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Doris_Pinks

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Wood Ash
« on: February 19, 2004, 17:21:25 »
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
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Re: Wood Ash
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2004, 17:24:30 »
Blackcurrants love it - greedy beggars!  That's where all mine goes
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Re: Wood Ash
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2004, 18:18:00 »
Ah rats AC, don't have any fruit at my plot...........YET!!  But thanks for replying:-)
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Re: Wood Ash
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2004, 19:11:07 »
Very short-lived potash - so only apply when buds are forming?? Or thereabouts?  Don't quote me! = Tim
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Re: Wood Ash
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2004, 19:55:10 »
Thanks Tim  :-)
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Re: Wood Ash
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2004, 20:09:28 »
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.
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Re: Wood Ash
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2004, 21:00:25 »
I have heard somewhere that cooking apples like wood ash.

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Re: Wood Ash
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2004, 22:19:12 »
Doris - what better reason to buy a blackcurrant bush !

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Re: Wood Ash
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2004, 00:22:24 »
Thanks you lot, as usual you are stars!
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Re: Wood Ash
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2004, 19:22:49 »
Never knew about the calcium = Tim
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