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Old 27-05-2009, 03:15 AM posted to rec.gardens
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Default How to make potash?

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Nate420 wrote:

Hi i heard potash is a good feed for plants etc but is there a certain
type of wood i need to use? also can i use it straight the way after i
have made it?

Sorry i posted somewhere else on the forum but thought it maybe better
in here

thanks


Any old untreated wood ash.
Originally it was obtained by leaching vegetable ashes and evaporating
the solution in iron pots.
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