Does anybody know?
Did you have a BBQ too yesterday? We did and I even wondered if this sort of ash you could use on onions.
My hubby sold burgers at the school May fair...weather held off luckily.
Charcoal = wood = good ash?
Hope you're buying home-grown BRITISH stuff?
Charcoal - yes (as per Tim's comments).
Briquettes - beware - these might be made from or have a percentage of mineral coal in them, therefore perhaps not a good idea?
The gardeners who looked after the grand Victorian green houses used to use the ash from the furnaces which heated the hot house as a fertiliser. This potash is high in potassium and increased the resultant harvest for crops like tomatoes.
So the tomatoes were fed with the waste generated by keeping them warm - what a green solution!!!
We have recently invested in a garden incinerator / brazier to help get rid of an old shed on our lottie (it was well beyond repair), and the resultant ash will be spread as a top dressing over the tomatoes and peppers when they start to fruit.
Hope this helps,
Tricia :-*
Quotewhat a green solution
Burning anything isn't particularly "green"
I'ts more green than land fill!!!
Tricia :-*