Sorry to leave ya in the lurch, I want to use it in my soil, I remember previously reading that you want to "charge" (there is probably a more accurate word for this) it before you add it, where you let it absorb nutrients and microbes while it's sitting in another microbe rich environment so it gets "charged" up (filled up with nutrients and microbes) there so when you add it to your soil mix it has all that surface area "full" and ready to be access once in your soil mix, instead of going "uncharged" into your soil mix and hiding/absorbing some of your soil mind's nutrients and microbes(taking away from what's available, instead of adding what's available in like little storage areas)
Now before posting I tried a few searches in Google and I was going in circles and still not finding about this aspect of using activated charcoal in gardening but I am sure I read it in multiple sources before. Maybe a different term is used to describe the process. Hopefully I explained what I am after better. When I look back at my post now, I can see how vague it sounded, as activated charcoal is used for a few things, sorry for any confusion.
as far as purchasing, I should have said does anyone know of where to buy it in quantities of more than less than a kg. I have seen up to 500g, but if theres a bulk purchase available it may be more economical.
Inoculating the charcole is the same as activating it.I think instead of 'charge' the term I should be using inoculate the activated charcoal, the time frame it takes
Oh is it referred to by that as well, I was under the assumption that activated meant charcoal heated up in the presence of a gas that causes many internal openings and likewise surface area inside the activated charcoal, and that inoculation with microbes was a different process all togetherInoculating the charcole is the same as activating it.
So your talking about Bio char it's different to activated charcoal bunnings sells it so does easy as organics and a few other joints depends on what quality your after will be where you'd source it fromSorry to leave ya in the lurch, I want to use it in my soil, I remember previously reading that you want to "charge" (there is probably a more accurate word for this) it before you add it, where you let it absorb nutrients and microbes while it's sitting in another microbe rich environment so it gets "charged" up (filled up with nutrients and microbes) there so when you add it to your soil mix it has all that surface area "full" and ready to be access once in your soil mix, instead of going "uncharged" into your soil mix and hiding/absorbing some of your soil mind's nutrients and microbes(taking away from what's available, instead of adding what's available in like little storage areas)
Now before posting I tried a few searches in Google and I was going in circles and still not finding about this aspect of using activated charcoal in gardening but I am sure I read it in multiple sources before. Maybe a different term is used to describe the process. Hopefully I explained what I am after better. When I look back at my post now, I can see how vague it sounded, as activated charcoal is used for a few things, sorry for any confusion.
as far as purchasing, I should have said does anyone know of where to buy it in quantities of more than less than a kg. I have seen up to 500g, but if theres a bulk purchase available it may be more economical.