Our Absolute Carbon grow media products increase yield, reduce cultivation risk, and ensure crop consistency. They act like a battery, storing water, nutrients, air, and probiotics that power plant growth.
 
Pure Life’s carbon-based growing media and filtration solutions are formulated from an advanced biocarbon known as Hortichar, chemically similar to biochar, but with important advantages for plant health.
 
Biochar is a form of charcoal that’s created when organic materials are heated in the absence of oxygen to temperatures of 500-600°C (a process known as pyrolysis). Biochar contains high levels of organic carbon and enriches soils by storing and slowly releasing the water and nutrients that help plants grow. It also acts like a sponge, removing contaminants that can prevent strong and healthy plant growth. 
 
Our proprietary hortichar-based products are dramatically more efficient and environmentally responsible than existing technologies, improving modern farming outputs while protecting the earth.
 
Absolute Carbon’s uniquely high-carbon content offers a built-in algae inhibitor and filters out contaminants—including harmful bacteria, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Absolute Carbon is extremely hard, won't break down, and improves with use and age.
 
Benefits:
◦ Eco-friendly: organic, reusable, sustainable and non-toxic
◦ Horticultural grade: Encourages more nutritious produce and higher yields
◦ Produces more attractive foliage and brighter blossoms
◦ Reduces risk of disease and pests
◦ Retains nutrients and water, aerates soil
◦ Longevity: lasts > 25 years without breaking down
◦ > 85% fixed organic carbon
◦ Superior carbon sequestration
◦ Helps eliminate algae and fungus gnats
◦ Detoxifies contaminated soil
◦ Absorbs and degrades (detoxifies) pesticides & pollutants
◦ Negatively and positively charged: pulls in significant amounts of nutrients, water, etc. as it has both a Cationic and Anionic Exchange Capacity
◦ Pore structure encourages beneficial microbe colonization
◦ Reduces nutrient runoff to lakes, rivers, streams
◦ Increases soil pH
◦ Improves soil structure
◦ Higher ability to capture & imprison volatile organic compounds (VOC) than other materials
◦ Eliminates tip burn caused by fluoride
◦ Easy to use and handle
◦ Lightweight
◦ Pet safe
◦ Absorbs/binds up pet urine/urea
◦ Replaces potting soil in terrariums