Running a fun little experiment here on pulling excess nutrients from a pond. If you're watching this in the future, check the comments that's where I'll update. Thanks for watching!
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@oshitt1 Жыл бұрын
Solar pump, charcoal, sand, charcoal, sand... five buckets and split your water lines to all five buckets and you will have the cleanest Pond water ever. Automatically you will charge your biochar for plants. So don't throw it out, cook your sand and reuse it. Separate it by robust cheesecloth so it doesn't get messy. Set the buckets on the shore and let the water come out from the bottom. Good luck with your endeavor.
@rachelholdt6840 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the suggestion! I may have to try this for our pond. We have sandy soil anyway, so I may try to use it and just dig new each time instead of baking it.
@musaabubakar42946 ай бұрын
I think to test on how it works u need to carryout an initial psycho chemical and microbial analysis then compare the results with the analysis of the water after u have remove the biochar from the eutrophic pond@@rachelholdt6840
@HoneybeeHollowGardens Жыл бұрын
Hey folks, if you’re watching this in the future I did respond to all the comments originally. However, I switched to a brand channel and all the comments on my 1st 85 videos were automatically deleted. If you have a question or concern please comment again and I’ll answer. Hope y’all enjoy the channel!
@madflower87233 ай бұрын
Was there ever a follow up video to this? It looks like you didn't wash the ash out of the char, before crushing it, and i am not sure that is enough, but I am trying to determine how much is needed.
@HoneybeeHollowGardens3 ай бұрын
@@madflower8723 No, the bags ended up disintegrating in the pond. I was contacted by a student from Cornell who is conducting this same experiment, so I'm confident this should help clean up excess nutrients. As far as the ash, I didn't have much, from what I remember. When making biochar, you try not to burn down the wood to ash form. I would probably wash it out if there was a lot though.
@madflower87233 ай бұрын
@@HoneybeeHollowGardens The company BiocharNow uses biochar for water remediation. It will work, the question is how to implement it effectively. I am going to try just casting large laundry bags from the dollar store with a rope to see if that works. I will screen it so the particles are larger. Everything smaller can go into the garden. Your ash might have dissolved when you hit it with water to put it out. It might have been the camera light angle that made it look white.
@ToonLeighporpeangfarmThailand Жыл бұрын
Great to see a fellow biochar convert. We'd never heard of it unti a few years ago. Along with going fully organic, integrated biochar system with a herd of loveable goats, has helped transform the awful soil conditions on our farm. Quick, easy & free to make (in a cone pit), it's almost too good to be true. Good luck with your experiment (probably a lot quicker way to inoculate the char than using the compost or manure method.) We'll be doing the same thing in our fishing lake during the next dry season. Cheers Leigh and Toon.
@Bandaid17 Жыл бұрын
Just attended a conference in Scranton PA and a representative from Metzler, a company that has been researching and providing bio char and bio char compost. They have had some success in reclamation projects ( storm water cleaning) and vegetable gardening. I believe Penn State has a educational video about this. It was very enlightening.
@heatherkennedy9973 Жыл бұрын
you might maybe want to take some water samples at different stages --like now then in a month or so etc. that would probably be a good way to tell if it was working :)
@Hobocreekfarm Жыл бұрын
@@HoneybeeHollowGardens Clemson would probably do water test for you.
@Hobocreekfarm Жыл бұрын
@@HoneybeeHollowGardens also if you have any community colleges near you, look to see if the have a science department that might could test it.
@virginiaallisonpeck2517 Жыл бұрын
This is kinda exciting. I really hope this works…
@heatherkennedy9973 Жыл бұрын
@@HoneybeeHollowGardens maybe your local ag center?
@SarahatTheParmFarm Жыл бұрын
When Jess was talking about getting that polluted compost I knew that’s what I had in one bed. The one bed I bought compost for instead of making my own was the one that killed ALL my tomato plants I put in it. I put some biochar soaked in duck water onto that one bed and after two times watering it was able to keep and grow other tomato and pepper plants and my okra went absolutely crazy!
@charliehoos9773 Жыл бұрын
I was taught to put charcoal from the fire pit or fireplace onto mud puddles that seem to always gather mud rather than growing grass to end the mud problem. It worked so we started spreading the ash in the chicken run to get mixed with their droppings and soil. After months we scrape up the run soil and add it to the garden beds to amend. Plants put on growth after looking like they were readily to be pulled AND beds are richer coloring of soil than best bagged compost.
