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A New Season Starts Below the Surface Spring is when gardens come back to life – but real success starts beneath the surface. As temperatures rise and daylight increases across the UK, plants enter a rapid growth phase. To support that growth, your soil needs to be in the right condition from the very beginning. […]
Recovery Season As the growing season ends, our soils are depleted and the cold winter lies ahead. Autumn is the perfect time to restore soil health. With SoilFixer Biochar Composts, we offer a simple and effective way to guarantee a happy, thriving garden come spring. What’s in Our Biochar Compost (SF40 & SF60) Our SF60 […]
This article looks in detail at the SoilFixer SF60 Super Compost – what it is, how it is made, how it works and the benefits of using it. How did we develop SF60 – A brief history Tony Callaghan has a long track record in composting – he invented the award-winning, patented hot bin composter (the patent and trademark […]
In gardening, the term compost activator is used to cover many products with names such as compost maker, accelerator, inoculator, catalyst, and humification agent also being used. In this article, we define the terms more precisely and use these to look at what they contain (the ingredients) and how well they work. The blog was […]
The SoilFixer approach is to make eco-friendly, natural soil additives and fertilisers that help gardeners and growers improve soil fertility and, hence, increase the quality and quantity of flowers, fruit, vegetables, crops, and so on. Use SoilFixer products because they are made from 100% natural resources Natural (definition): existing in and derived from nature. Wood, biochar (a type […]
Industrial uses for Biochar In this article, we look at the uses of biochar as a replacement for Activated Carbon derived from fossil fuels and other non-sustainable materials. (Biochar for soil, gardening farming, agriculture etc are in other blogs – see the end of the article for links). Biochar is a sustainable, non-fossil fuel form of […]
How much biochar (or SF60) should you add to your soil and compost? In our Biochar and SF60 product pages, we simplify the application rate to “1 Kg/m2” (1 kilo per square metre of soil) As we supply 10 and 20 Kg sacks, the maths is simple: 10Kg will cover 10m2, 20 Kg 20m2 Returning guests please note this blog […]
Tony Callaghan, founder of SoilFixer, is pleased to announce the sale of the business to Tom and Alex Brodie, who will continue to trade as SoilFixer through SoilFixer Ltd. Over the past decade, Tony has built SoilFixer into one of the UK’s most respected biochar and soil improvement product suppliers. Reflecting on the transition, Tony […]
We are working with A Healthier Earth and the Blenheim Estate to increase tree survival and growth rates as they plant 500,000 trees on their estate. Alongside their commitments to the woodland environment, maintaining biodiversity, and using native broadleaf species, this project also focuses on mitigating climate change through carbon locked into the tree growth. A relatively […]
Can biochar be used to improve green roofs? The quick answer is a huge yes. Let’s look in a bit more depth at how biochar is used in green roofs What is a green roof? A green roof (also known as a ‘living roof) is a roof on a building that is covered with plants […]
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