Are Ashes Good For The Garden
Wood and coal ash each have nutrient properties.
Are ashes good for the garden. If your soil is very acidic 55 or lower amending with wood ash can raise your soil ph. Find out by watching this quick tips video guide. Using wood ash as a fertilizer. Dont use it around acid loving plants such as blueberries and azaleas or on potatoes.
Sunday 24 march 2019 at 300 pm. Wood ash can be spread directly on soil in the vegetable garden in late winter at a rate of 50 70g per sq m 17 24oz per sq yd. Cremation ashes may be harmful when placed in the soil or around trees or plants. Is it ok to use wood and coal ash in the garden.
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While cremains are composed of nutrients that plants require primarily calcium potassium and phosphorus human ashes also contain an extremely high amount of salt which is toxic for most plants and can be leached into the soil. That being said you need to be careful about how and where you use wood ash in the garden and composting ashes is a good idea. Ashes from a wood burning fireplace can be a valuable fertilizer for your vegetable garden and they usually are free for the hauling. Fork in rake or rotovate it may be useful to sieve the ash before use to remove debris.
Most wood ash contains a good percentage about 25 percent of calcium carbonate an ingredient in garden lime. But wood ashes are not good for everyone. Wood ash is an excellent source of lime and potassium for your garden. By bbc gardeners world magazine.