Hello, everyone. Welcome to Enjoy Life my channel. My channel is about sharing experience of growing vegetables
If you're interested in growing vegetables please subscribe to my channel and today I'm going to talk about charcoal
Why do we talk about charcoal because it's so good that you can't find anything better than charcoal in nature
I have made two videos about charcoal before, the first one is our preliminary understanding of charcoal, and the second one is about the truth of wood ash
I gave you a simple relationship between wood ash and charcoal. Then in today's video, I will introduce the use of charcoal more specifically with you
You probably know that wood ash is the gray powder that remains after all the wood has been burned and charcoal is what remains after the wood has been burned
Black lumps the charcoal turns to grass ash if further burning is complete
So charcoal not only contains wood ash but also contains carbon
It has all the benefits that it doesn't and charcoal has all the benefits that it's hard to get if you don't have fireplaces in your home and most backyards don't have wood burning
So if you buy wood ash separately, it's very expensive but if you buy charcoal, you go to the supermarket and you buy it for the barbecue
The price of 100% natural charcoal is very cheap compared to wood ash. First of all, a simple review of the role of charcoal from the chemical composition of charcoal contains wood ash so wood ash has some benefits of charcoal, for example
Charcoal contains potassium carbonate, calcium, phosphorus and various trace elements needed for plant growth
And in addition to that, charcoal also contains carbon which is the black carbon
What is carbon? We know nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium but it's carbon, hydrogen, oxygen that's the most important part of the plant that makes up more than 90% of the plant, right
So charcoal in addition to can be used as a base fertilizer can also be used for topdressing
And liquid fertilizer, after the chemical composition, let's take a look at the physical structure of charcoal
Because of its porous structure, charcoal's surface area is greatly increased and its pores effectively retain water
And many water-soluble nutrients can serve as habitats for soil microbes and thus reduce the loss of soil nutrients and increase soil fertility
The specific method is that we can charge the charcoal
Charge the charcoal in the nutritious fertilizer and then mix it in the soil or the charcoal first
Mix it in the soil and then water it well with nutrients to charge the charcoal
And it works really well in the long run because when the charcoal is charged it fills up its pores with these nutrients and then it slowly releases those nutrients
To sum up, charcoal is a particularly good soil modifier that can promote soil health and reduce the production of soil pathogens, thereby improving the ability of plants to resist pests and diseases
And because it contains potassium carbonate, it is especially suitable for those who need high potassium
And high pH plants to improve their productivity. Many friends still don't know how to use it. Now I will introduce several specific methods to use it
The first method is to break the charcoal into small pieces and place them at the bottom of the pot plant
It makes potting soil more porous than just using stones
The second method is to mash the charcoal and use it as mulch
In this case, we can buy charcoal in large packages that are more affordable than small packages and charcoal is an all-natural ingredient
Use it as mulch to cover the soil around the plant to keep it moist and warm
Weed control and the color is very natural and it's not like the other hats that we buy in the supermarket that have that kind of dye and it's black and it's natural
The color is also very natural and if you buy charcoal in bulk it will cost you more than if you buy pure charcoal
Mulch is a lot cheaper and the third way is to grind up the charcoal and mix it directly into the soil to prevent fungal plants like mushrooms
The fourth method is to pulverize charcoal which has an inhibitory effect on the eggs and larvae in the soil
The fifth way to protect our seedlings and vegetables is to pulverize the charcoal
You charge it by soaking it in an enzyme or organic fertilizer for a day or so as I said and then mixing the charcoal particles into the soil
So it increases the utilization of the fertilizer and it releases the fertilizer slowly and the sixth one is to make charcoal ash leach
The method is to mix about 50 grams of charcoal ash into a litre of water and then directly
Spray it on the leaves we need to kill
And the seventh way is because charcoal is slightly alkaline
So it can raise the pH of the soil and it's particularly good for acidic soils and the eighth way is to put charcoal directly into our compost bin and that reduces the smell of the compost bin
Finally, we need to add that it is similar to wood ash and lime which we often use. This charcoal ash also has a lot of dust, so when we use and make it, don't forget to wear n 95 masks
Another point is that when we buy charcoal, we must choose this kind of 100% natural charcoal and do not choose the kind of added accelerant
The kind of charcoal that is spherical. Ok, so that's the eight applications of charcoal in growing flowers and vegetables. Thank you for watching. See you next time