CARBON GOLD
Carbon Gold saving the planet, one garden at a time Founded by Craig Sams (the entrepreneur behind Green & Black’s Chocolate and Whole Earth) in 2007, Carbon Gold has harnessed commercial markets with their award-winning range of Biochar-based, peat-free planting aids, designed for pro-green keepers, crop growers, tree care specialists, home growers, gardeners and allotmenteers alike. Biochar is a high-carbon form of charcoal produced by “baking” organic matter at high temperatures and without oxygen, a process called “pyrolysis”. Because of its carbon purity, it doesn’t degrade, so introducing it into your soil can bring a physical and permanent change. Biochar improves structure, aeration, water-holding capacity, and nutrient retention whilst also encouraging a resilient soil microbiome, which supports healthy plant growth. Biochar has a honeycomb structure that holds moisture and acts as a refuge for beneficial microbiology such as mycorrhizal fungi, trace minerals and healthy bacteria, which we add to improve plant health. Biochar itself also sequesters (locks) carbon into the soil, reducing the CO² levels that would otherwise be released into our atmosphere. This Spring sees the expansion of Carbon Gold’s range of enriched biochar-based composts and soil additives to include two new lines - Biochar Houseplant Booster and Biochar Compost Rejuvenator.
Biochar Houseplant Booster has been designed to support healthier growth in most indoor plants, due to its wonderful water holding capacity biochar will help keep moisture in your house plants’ root zone.. Biochar also supports a healthy soil microbiome and better airflow through the houseplant soil, ensuring resilient root development and better drainage – delivering a plant that will flourish and thrive in indoor conditions. Biochar Compost Rejuvenator has been created to breathe life into ’spent compost’. Optimal fertility is a combination of nutrients and a healthy soil microbiome. Both can be exhausted after a productive growing season. It’s rejuvenating properties revitalise the soil microbiome, add essential nutrients if fertility is reduced, and contain necessary mineral nutrients if they are needed. Carbon Gold’s biochar products are FSC-certified, and Soil Association approved for organic growing and favoured by growing legions of gardeners across the country.
Carbon Gold Contact us at info@carbongold.com and 0117 2440032 www.carbongold.com 6
GIMA NEW PRODUCT DIGEST SPRING 2022
