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Supercharge your biochar

Supercharge your biochar

by Cyclic Carbon
Supercharging, pre-loading, nutrient-loading your biochar - it’s about adding nutrients to your biochar before it goes into the soil. Here's how and why to do it.
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Three ways to use biochar in winter

Three ways to use biochar in winter

by Cyclic Carbon

Composting and top-dressing are easy ways to incorporate biochar into your soils in winter, and with the array of bare-root roses and fruit trees available in nurseries it’s a prime time to get some biochar right into the root zone while you’re planting.

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An Introduction to Frass!

An Introduction to Frass!

by Cyclic Carbon
  Frass!   Frass is created through the digestive process of Hermetia ilucens, commonly called black soldier fly (BSF) (Quillam et al. 2020). This...
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Composting with Biochar

Composting with Biochar

by Cyclic Carbon
Compost with Biochar Now that winter is almost through, gardeners and farmers are planning how to best revive their soil after growing demanding br...
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The Benefits and Applications of Biochar as a Soil Additive

The Benefits and Applications of Biochar as a Soil Additive

by Cyclic Carbon
Biochar is a highly porous and a high-surface area charcoal substance that differs from other charcoals intended for soil use and is shown to provi...
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