Charcoal Green® Soil D•Tox™ (WOOD - POWDER) is an Activated Charcoal Powder specially manufactured from WOOD for agricultural applications. It is widely used in agriculture as a soil amendment to protect and enhance plant growth and vigor, and promote seed germination. Effectively decontaminate soil from chemical spills, pre-emergent herbicides, pesticide, and fertilizer applications. Widely used on golf greens, for turf grass management, and rye grass seed production.
Testimonial
Happy Soil D-Tox Customer Gets Results
"Soil D-Tox Works: So excited to get the new driveway, but Preen was applied to the newly cultivated area… Nothing grew… A muddy mess… I applied Soil DTox as directed and watered it generously.
The charcoal neutralized the Preen, as the manufacturer stated it would…
WE HAVE GRASS after only 3 weeks!
Below are the pictures of grass growing after being treated with Soil DTox the band along the driveway was dead due to an application of Preen.
FAQ
I am an avocado grower in CA. We have a section of our ranch that seems to be suffering from a build-up of pre-emergents. It is about a 1600 square foot space. What is your recommended application method? The volume needed is not much if I’m reading the recommendation. We have 4 gal backpack sprayers and a 300 gal spray rig.
Thank you for your help- Catherine
Hi Catherine.
The most effective way to apply the soil detox charcoal powder is by mixing it with water and spraying it on.
The four-gallon backpack sprayer is your best option, as the charcoal can clog up the nozzles in no time if allowed to dry, it can be a real pain.
Also, charcoal is not soluble, so when mixing in your 300-gallon rig, the powder will sink to the bottom, it just is not ideal. What some have done, when doing large areas, such as football fields, is that they wet the ground really well, apply the dry charcoal when it is not windy of course, and it will stick to the grass/ground, and then they go back and water it in.....I prefer spraying it on.
I use a three-gallon sprayer and as soon as I am done spraying, I put in clean water and keep spraying till the water is clear.
I also have been known to just apply with a two-gallon pail, when I am dealing with smaller areas and just pour it in, such as a container garden, or just onto the base of plants.
The beauty of charcoal is that you cannot mess it up, meaning, although you can use too little so that it will not be as effective, but you cannot use too much. I always use more than is recommended, as we have no idea what really is in the ground, not only from the pre-emergent, but what is falling from the sky, it is best to be on the safe side and apply more than you think you need and then watch the results.
I hope that this helped!
Charcoal (or Activated Charcoal) and Biochar are each vital land management tools. Whether it is for detoxifying poisoned soils, regulating moisture in soils, improving seed germination, encouraging knitting of newly transplanted sod, or to increase crop yields, all these benefits and more are available to the flower gardener and the tractor farmer through the amazing chemistry and physics of activated charcoal and biochar.
As we have time we will add more topics and links for those of you looking to improve your soils, save your exotic plants, or just interested in experimenting with new ideas.
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The northwest coast of the US is one of the largest producers of rye grass seed (aka ryegrass seed). Vital to their production is the use of activated charcoal powder.
Ken is the Agriculture Manager for Wilco a large agricultural supply cooperative. He shares how they apply the "carbon" (activated charcoal powder) as a slurry.
We apply all our carbon in solution. We use a venturi to mix the carbon. In our case we are also mixing liquid fertilizer into the solution as it is used over the top of grass seed as it is planted. If we speak of rates in terms of broadcast acres (rather than a band) we are applying 300 pounds of carbon in 480 gallons of solution per acre. About ½ of that solution is fertilizer. As a rule I like to add at least 1gallon of water to one pound of carbon when we are mixing it without fertilizer.
We use no more than a 25 mesh screen in our system. If I have seen anybody have a problem it is because they are using too fine of a screen. The solution is applied through a boom using 8/10/gal or 1 gallon tips. TeeJet Tips would read 8008 or 8010.
Once mixed the solution must stay mixed. When it is in a tank waiting to be applied we recirculate it constantly. What I have found works best is to pump the solution back in through the top and into a PVC pipe teed at the bottom."
Ken
Wilco Agriculture Manager
Oregon
Sept. 2008
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Charcoal Green® Soil D•Tox™ (Wood - Powder)
Charcoal Green® Soil D•Tox™ (WOOD - POWDER) is an Activated Charcoal Powder specially manufactured from WOOD for agricultural applications. It is widely used in agriculture as a soil amendment to protect and enhance plant growth and vigor, and promote seed germination. Effectively decontaminate soil from chemical spills, pre-emergent herbicides, pesticide, and fertilizer applications. Widely used on golf greens, for turf grass management, and rye grass seed production.
