Episode Details

For thousands of years, wildfires have produced a byproduct known to improve soil and plant health - biochar. Today, researchers like Kelpie Wilson of Wilson Biochar Associates, Consulting and Manufacturing are learning how to use this form of charcoal for carbon sequestration. Kelpie explains the different stages of combustion, what types of material to include in your burn pile, incorporating biochar into compost, how to use biochar to amend alkaline or acetic soils, and an easy way to remove vineyard wires from your pile.

• 56: Conservation Burning and Biochar
• 106: What? Bury Charcoal in the Vineyard?
• 167: Use Biochar to Combat Climate Change
• 215: Biochar Production on a Commercial Scale
• A Case of Biochar Use in Vineyards – Doug Beck
• A magnifying glass on biochar strategy: long-term effects on the soil biota of a Tuscan vineyard
• Biochar Use in Viticulture (US Biochar Initiative webinar link)
• Deep incorporation of organic amendments into soils of a 'Calardis Musqué' vineyard: effects on greenhouse gas emissions, vine vigor, and grape quality
• Long-Term Application of Biochar Mitigates Negative Plant–Soil Feedback by Shaping Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Fungal Pathogens
• Ring of Fire Biochar Kiln
• The Biochar Handbook: A Practical Guide to Making and Using Bioactivated Charcoal
• Vineyard Field Trial with Biochar and Compost_ 5th Harvest Report
• Wilson Biochar

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