Thread: Fire ash in compost worry
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Old 30-01-2007, 09:22 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Fire ash in compost worry

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(WaltA) writes:
| On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:31:11 -0000, "Mike Lyle"
| wrote:
| big "but": what about the sulphur content? If it's a high-sulphur coal
| and you put a lot of its ash down for a long time it may not be a good
| idea.
|
| Sulphur has long been used in many forms to cure all sorts of ills in
| the garden .
| But I think that applying it via coal ash may, perhps, not be the best
| way !

Most sulphur will burn to a gas and contribute to acid rain. The
amount left in the ash is unlikely to make any difference.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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