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Mo Bowman
Hi...... As you can see I have never asked a question before so not too sure I am doing this right !!!!!!! My question is:
I have a log burning stove and would like to know if I can put the burnt ash on the garden and if so are there any plants that do not like this? Thanks Mo |
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Mo Bowman
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Mo Leo wrote: Hi...... As you can see I have never asked a question before so not too sure I am doing this right !!!!!!! My question is: I have a log burning stove and would like to know if I can put the burnt ash on the garden and if so are there any plants that do not like this? Thanks Mo http://www.humeseeds.com/ashes.htm We use to side dress a bit on sweet potatoes. Bill -- Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/757.html What is Global Dimming?? Less light more shade world wide food implications |
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Mo Bowman
On 1/5/2010 2:06 AM, Mo Leo wrote:
Hi...... As you can see I have never asked a question before so not too sure I am doing this right !!!!!!! My question is: I have a log burning stove and would like to know if I can put the burnt ash on the garden and if so are there any plants that do not like this? Thanks Mo Wood ash is an excellent source of potassium, one of the three main nutrients needed by plants. However, it is also quite alkaline. Don't use it if your soil is already alkaline or use it on acid-loving plants (e.g., camellia, azalea, gardenia, rose, blueberry). -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19) Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary |
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Mo Bowman
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Mo Leo wrote: Hi...... As you can see I have never asked a question before so not too sure I am doing this right !!!!!!! My question is: I have a log burning stove and would like to know if I can put the burnt ash on the garden and if so are there any plants that do not like this? Thanks Mo It is somewhat alkaline (basic), but not much. I'd avoind plants like potatoes and blueberries who prefer acidic (low pH) soils. Besides the ash, if you have any small bits of charcoal, you'll want to be sure to get them in to the garden as well. Charcoal charged soil has been reported by universities to be more fertile. Google Terra Preta, e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_preta -- ³When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist.² -Archbishop Helder Camara http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...cle%2FShowFull http://countercurrents.org/roberts020709.htm |
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Mo Bowman
On Jan 5, 5:06*am, Mo Leo wrote:
Hi...... *As you can see I have never asked a question before so not too sure I am doing this right !!!!!!! * *My question is: I have a log burning stove and would like to know if I can put the burnt ash on the garden and if so are there any plants that do not like this? Thanks Mo -- Mo Leo My wife scatters some of the ashes on the garden but puts most of them into the compost pile to mellow out for a couple of years. Paul |
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Mo Bowman
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, Pavel314 wrote: On Jan 5, 5:06*am, Mo Leo wrote: Hi...... *As you can see I have never asked a question before so not too sure I am doing this right !!!!!!! * *My question is: I have a log burning stove and would like to know if I can put the burnt ash on the garden and if so are there any plants that do not like this? Thanks Mo -- Mo Leo My wife scatters some of the ashes on the garden but puts most of them into the compost pile to mellow out for a couple of years. Paul Forest soils are usually acidic, due to the action of decomposing organic material and fungi. I would think that adding wood ashes to a compost pile, where you are trying to achie.localve the same results, would be counter indicated. The base (alkalin) part of wood ash is cabonate (CO3)--. The decomposition of organic material and cation exchange (H+) by the roots of plants will counter the pH effects of wood ash, but in the meantime there is the possibility that the minerals that you want in the garden soil (Ca, Mg, K) will be leached out. My advice would be to apply the wood ash over the winter, but cease adding it a couple of months before you plant. You may want to apply coffee grounds to your garden during this same time. Last year I put fresh coffee grounds on a couple of squash, and they immediately headed south. Conversely, coffee grounds added to my potatoes and blueberries was followed by an marked improvement in growth. Hope this helps. My point being that coffee grounds (at least from dark roast coffee) seem to be acidic, and may be able to take the edge off any small rise in pH caused by the wood ash. -- ³When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist.² -Archbishop Helder Camara http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...cle%2FShowFull http://countercurrents.org/roberts020709.htm |
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