Charcoal and Wood Vinegar: Non Wood Forest Products to Enhance Growth of Plants and Absorption of Carbon Nutrients into the Soil

Charcoal and wood vinegar exert significant role as carbon sourcesyielded from the carbonization process, and afford multi benefits in theirusefor enhancingplant growth and stimulating carbon nutrient absorption. In relevant, this scientijic narration presents results of trial tests emplqying charcoal and wood vinegar on the growth mediafor sprouts of sengon, jabon and agarwoodproducing plants, which lastedfor 6 months at the planting experiment site. This experiment aimed to scrutinize thegrowth responses of suchplant sprout species, and the examine the contents of carbon, nitrogen,phosphor, potassium in the soil and in plant biomass after being added with charcoal and wood vinegar. Charcoaladdition proceeded i?J' mixing it with soil even!J, while wood vinegar addition was done i?J' showering it on to the soil. Nurturing of plants took place i?J' sprqying wood vinegar on their stems, branches, twigs and leaves. Results revealed that the additions of charcoal and wood vinegar on the growth mediafor sengon sprouts increased as much as 12 7 - 208% in height and 109 - 129% in diameter of the corresponding sengon plants. Forjabon plants, the addition of charcoaland wood vinegar brought about in increase 117 - 14 2% as much in their height, and 166 - 12 8% in their diameter.Meanwhile,for eaglewoodproducingplants there appeared still no significantgrowth effect attributed i?J' such addition,since it seemingjy took considerable timefor them to adapt themselves. Further, the incorporation of charcoal and wood vinegar brought about an increase of carbon nutrient adsorption in the soil and biomass. Besides carbon (CJ, adsorption of N, P, and K nutrients also increased