Biochar and dung beetles with Doug Pow

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  • Опубліковано 2 лис 2024

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  • @antonhuman8446
    @antonhuman8446 3 роки тому +7

    750 grams x 365 days is 274kgs per head. Annually. 27,5 tonnes of totally charged, totally organic soil fertilizing matter. The best quality available per every 100 head of cattle of . Each year.
    And very few actually regard the value of the dung beetle. At all. For that matter.
    My goodness. Something else.
    Very well done. Brilliant!

  • @briansmith6824
    @briansmith6824 7 років тому +10

    This is WORLD CHANGING research.
    Absolutely brilliant.

  • @mustbeekiddinfarm1629
    @mustbeekiddinfarm1629 8 років тому +4

    Brilliant, my man, BRILLIANT.

  • @skilletHappyDays
    @skilletHappyDays 7 років тому +4

    Wonderful research! Thanks for sharing.

  • @demoe5676
    @demoe5676 3 роки тому +2

    Hello sir,
    Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge to us.
    I'm located in Tanzania, Iringa Region; the area is ideal for growing avocados (mais is currently the main crop).
    Our plan is planting 5000 avo seedling trees in the near future.
    90% of the Tanzanian people still use charcoal for cooking and heating.
    It's made by a process of collecting big and small logs and woods, supporting the pile with braces and then covering it with a good layer of dirt/soil. Then the burning process starts, which can easily take over a week depending on the size of the pile.
    My question; do you have more information about adding biochar to the soil for growing avo's, what are the results after 6 years of growing them.
    Are there any other aspects we have to take in consideration and beware of? Will it increase the PH?
    Thanks in advance

  • @garykoch3923
    @garykoch3923 Рік тому

    What are you adding to the char in the tub? thank you great video

  • @senadbosnia7047
    @senadbosnia7047 5 років тому +1

    Excellent idea mate. Tnx and all the best in the future

  • @phil378
    @phil378 2 роки тому +1

    Very interesting, did you inoculate the biochar with anything?
    And was there any wait times from kiln to feeding the cattle?
    Thank you

    • @peterclifton7146
      @peterclifton7146 2 роки тому +1

      No inoculation. This is not our project, just a case study of a farmer's practice. He just used biochar mixed with molasses, but now using glycerine I believe. The biochar was purchased, not made by us or the farmer, so I don't know wait time.

  • @martynforde8463
    @martynforde8463 Рік тому

    how did the avocados turn out? is there a research paper on results

  • @ppac300
    @ppac300 6 років тому +2

    So he feeds .33 kg of charcoal per cow per day but seems like out in the field he is free feeding them. What is the limit per cow per day? Are there adverse effects if cows overeat biochar?

  • @lisawebster3367
    @lisawebster3367 5 років тому +1

    Mate onya thanks for that simple solution...

  • @keithjohnson3964
    @keithjohnson3964 4 роки тому +1

    What product do you mix with the charcoal to limit cattle so that they only eat 1 kg a day

    • @southwestnrm
      @southwestnrm  4 роки тому +1

      Hi Keith, there is no other product besides molasses mixed with the charcoal, but he only supplies limited portions to the animals.

  • @skilletHappyDays
    @skilletHappyDays 7 років тому +2

    What did you add to the biochar in the video?

    • @southwestnrm
      @southwestnrm  7 років тому +3

      Doug mixes molasses into the biochar

    • @osarlous
      @osarlous 3 роки тому

      @@southwestnrm Just molasses thats it?

    • @beewinfield
      @beewinfield 4 місяці тому

      @@osarlous doesnt look like just molasses.

  • @mlindsay527
    @mlindsay527 3 роки тому

    What is the feedstock for the biochar?

    • @southwestnrm
      @southwestnrm  3 роки тому

      The feedstock is jarrah wood purchased from Simcoa who produce it (at 600 degrees C) as a by-product of there silicon manufacturing process. More details here www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1002016015300473

    • @southwestnrm
      @southwestnrm  3 роки тому

      The biochar is not used in silicon manufacturing. Rather it is reject charcoal

    • @mlindsay527
      @mlindsay527 3 роки тому

      Thanks! Has it been washed? If not, that would explain at least a portion of the increased P and K.Possibly pH increases as well.

    • @southwestnrm
      @southwestnrm  3 роки тому

      @@mlindsay527 Probably best to email author at joey.stephen@gmail.com

  • @didanz100
    @didanz100 5 років тому +2

    Great for the garden as well. Just made my first batch of 60lts and inoculated it with pee

  • @phillipbertrand8514
    @phillipbertrand8514 3 роки тому +1

    .33 kilo biochar to how much molasses

    • @southwestnrm
      @southwestnrm  3 роки тому +2

      Hi Phillip, thanks for your query. Doug has provided the following answer:
      "The answer is no set amount. The idea of the sweetener is just to persuade the cattle to eat the biochar. As little as possible. As the cattle become trained the amount is easily reduced and quite quickly.
      I have not used molasses for years now. I use crude glycerine from the biodiesel industry.
      It is just as sweet as molasses, the cows love it and it it much cheaper than molasses. In WA anyway. In a sugar cane production district that may not be the case though.
      Crude glycerine is one step from glucose in the rumen, a good energy source like molasses, no wonder cows love both. The crude glycerine available from the biodiesel industry, which is a registered stock feed, has a small residual of vegetable oil which is a definite bonus to breeding cows."
      Hope this helps!

  • @msheart2
    @msheart2 5 років тому +1

    Thanks, I'd like to add climate change is weather modification.