For thousands of years farmers and gardeners have used wood ash to nurish their crops, amend soil, and feed their families. Wood ash is rich in potassium (potash) but also Calcium. Plants will greatly benefit from both of these minerals along with over 20+ other trace minerals included.
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Great video!
Is he wearing a shirt under that jacket?
Does the type of sand matter, in this instance? Usually one hears that "play" sand, like is used in sand boxes, is too fine and a coarser sand such as builder's sand is needed. Your thoughts…?
Fun fact, early chemistry experiments involved lighting stuff on fire and measuring the weight and physical properties of the remaining ash, it’s part of how we found out fossilized sharks teeth weren’t just rocks, I saw it in a history video last night
Layering ash into your compost pile is a great way to incorporate the nutrients.
What about peanut shells ?
My water is so high in pH it goes off the chart I don't think I want to use wood ash I'd be very afraid of it
Thank you for chemistry lesson. I always wanted to use ash but with my poor chemistry I ended up not using it because I won't know if my soil is balanced or not. But with this lesson atleast I have a little bit of idea what to do in future. Thanks again.
It was an unknown fact. But, you have reintroduced the fact to use such things. Thanks for sharing your video.
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How about adding ash to your compost pillow?
Great video Luke. What about charcoal brick ash from the charcoal grill?
GREAT information. Thanks
Thanks!
Bio char & ash will incress your health too. Bc it adds the nutrients back into the soil for the plants that the NPK system does not.
i put all my ash in 55 gallon barrels fill about 1/4 full then fill with water and adjust ph then just water all year out of the barrels
Thanks Luke, I was taking notes as you spoke. What I've been doing is using the cold wood ash from burning hardwood in our wood stove and adding it to the kitchen vegetable scraps/rinsed egg shells when added to the rest of my compost pile. I sprinkle ash on the scraps because I'm thinking not only is it good for the garden soil, but it will help to deter pests that might not like ash in their food. So it's a layer of nitrogen (including vegetable scraps/rinsed egg shells), sprinkle ash over all, layer of carbon…and repeat. I use the ash as a component of my compost instead of sprinkling it directly on the soil, that's okay too, right?
Can you add wood ash to your compost?
Luke! I add wood ash to my compost and let it sit s year, the idea being that the pH will neutralize. Is wood ash water soluble enough that all my benefits are being washed away?
Hey guys…I’m pretty sure I’m low on boron due to cauliflower head color and broccoli having hollow stems. Waiting on results soil sample. Any thoughts on where/how to get boron to and amend my beds? Thanks… and Happy New Year!
Use distilled or r.o water for your pH slurry test, so your water isn't affecting your reading.
Wood ash would be disastrous for me, as the soil here is highly alkaline. Please, folks, do NOT just add ashes without knowing the pH of your soil!
Its cold!!!
2021 was my first year that I’ve ever had blossom end rot (determent Roma canning tomatoes). Was a dry year and inconsistent watering.
I thought you were saying "holes". Took me a while to figure out it was hulls.
Knowing the history of any chemical in fertilizer/compost/soil helps me to understand the importance of that chemical and its use, so thank you for the beginning. Thank you for the whole video really, but not everyone does that part. Lol