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Are SoilFixer products organic?
Are SoilFixer products organic?
The answer is yes.But for those conversant with the organic movement lingo and legislation, we need to explain the difference between an organic product and inputs for use in an organic growing system.Recently…

Biochar for Golf Greens and Garden Lawns
Enrich and Recover Golf and Garden Lawns
We have used SF60 super compost (a mix of activated biochar and humus) on our domestic garden lawn for a couple of years and have found it helps deepen the green colour, and it also seems to help…

Biochar for trees and woodlands
How to use biochar for healthier trees and woodlands
As many as a third of all new trees planted are likely to die within the first two years (reported via Independent and other studies). Many mature specimen trees of local and national importance…

What is Amazonian Dark Earth (ADE) also known as Terra Preta
Introduction
Amazonian Dark Earth (ADE) also known as Terra Preta ('black soil' in Portuguese), is highly fertile ancient man-made soil found in areas of the Amazon basin. With its exceptional fertility, scientists have been studying ADE in…

Giant Sunflowers using biochar super compost
Giant sunflowers are grown using biochar super compost
We planted our sunflowers (Russian Giant) into the test beds very late this year, in early August, after the Charlotte potatoes came out. The thinking was simple; sunflowers need lots of…

Biochar for water and gas filtration
Biochar is a sustainable form of carbon used to replace fossil fuel-derived Activated Carbons used in the following water and gas filtration applicationsWastewater filtration
Filtering excess fertiliser leachate and water run-off
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Making a fantastic raised bed, container compost mix
This blog was updated in March 2023 to reflect latest information on the new SF40 biochar multi-purpose compost.SoilFixer has been supplying Biochar and SF60 (Biochar Super Compost) for many years. Our biochar-humus-rich compost is added…

Improve soil health ahead of the growing season
The first step to improving your garden soil is to identifying which soil type you have. In the UK there are six types, clay, chalk, loams, peat, sandy and silt, each comes with its own positive and negative characteristics and you can adapt…