@percyblok6014 Жыл бұрын
I add charcoal to my coop bedding all the time. Easiest way to "charge" it. Also add fine charcoal to chicken feed. No better way to "charge" char.
@benmoffitt7524 Жыл бұрын
Very interested to see the outcome. Definitely keep us posted!
@dellazoe Жыл бұрын
Wow Will....another subject I have never heard of from you! Learning quite a bit with you - keep it coming! Love the boyscout loop trick! And thanks for excellent video!
@ktd3166 Жыл бұрын
Living the dream! So envious of your job. Thank you for all the information. I’m curious how this turns out.
@gardeninggal249 Жыл бұрын
can't wait to see what happens!
@3FeathersFarmstead Жыл бұрын
I am sticking around to see how this experiment pans out! I hope it works as you think it will...Simultaneously charging the charcoal as well. Experiments are fun!!
@barbaralaug Жыл бұрын
I have no idea what your trying to teach me, BUT, so happy and grateful for your interest in correcting the pond water! Experiment!! Huzzah!!
@billkacvinsky988 Жыл бұрын
A YT channel "Life Uncontained" had a nasty pea soup green pond. He installed a solar aerator ( Oct 2, 2022)..pond turned from dark pea soup green to translucent brown within weeks. As you make compost tea with an air bubbler, perhaps an aerator plus biochar bag filters would greatly enhance your results.
@noramaegomez197 Жыл бұрын
I will I’m a microscopic Gardener lol I have a cinder block planter 6/5 and various storage tubs that I use for gardening. It’s very hard to inground garden here because of our infamous California gophers. Anyways I’ve had ponds in my backyard and in my front yard in the past with Koi in them I live in Southern California so it gets pretty hot and algae grows very fast. I learned from one of the girls at Petsmart about oat bales. Oat bales reduce the algae, you just sink them in your pond with a rock on top and it gets the algae out ! besides using a brand new toilet bowl scrubber lol I wish you nothing but the best Will -you’re an awesome man! Keep gardening!🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 P.S. I don’t know if y’all have a problem with mosquitoes but here in LA County we have the (mosquito vector control ) They supply us with mosquito fish that eat the mosquitoes. For people with ponds n such . I wonder if you could get mosquito fish there?? Take care and be safe.
@walker2120 Жыл бұрын
Contact your local university and see if you can get that inoculated char under a microscope. Some undergrad would be thrilled to study this.
@mkbnett Жыл бұрын
Seems like a cool idea. I would recommend planting the edges of the pond. Fast growing willows that you coppice each year will pull massive amounts of nutrient from your pond.
@nickneufeld2081 Жыл бұрын
Great experiment. Thanks for sharing. I see that the edge of the pond isn't growing much vegetation. If you could protect the riparian zone, I bet the water quality would improve.
@jamierussell8376 Жыл бұрын
I came for this video after listening to you and Jess on Patreon
@jamierussell8376 Жыл бұрын
@@HoneybeeHollowGardens I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was great because it was exactly what I needed to hear!!
@cazomega Жыл бұрын
I'm going to try this with my pond. It isn't nearly as big but there is a lot of fish and very green.
@HoneybeeHollowGardens Жыл бұрын
The bags are still in there we’ll lift them up this spring. I’m excited about biochar you can turn soil into a generational commodity with it
@percyblok6014 Жыл бұрын
Water sample test before and after might be good. If you want to clean pond and also produce some poultry feed, duckweed. Would have to keep ducks out of it, but a simple lagoon could easily be built. Here, in Florida, I use guppy grass in my water systems to soak up nutrients in water. I then harvest it as a green manure for composting pile. Interested to see how this goes.
@WishingonaFarm12 Жыл бұрын
This is fascinating, trying to learn what I can for when we get land one day. Thanks
@cristinaparedes9556 Жыл бұрын
Sending love, light, and protection prayers to y’all and Roots & Refuge 🙏🏼✨ Ian hit us pretty hard here in Florida 😢 stay safe lovely bunch of people and all animals too 🙏🏼🐾
@teresafreeman3021 Жыл бұрын
Don't pay for them until you check at a local college library. They can often get "scholarly" articles for free, and just charge if you want them printed out. But can e-mail them to you for free.
@tealbruce7145 Жыл бұрын
If you knew someone who knew how to crochet (hehe) perhaps they could crochet you some market net bags to reinforce the paint bags. If they were crocheted with polyester yarn or poly fiber they won't compost in the water. They could even be crocheted with plarn, a fiber made from waste plastic bags & such.
