Description
Burning biomass in low-oxygen conditions creates biochar, a carbon-rich substance that some experts tout as the key to soil rejuvenation. Relatively light-weight and porous, biochar can act like a sponge and serve as a habitat for many beneficial soil microorganisms that are known to promote soil and plant health.
A special kind of carbon-rich charcoal, it offers gardeners and growers so many benefits:
- Improvement of soil fertility. …
- Increase in crop yields. …
- Better water retention and drainage. …
- Reduction of soil acidity. …
- Adsorption of soil pollutants. …
- Increase in plant disease resistance. …
- Catching and storing carbon.
