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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 :-*