the point. This type of production will help your channel grow. Including any failures in your videos is also a bonus as we learn more from our failures, then our successes. Well done.

[@manuelangerer-permaculture]

Thanks a lot for the feedback!

[@chiefredbird7315]

Just watched your video a few days ago...and I just want to say thank you for saving the hassle of buying a 55gal and 30 gal barrel. Dug a pit..I put both wood and bone in..followed the steps..and AWESOME CHAR! Thank you for correct advice. Peace & plenty

[@mvblitzyo]

wow the best how to so far thanks for a great video !

[@mayshomesteadchronicles]

This is how I make Biochar as well. Simple and practical. Why do people want to over complicate it? Haha great content

[@manuelangerer-permaculture]

I think so too! It`s such a simple process that does not need to be complicated. Thanks!

[@tcotroneo]

I’ve found that stacking a large pile and burning top to bottom works just as well and you don’t have to worry about digging a pit.. I put my charcoal in my chicken coop deep litter bed. It acts as an odor neutralizer and gets inoculated at the same time..

[@manuelangerer-permaculture]

I think that might work too and this sound like a convinient way to do it, but it`s not as controlled as in the pit! You also don`t have the option to extinguish the fire from below. But great if that works well for you, also the idea of simply using it as deep litter is cool!

[@zubrismusic]

I just learned about this tip of using it in a chicken run/coop. Genius! I also have heard that if it’s small enough, chickens sometimes consume it and it is good for their gut.

[@BrabusSaab]

Do more videos please, this is great channel with great projects. Regards from Šibenik (Dalmatia), Croatia.

[@manuelangerer-permaculture]

Thanks a lot! I'll do more videos this year, still waiting for the plants to grow :)

[@Julia-eq1bf]

Great video! Thanks for sharing. Love the chickens that are watching you at the end of the video :-)

[@manuelangerer-permaculture]

Thanks :)

[@jerry.williams9163]

Thank you for posting .

[@midwestribeye7820]

Great information!

[@cyrusjulian187]

Dude did you just lick the biochar lol. New sub for that alone haha. Respect and thanks for informative video

[@manuelangerer-permaculture]

Haha no need for testing in a laboratory if you have your senses! :) Thanks!

[@SerekWaniliowy900]

Wonderful

[@4evermetalhead79]

That chicken in the beginning sounds like it’s having the laugh of its life.🤣

[@invisiblesurfer]

Great stuff and great channel! Do you live on the farm or is it more like a hobby?

[@manuelangerer-permaculture]

Thanks a lot! I live 2 minutes by bike away from our garden! But it`s defenitly more than a hobby! :)

[@user-lf3mn5xq8p]

I like making Bamboo Leaves, Leaves, Twigs, and Pine Needles as my Biochar Material. I cook them in used aluminum cans and let them cool inside. No need watering, just add with eggshells, compost or dried manure or JADAM liquid. Or even none at all. No need grinding too with this materials, any light materials. Also if youve got diseased plants, you might want to consider using them as material. Kill the disease, use the matter for biochar

[@teresapisanello5464]

Thank you so very much for this video and for simplifying the process for me 🤗 The more videos I watched, the more complicated it was becoming 🥴 Yours is, by far, the simplest method I've seen 👍 so thank you for that! ❤ When it was time to douse the charcoals, I'm not sure if you used the pond water because it was readily available or specifically because it's nutrient rich. I'm thinking that's just an added bonus? So what are your thoughts regarding using compost tea to douse the fire? I don't have a pond but I do have a thriving worm farm and it wouldn't be much of an effort to make tea from the castings to use to douse the fire... Is this a great idea or not necessary? 🤔 Would this serve to inoculate the biochar at the same time or would it still need a separate step of inoculating?

[@manuelangerer-permaculture]

Thanks a lot for your comment! I used the water because it was near to my pit, I would not use compost tea for that. Better use normal water for that and then inoculate the water with compost tea!

[@teresapisanello5464]

thank you so much! @@manuelangerer-permaculture

[@tory464]

💚👍

[@elzbietabiernacik7682]

👍🌞

[@silverlorian6258]

I only have a very small garden, so my pit would be rather close to my flowers and vegetables. Safe enough distance for the fire. I read that the undiluted „flood water“ is extremely alkaline? Did you notice any damage to the soil and plants around such pits?

[@manuelangerer-permaculture]

The fire during this process gets very hot and it happens often that half a meter of grass around the pit gets dried out during the process. I would recommend to have at least 2-3 meters safty distance to plants of value. I did not notice any alkaline soil damage around the pit but it for sure the water is very alkaline.

[@silverlorian6258]

Thanks for your quick reply :) That‘s valuable information, looks like I don’t have enough room then. But better safe than sorry always. Thanks again, you made a great video and your voice is a joy to listen to. Could have been German for me as well ;) but you reach more people in English, of course. Greetings from the Rhineland :)

[@AsadZkk]

What is the name of this method

[@manuelangerer-permaculture]

I do not know if it has a certain name, I call it the pit method

[@velcroman11]

How the urban home owner can make biochar. 1) Buy a farm 2) go make your biochar

[@nic.h]

Small batches could be done on a BBQ. Old paint can, clean in out, fill with material to char, close lid, add a couple of small vent holes, fire over BBQ. Pit would be much easier if you have the space and are able to given your location.

[@gurunathbirajdar5519]

It's not biochar it's charcoal

[@elinvink6309]

sad you cant harvest the energy.

[@user-so7sn1qv7i]

That is not bio char but rather charcoal which is not the same thing🤔