Bon Fire Ash, useful ?

[scumpy]

I've just had large bonfire to clear a load of hedge trimmings and dried weeds that where cleared during the Autumn.
Is there and use for the ash, if so what do i need to do.

Scumpy

[scumpy]

[Gardenantics]

I've always spread it around the raspberry canes, or just add to the compost to help that along.

Brian

[sandersj89]

Yes, it is good around fruit bushes as it is very high in pot ash.

Also useful around crops liked by slugs as they dont like crossing it.

If you pop Ash into the search engine here you will see plenty of advice such as:

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/joomla/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,28/topic,16275.0

Jerry

[Curryandchips]

The onion family appreciate ash, as to fruit bushes. Keep it away from potatoes I believe. Just sprinkle it over the ground where required. If you do a search using the keyword 'ash' then you should find lots more useful information.

[delboy]

The soil you have will determine whether potatoes suffer from scab as a result of ash being dug in, I think.

Clay soils benefit from it. Chalky or sandy ones can be a problem with ashes and spuds.

[katynewbie]

I asked the same question Scumpy, apparently the onion family love it. There was a huge conflagration (?) in one area of my plot where a large pigeon loft was burnt...guess where my onions, garlic etc are going this year?!!