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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: davholla on May 03, 2008, 20:06:43

Title: Wood ash what plants would like it
Post by: davholla on May 03, 2008, 20:06:43
I have just had a bonfire.  Am I right in thinking that the ash is useful for apples, strawberries, tayberries, raspberries, gooseberries etc when they are in flower or have fruits ?
Title: Re: Wood ash what plants would like it
Post by: redimp on May 03, 2008, 20:25:42
Fruit like it early in the season but now will be fine for most.  It may be a bit late for things that have already blossomed.  Stick it on your alliums too - about now for any that overwintered and Junish for any that were spring planted.
Title: Re: Wood ash what plants would like it
Post by: sawfish on May 04, 2008, 13:09:23
mix some in with melon compost before planting.
Title: Re: Wood ash what plants would like it
Post by: littlegem on May 04, 2008, 15:19:16
did the wood that you burnt on your bonfire have paint on it? if it did i wouldnt use it, but thats my opinion, i would prefer not to put chemicals on my veggies and i would've thought that burning the paint would still leave a chemical residue.
if it hasnt any paint or preservatives on it then i wood (get it! lol) mix it in with compost for anywhere, but then i dont know which plants wood (lol) benefit best from it, i just think they all wood! (lol again! sorry   :-[)
Title: Re: Wood ash what plants would like it
Post by: tim on May 04, 2008, 18:26:20
And it must not have become wet since burning?? K is a very fleeting thing.