On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 17:08:14 +0100, "Steunenberg.Willem"
wrote:

We are heating the house exclusively with wood and I am using the ashes as a
fertilizer in the garden.


Does any body has an experience., values or quantities to be used??

Thanks

willem


Wood ashes tend to be very alkaline and caustic when fresh and contain
potassium, as others have said, but also calcium and magnesium. I
wouldn't put them near ericaceous plants such as rhododendrons,
azaleas, camellias or summer-flowering heathers.


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Chris

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