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Gardening Area => Growing questions and answers => Topic started by: JMZ on February 17, 2016, 09:07:50 PM

Title: Wood Ash as a Soil Additive
Post by: JMZ on February 17, 2016, 09:07:50 PM

I was emptying the ash from my wood stove today, and wondered if it might be a good thing to add to my soil mix. I usually just scatter it around the yard and around bushes, and have never noticed any adverse effects.

Title: Re: Wood Ash as a Soil Additive
Post by: bezevo on February 17, 2016, 09:52:15 PM

YES it is used as a soil amendment hummmm...  try Google to find best way to use .

well I wasn't a big help

Title: Re: Wood Ash as a Soil Additive
Post by: LIBERTYNY on February 17, 2016, 10:15:04 PM

Wood is fine, Coal is not . . .

It will raise your soil PH

Title: Re: Wood Ash as a Soil Additive
Post by: fairdinkumseeds on February 18, 2016, 01:01:48 AM

I mix it in with green waste and roadkill, helps to keep the smell down, and speeds up the decomp in this fella>>>
http://sharetheseeds.me/forum/index.php?topic=608.msg2966#msg2966
I also use it to dust aphids. Ants hate ash, no ants, no aphids.
I also just dump a heaped handful on plants that are getting hammered by hoppers and I don't have time to deal with. After a couple days I wash/water the plants really well and spray or move or deal with properly, works great as a stop gap when I'm lazy or busy or its getting dark.
I keep a few buckets of sieved ash in the shed for this reason.

Title: Re: Wood Ash as a Soil Additive
Post by: JMZ on February 19, 2016, 11:10:21 PM

What a great idea. I think I'll save some and dust all of my plants when I bring them outside. Maybe it will help with the spider mites that have moved in.