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
Blackcurrants love it - greedy beggars! That's where all mine goes
AC x
Ah rats AC, don't have any fruit at my plot...........YET!! But thanks for replying:-)
Very short-lived potash - so only apply when buds are forming?? Or thereabouts? Don't quote me! = Tim
Thanks Tim :-)
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.
I have heard somewhere that cooking apples like wood ash.
Stephan.
Doris - what better reason to buy a blackcurrant bush !
AC x
Thanks you lot, as usual you are stars!
Never knew about the calcium = Tim