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Has anyone figured out a use for lump ash?
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OconeeDawg
Posts: 149
I have a big bucked of ash that I have been collecting. Anyone know of a good use for it?
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blueberry bushes LOVE it
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works well in my compost pile.
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I have just dump them off my deck into the flower beds below. However, I am no horticulturist. I may be slowing killing the bushes for all I know.
Freddie
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Works great in my herb garden, Basil, rosemary, garlic chives, mint, lemon grass thyme and a few others.
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I've been wondering what I could use it for. I'll probably mix some into the soil in my garden, save some for future blueberry bushes and maybe toss some into the compost. Thanks for the tips!
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I don't even mix it in, just sprinkle over the top soil. Maybe I should mix?
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Wood ash is basic, so if you live in a area where the soil is acid add the ash to the soil.. If I remember my basic biology most plant like a pretty neutral soil. I live on a limestone rock (very basic) and I put my ash in the flower bed and nothing has croaked so far. Me thinks the amount of ash generated isn't enough to make any difference.Large, small and mini now Egging in Rowlett Tx
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So if you add wood ash to the mix, you get soil with high PH. Excellent to know!
My wife's blue berries may just survive after all. -
Blueberry bushes like acid type or low ph soil. Ash is good in the garden though. Just make sure that their are no live coals in it. My dad caught my stockpile of leaves that I use for mulch on fire along with 2 or 3 pine trees.
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Austin Egghead wrote:Wood ash is basic, so if you live in a area where the soil is acid add the ash to the soil.. If I remember my basic biology most plant like a pretty neutral soil. I live on a limestone rock (very basic) and I put my ash in the flower bed and nothing has croaked so far. Me thinks the amount of ash generated isn't enough to make any difference.
With all the limestone in Austin, it's probably the last thing you'd pout in the soil. I used to put Miracid on my plants when I lived there. -
Wait, wood ashes on blueberry bushes? No way! Blueberries need aggressively acidic soil to do well; the soil should be so acidic that if you were to cut your finger and stick it in the ground, the acid would hurt.
Ashes are so basic that you probably don't want to use them unless your soil is already too acidic to grow in. Composting tends to neutralize the pH of whatever you put into it, but I wouldn't just sprinkle it on the garden unless I had a very specific need.
See this article for more info:
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You guys are missing a great use for it. I love home made hominy.
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Now that you have some of our attention, what is the secret recipe?
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It's great for amending garden soil.
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