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Biochar, a carbon-rich co-product derived from the pyrolysis of biomass for fuel for energy production, often exhibits beneficial chemic al and physical properties when added to soils and soilless substrates. Research into the u se of biochar to improve plant productivity and growth has increased over the past decade. Much of this research has been done in controlled environments, and often these experiments focus on using biochar as an alternative to sphagnum peat, or on how biochar affects plants grown in soi l. Few studies have investigated biochar’s effects on a specific plant in both greenhouse and fiel production, and from seed to harvest. The objective of this research was to explore the p ossibility of using biochar in both the transplant and field production of bell pepper Capsicum annuum L. In the transplant experiment using a randomized spl it-plot design biochar was mixed in a retail substrate (Jiffy Mix® Growers Choice #901, L orain, OH. Biochar was added to Jiffy Mix® at rates of 0%, 20%, 40%, 60%, and 80% (w/w). Bell pepper var. ‘Paladin’ was directseeded and grown 53 days in cell-flat sizes of 50, 72, and 98 at each of the five levels of biochar addition. In the field experiment biochar was inco rporated into a Clarion loam and an Anthrosol consisting of sand and pea gravel at the rates of 0 kgm (control), 1.1, 2.2, and 4.5 kg m in 2012. Bell peppers were then grown on black plasti c mulch and bare soil beds for two seasons. Pepper seed germination increased as compared to th e control in the 50and 72celltrays with additions of 20%, 40%, and 60% biochar; owever, biochar had no effect on germination in the 98-cell-tray. Plant height and dry weight were reduced as the biochar percentage increased, and as cell size decreased. Height and dry weight, measured at 53 days, decreased at differing rates within both factors, s howing less variation between biochar treatments in the 98-cell-flat and less variation b etween cell volumes at the 80% biochar

Biochar's fitness as an amendment in bell pepper transplant and field production