Wood Ash

[Doris_Pinks]

Have been given several bags of woodash.Where is the best place to use it? Sprinkled liberally all over, or for specific veg?  Thanks DP

[allotment_chick]

Blackcurrants love it - greedy beggars!  That's where all mine goes
AC x

[Doris_Pinks]

Ah rats AC, don't have any fruit at my plot...........YET!!  But thanks for replying:-)

[tim]

Very short-lived potash - so only apply when buds are forming?? Or thereabouts?  Don't quote me! = Tim

[Doris_Pinks]

Thanks Tim  :-)

[Hugh_Jones]

As Tim says, it is short lived, so don`t use more than is needed for a particular crop.  Also please bear in mind that wood ash contains varying amounts of calcium (depending on the actual material burned), so wiser not to use it on the potatoes - use it as a top dressing on peas and beans just before flowering, and onions once the bulbs start to expand.

[cleo]

I have heard somewhere that cooking apples like wood ash.

Stephan.

[allotment_chick]

Doris - what better reason to buy a blackcurrant bush !

AC x

[Doris_Pinks]

Thanks you lot, as usual you are stars!

[tim]

Never knew about the calcium = Tim