Biochar: The Oldest New Thing You've Never Heard Of | Wae Nelson | TEDxOrlando

Been using it since 2014 it's organic miracle grow... my yard is ridiculously huge, I 1/3 my plants every 2 years they come back twice the size

Love this!!! What is wrong with Humanity that we don’t make our existence taking care of the earth and each other? We have been given Paradise.

I've been using bio char in my garden since 2016. Amazing material indeed.

Thank you very much sir . Finally a simple straightforward explanation of what Biochar is . Some people make it so complicated.

Biochar is charchoal that's been inoculated with LIFE = BIO. Terra Preta was a mix of organic matter, charcoal, humanure, and pottery chards that likely were bioceramic - it was made from more than charcoal and it hasn't been fully replicated. The shards are always overlooked and sometimes the BIO part of biochar is overlooked but it's crucial as it will sap soils of humus if soil biology is not added before adding it to the soil. You can spray compost tea or simply mix the biochar with compost before adding. He describes the destruction of current soil nutrient structures and humic substances (leaching) when adding charcoal... that's NOT a great idea. It "works" but there are much better ways. To say you can leach the soils of nutrients has no consequences overlooks many members of the soil food web - by simplifying things, plants can be made more vulnerable and certain nutrients can become less bioavailable. Always keep the BIO in Biochar - we can always ADD to the land, we don't need to leach/destroy the indigenous microbiological consortiums to do so. We can instead add more diversity and habitat at the same time.

I've been struggling with bushfire management, and also an avid composter, and just learned 4 weeks ago about biochar, inoculation and proper usage. I've just been given the keys to the sports car of soil improvement and turbo-charging my garden. I can finally find a use for the sticks and branches that don't compost easily. Awesome, $0.02

Biochar should be incorporated into environmental recovery strategies! We could rebuild the food forests that once existed throughout the Americas. Take back much of the space the car has stolen from us, and rebuild our environment, as well as our society. We can make a society with advanced technology that also lives in harmony with nature, because we are nature. We can learn from the mistakes of the past, and build a better future where humanity finally escapes the cycle of building advanced civilization only to suffer massive collapse.

I'm so glad somebody gave a TED Talk about this!

Guess this is something that is handed down through the generations. My family has known about this as far back as we can remember. They were dutch farmers though. It goes through our compost piles and comes out squishy.

ive been using the ash from my barbecue for years. great results and heals soil pH imbalance 👌

Biochar has worked well in my garden. I'll keep using it

Great speech! Thank you.

You are my hero Wae Nelson!! We are making chars from organic waste in municipal settings. We are also having great results with remediation depending on the feed stock we use. I would love to tell you about it!

❤ thank you for the information you share 😊

Been using charcoal. For at least 50 years...started with making charcoal for sketching and took out the choice pieces and left rest on garden where I had made the charcoal.

yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we love biochar

I’ve heard of it, it’s one of the reasons I grow great cannabis.

I dug a hole near each of 5 fruit trees today and put pallet wood coals, a few cups of fertilizer and an oak log. The roots will find it and get what they want for years to come.

Well put 👍🏽

Nice!