I love hearing this and glad you got some ideas from the video. Make sure the "charcoal" that you use is untreated as charcoal can treated with accelerants to enhance the combustability. Lump charcoal might be ok to use but again check to make sure it has no additives. Thanks the the comment. I dig this! 😎

You're welcome. Thanks for watching:)

I'm glad to hear this. Thank you!

Hey thanks for checking us out and how do from Northern California! 😉

That is a creative use for an old pair of jeans. Thanks for watching and love your suggestion. 👌

Or a burlap bag

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When using humsn urine for this purpose, it's best to collect from one person who is the healthiest individual in the group. Not a good idea to collect from indiviuals on continuing medication, especially pshyc meds. Be advised urine contains a lot of salt, so the end product is not suitable for plants that are salt sensitive such as avocado trees.

​@@racebiketunernot to mention that some medications could end up back in the food chain

I add it to compost and just peel on that

Nice. Let me know how it works for you. 👌

Love to hear it thanks for the kind words. Welcome! 😉

Sounds like you have a good system there. With snacks to boot! 😄

Thanks! 😉

Sounds like a solid blend! 👌

As long as no one using the urinals is on medication of any type.

I do basically the same mix but I add some worm castings from my worms to the mix. Then put it all in 5 gallon buckets and I add an aquarium airstone to keep the micros aerobic. I let it bubble 2 to 4 weeks.

I will be adding worm castings to mine in the future

Thank you! 😉

A good use of urine and biochar. 👌

Thank you!

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the kind words. 😉

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Absolutely!, Naturally occurring untreated water would be best! Thanks for watching 👌

I tend to make my compost Tea trending toward being more fungal dominant. I think as an inoculant it is not as important which of these you choose as long as you choose some form of inoculation. The only real way for the average person to know for certain which of these perform better is to run some side by side comparative tests to see if there is any discernable difference. I choose a more passive approach generally because it is easier however sometimes I will use compost tea to inoculate. Thanks for the question and thanks for watching.

There are many quenching techniques. How do you do it ?

Pour/hose when you have hot coals. None of my charcoal is hydrophobic but I make it in a fire pit so all that crap is probably burnt off anyways

I'm not sure what you mean by Terra Preta recipe. I am just adding the biochar to the compost I am making. I am not using a specific recipe per se. No formulas or measurements I am just trying to create Terra Preta by continually adding it to my soil amendment.

@@therealprtrhsenteal I'm not sure of the exact recipe either but I know they found loads of broken terracotta pottery mixed in with the biochar in the Amazon Terra Preta. And un char'd bone.

Thank you! I appreciate that. Glad you like:)

You absolutely could at that point. The water removes the hydrophobic tendency and the nutrients from the pond water will be absorbed. I prefer to add it to compost at that point to allow it to fully charge before using and an amendment. That is just how I do it but there are other valid approaches. Good luck.

@@therealprtrhsenteal Mahalo!

It seems like that would be an awesome alternative. There are no rules as to what you can use. Most excrement has alot of undigested nutrients that could be a beneficial inoculant. 👌

What surfactant do you use?

Yes. Either by soaking for a period of time or by adding water when the char is being crushed. I do have some crushed dry char that I add to bedding in the coops and other livestock areas.

Yeah they eat a bit of it by choice and I put a small amount mixed in with their feed. 👌

I know for a fact that pigs love coal.

I was also wondering if the pigs and chickens eat the charcoal.

We use charcoal burned logs as a way to heal our pigs if they’re not feeling well. They love it!

Quenching before it cools will help minimize the hydrophobic tendency but it doesn't fully eliminate. I don't add water to the retort only because it would likely be more work than benefit. Great suggestion though. Thanks. 😉

Better or best is subjective and could depend on alot of different considerations but I prefer a passive method of inoculation by adding biochar directly to compost under development or livestock bedding areas. This will be a slower but effective way of inoculation and easier imo.

@@therealprtrhsenteal I have chicken and loads of cow manure, maybe I should just test. Just bought a 45 gallon drum on my way to making biochar. I have heard that you can add 3% to the feed of chickens and I just bought 60 day old chicks last week. Your video are really well done and easy to understand.

Haha. It sounded less offensive than saying they are taking a shit in the corner. 🙂

Some people like it I have never used it. I will assume sea-90 will not be pursuing you as product endorser. 😉

@@therealprtrhsenteal they blocked me on social media years ago after I exposed them. Look up the SDS for the product; literally sea salt.

The porosity of biochar can vary greatly. The porosity is largely determined by the type of feedstock and the temperatures for which it is processed. The pores are microscopic and can range from nanometers to tens of micrometers. Biochar has many applications and whether to crush or not to crush is a choice dependant on the context for which it is being used. I use Biochar for microbial habitat and it's wster retentive qualities. My approach is to crush and I incorporate char of various sizes because diversity has value and I try to not overcomplicate a very simple process. Thanks for watching.

Very informative Thank you!

The more it is crushed, the larger the surface area. Look it up.

It's like a sponge. You wouldn't shred a sponge. The bigger the sponge. the longer it will hold nutrients.@@environmentaldataexchange3906

Yep, more peices means more surface area.

So you're saying there's a chance there won't be a pathogen problem?

@@therealprtrhsenteal Enjoy your E-Coli.

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