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Exploring the Potential and Pitfalls of Biochar for Soil Amendment

The Poor Prole’s Almanac

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What Is Biochar?

Biochar is basically charcoal, but super pure sort of. Most biomass plants or whatever can make biochar. This is done by heating up that material in the absence of oxygen to temperatures between 600 and 950 degrees Fahrenheit. It's not ideal for getting those secondary products, the TARS and so on. However, studies also show that the higher the temperature we make the biochar at, the less water retention it has afterwards.

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