Learning About Biochar

We’ve been given a gift at the VegHeadz garden, and we don’t quite know what to do with it. This year Leon County became the first county in the nation to convert yard debris into biochar, a carbon-negative material, in an effort to reduce carbon emissions. See our previous post and references with more information about what it is, why it is beneficial, and how it is produced. 

We have a big bag of the biochar and we need to learn how to use it. It is confusing since most gardeners are just becoming aware of this soil amendment and there is much conflicting and complicated information available from gardening sites, producers, and research reports. Research about use in small gardens is still sparse, with little consensus, standards, or repeatability across the biochar spectrum.

 

Our goal at the VegHeadz garden is to run our own informal trial to determine the best way to use biochar in a vegetable garden and to learn what results it produces.  Look for “Biochar Overview “ in the left side bar to learn the potential benefits from using biochar in your garden and the questions we hoped to answer by testing it in our garden.