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Bonfires, wood burners and open fireplaces produce lots of ash over the course of winter. Don’t throw it away! It’s a valuable source of nutrients for the garden.
Wood ash is particularly useful for fruiting plants, but it’s important to know where not to use it too.
In this short video we’ll show you when, where and how much wood ash to apply to keep your plants in tiptop condition.
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Last summer the count hired somebody to cut and burn trees along the chicago river near my garden. The tomatoes growing in straight wood ash are 3 times the size of my transplants.I've got some melons growing in the compost pile.I think I will try side dressing them with wood ash.
Oh that’s nice! Ash on my tomatoes!!!
Just the info I was looking for, thank you for a succinct and short example for its use.
Put your tea to the wood ash and you have a better mix. Tea has acid and puts in other things the plants need.
Mix distilled white vinegar in with wood ashes to make them more neutral.
Slowly mix it in until fizzing stops. Stirring constantly.
Don't do this near or in the house! It gives off ammonia gas!
The result is organic fertilizer!
When you don't listen to leftists on "climate change" & burn your dead trees/shrubs, you get a much more fertile garden when you work that ash in!
(Leftist cidiots don't know their assholes from their elbows & they're the first to lecture people who live in well-maintained paradises when they live in smog & feces loaded hell holes.)
Wouldn't it be better to sprinkle wood ash after the composting is done so that the alkalinity won't kill microbes?
Is smokeless coal ash any good?
Gardener Scott said tomatoes like acid soil Are they like raspberries or not. I am confused what is best for them thanks
I use pallets in my wood burner, is that type of ash ok?
I read alot about it. But They Said to much Heavy metal
Irrigaton of water (immediately) need or not After application of ash around plants ???plz reply sir
Important lesson learned that pertain to the end of this video, in that wood ash should NEVER be stored in a plastic
bin. I once put ash (that had been out of the wood stove for 3 weeks) into a plastic bin, but the ash reacted with the the plastic and reignited, catching the plastic bin on fire, which in turn caught my garage on fire! ALWAYS store ash in a metal bin only.
So if I'm growing eggplant and peppers, probably best not to then? Because they like acidic soil?
If I'm going to put ash down, since it's good for the actual fruit, should I wait until the plants are a little bigger and have some leaves going, before I put the ash down?
I just cut down a tree and am burning it piece by piece and I heard about this. Thanks for the advice
great for cannabis plants the skunk rules
I'm going to try to surround the anthill with the ashes that I have yet to get out of the chimney. I will see if the ants decide to move that I have some queen tacos (Tropaeolum majus) to plant. Then I will tell if it works for me!
Great info, but I'd like to add something if I may: Wood ash is terrific, but coal ash and even ash from charcoal briquettes which contain coal dust should be avoided at all cost! This is the same coal ash that power plants produce, and it's just as bad. It contains assorted nasties such as sulfur, arsenic, heavy metals and a ton of carcinogens. It will make your garden grow beautifully, but you won't want to eat anything out of it!
Have you ever heard of wood ash tea? Is it useful in the garden?
You do know that you can counter the pH changing charcteristic by addin elemental sulfur.
Informative without verbosity. Many thanks. TimW
Exactly the info I needed delivered in very pleasant and understandable manner. Thank you!
Great information, thank you.
I have a followup question for anybody who would happen to know, why is it not a good idea to use charcoal ash?
I have used it to combat a gluish dripping from oak and willow trees. I don't know if it kills the ants but no problems with that mess anymore. And the trees keep on flourishing. From Chile.
Hendaklah abu itu dibiarkan beberapa hari agar lebih dingin
Good information
Great advice I will start saving my wood ash. I am a woodturner and have lots of shavings and wood dust from my extractor. could this be used in container gardening. I have different types of wood shavings can they all be used.
How is it around garlic? Thanks for this, your videos are very helpful!
Can we put it on lawn???