Home Biochar Small-Scale (Almost Free) Biochar Retorts
Biochar

Small-Scale (Almost Free) Biochar Retorts

by David The Good
written by David The Good

#10 can biochar retorts:

All you have to buy is a crimper, then go scavenge some cans.

Then build a few and throw ’em into whatever fire you have.

(h/t Aaron)

Related posts:

Turning coconut shells into charcoal
Improving Soil Fertility via Burning
Does Charcoal Remove Grazon - and How?
Primitive Charcoal Making/Biochar Production
Experiments in Creating Terra Preta
4 comments
PinterestWhatsappEmail

Related Articles

Winky and Ricky Make Biochar

November 26, 2012

Ashes vs. Charcoal in the Garden

November 16, 2021

Making Biochar in Soup Cans: The Video

February 23, 2024

Primitive Charcoal Making/Biochar Production

January 12, 2017

A Former Dairy Farmer Comments on my “Deer...

January 6, 2022

Ripping off Skillcult

April 13, 2017

Slash and Burn and Biochar Test Beds

February 4, 2019

Biochar trench

April 12, 2018

A Must-watch Documentary

February 21, 2017

A Mulberry Hedge

May 2, 2016

4 comments

Justin February 8, 2024 - 9:08 am

I’ve been wanting to try a scaled up version of something like this using two barrels.
Does anyone know where I can get a giant crimper tool? :)

Small-Scale (Almost Free) Biochar Retorts - TheWorldOfSurvival.Com February 8, 2024 - 4:19 pm

[…] post Small-Scale (Almost Free) Biochar Retorts appeared first on The Survival […]

Biochar Mini-Kiln Success | The Survival Gardener February 19, 2024 - 6:06 am

[…] I got two #10 cans and made a little biochar retort with the method shared in this post. […]

Biochar Mini-Kiln Success | The Survival Gardener - TheWorldOfSurvival.Com February 19, 2024 - 7:57 am

[…] I got two #10 cans and made a little biochar retort with the method shared in this post. […]

Comments are closed.