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Old 02-10-2016, 07:49 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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On 02/10/2016 18:44, Stuart Noble wrote:
tephra which has since weathered to rich soils


I gather tephra is just Greek for ash. So how does ash weather into rich
soil? I must be missing something, like where the nutrients come from.
Nothing much will grow in ash surely.


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But you can grow in charcoal