Category Remediation and Prevention of Salt Damage

Roses thrive with the addition of BioChar, even in drought beciase BioChar improves water retention and houses beneficial microbes to increase nutrient cycling

Understanding Granular and Liquid BioChar

FYI: We love to test for microbial populations in soils. The microBIOMETER is our tool of choice. It doesn’t tell us exactly…

American BioChar Company
August 1, 2026

Heavy ice and snow have created a great deal of winter shrub damage across the country

How to Bring Shrubs Safely into Spring After a Deep Freeze

How to Revive Shrubs After Winter Winter can be brutal on shrubs. Deep freezes, rapid temperature swings, and prolonged periods of frozen…

American BioChar Company
February 15, 2026

Trees need care and have many benefits for city dwellers.

Biochar Solutions for Urban Tree Health

Urban Tree Issues: Compaction, Pollution, and Water Urban trees play an indispensable role in enhancing the quality of life in our cities,…

American BioChar Company
February 22, 2025

Mark Mann, co-owner of American BioChar Company, is top dressing a shrub with VITAL Blend biochar soil amendment. As the biochar blend is worked into the soil it will serve as a "soil reef" for microbes and it will sequester carbon.

VITAL Blend for Healthy Soil and Vigorous Plants

VITAL Blend is a soil amendment that combines pure activated BioChar with freshwater-sourced Humates. Our Humate is OMRI Listed and our BioChar…

American BioChar Company
June 5, 2017