@Hobocreekfarm Жыл бұрын
You could also check with South Carolina state university’s science department.
@kevintc17 Жыл бұрын
If you're looking for papers that are behind a paywall, sometimes clicking the "all versions" option in scholar can have free pdfs, and local libraries, colleges and universities can have free access in their libraries (you might need to join the library). Paywalls are awful!
@lindakurtz2653 Жыл бұрын
There is another KZfaqr, David Pagan Butler, who helps folks clean up ponds, etc to be good for swimming. One of his ideas to remove excess nutrients from the water is to float garden rafts (sounds a little like chinampas.....) in the pond filled with plants (in rocks no soil) that must pull their nutrients from the water, effectively cleaning up the excess nutrient issue. He consulted with a british estate owner (Mapperton, home of the Earl of Sandwich!) on their 18th century pool and has helped them clean it up a lot.
@KathysTube Жыл бұрын
Interesting... science! Thanks 🤗❤️
@clipsfromcherie Жыл бұрын
Love your channel
@asqirl8425 Жыл бұрын
We did the same on our little pond. after soaking green pond water in 20 cubic feet of char for a week , in a a thailand trough, it came out clear. My you tube channel demonstrates the results.
@gizelegionet777111 ай бұрын
Sea food shell will do the same think. Like oysters, clams and or other beach shell. Just put them loose at the bottom of the pond.
@HoneybeeHollowGardens11 ай бұрын
That’s interesting, didn’t know that thank you. Fun fact my grandfather dug a pond in this area of SC once and dug out almost pure seashells
@definitelyevan397410 ай бұрын
I did this 3 years ago but by dumping 100lbs in and it cleared the water completely. Muddy murky to crystal clear
@HoneybeeHollowGardens10 ай бұрын
Whatever works! I def need to try this on a larger scale as well
@cazomega Жыл бұрын
Hi there - interested in a follow up to see the results of the experiment. My activated charcoal is going in next month before the start of Spring here. Was wondering if this helped clear Jess's pond.
@HoneybeeHollowGardens Жыл бұрын
Not sure, it’s actually still in the pond lol. Something ate the paint strainer bags next time I’m going to use metal mesh
@cassandradelune Жыл бұрын
I might have to look into charcoal to see if it will clear up my dam 🤔 not necessarily nutrient but sediment wise. And if it does clean it up from all the wild ducks I’m sure my horses wouldn’t mind better water
@johnthomas5806 Жыл бұрын
good luck on this..
@snowdragon930 Жыл бұрын
I'm wondering if the peer reviewed articles you read said anything about their results becoming alkaline or acidic and how long it took to stabilize if it did.
@donnaingle1359 Жыл бұрын
Cool
@permieforlife Жыл бұрын
it's like a charcoal filter for a fish tank
@joanneganon7157 Жыл бұрын
I hope y'all don't get too much damage 😫. JO JO IN VT 😆💕
@ChrisTopher-ib7tt10 ай бұрын
Did it work? Is there a follow-up video? Thanks!
@HoneybeeHollowGardens10 ай бұрын
The pond was clear for a few months, it’s back green again. These bags disintegrated though. I’d put them in metal mesh or something next time
@pennywillis8895 Жыл бұрын
🇦🇺Maybe take a water sample, ph test or water quality test and redo it every month to see if anything changes.
@BillyLeeWilson13 күн бұрын
It's my understanding that charcoal is not boichar. Biochar is burned in low oxygen conditions. There is a great YT video on the history on biochar in the Amazons. The Secret Of Eldorado - TERRA PRETA kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZrWjYNibytLPl6s.html
@HoneybeeHollowGardens9 күн бұрын
I can’t remember what I said in this video, it’s been a few years. But this stuff was burned in a low oxygen environment. Dug a hole & burned all day, constantly throwing limbs on then I put it out quickly with water. I may have been referring to it not being ‘charged’, which the eutrophic pond was then tasked to do
@tanvijain14917 ай бұрын
Did it work?
@HoneybeeHollowGardens7 ай бұрын
The bags disintegrated, use a mesh container if you try
@virginiaallisonpeck2517 Жыл бұрын
I watch plot 37, she has a tiny pond and I was wondering if you could put the green hair like growth in with comfrey just to add to its fertilizing value. This is interesting. Thanks. 👍🏼💥🦚 You all need peacocks 🦚. They are so cool.