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04-11-2004, 06:57 PM
paghat
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(GrampysGurl) wrote:
We live in an area where we burn leaves and other yard waste.
Would the resulting ash be high in trace elements and be good
to sprinkle around plants?
Why do that, they make wonderful compost or mulch for the plants if you chop
them up with the mower. I put a huge pile out in and area I'll be planting in
next spring, hoping to amend the area as much as I can naturally.
Colleen Ann
Zone 5 CT
Rightio. If composted it can be recycled back into the garden to keep the
top soil rich & grand & of the correct mild acidity liked by the majority
of plants; but if burned to ash it is mostly useful as a lime & potash
fertilizer such as for turf. The compost is universally useful, the ash is
selectively useful & possibly harmful toa things that dislike alkalinity.
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