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Exploring the Potential and Pitfalls of Biochar for Soil Amendment

The Poor Prole’s Almanac

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Do You Need to Add Biochar to Soil?

The same biochar applied to different soils can have different impacts. Physical, chemical and biological properties of soil and biochar influence one another. On some poor soils, the increase in biomass yield can be several hundred percent. But there are also a few reports on experiments where plant growth was actually suppressed by biochar.

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