WOOD ASH FOR SOIL AND OTHER SOLUTIONS

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• Bee witched Posts: 1,295

  January 2021

  Hi @logunrifleDaQNI1Ig,
  
  Most of mine is scattered in thin layers when I build up my compost heap ... but I do tickle some in around all my hemerocallis plants after I've cut them down in spring to help them flower.
  I do sieve it first to take out any hard/lumpy bits.
  
  Bee x
   
  
  

  Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders  
  
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• Fire Posts: 19,096

  January 2021 edited January 2021

  I would just caution that if you are using wood ash from a house grate, give a thought to what you are burning. There may be bits of plastic from envelopes or shreds of sellotape from cardboard etc. On the whole I don't add my wood ash to the garden as I can't guarantee it's purely of just paper or wood. 
  

  
  

  Ash is strongly alkaline, so if you have a small compost bin/ beds  and loads of ash regularly, you might well end up changing the ph significantly.
  

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• Butterfly66 Posts: 970

  January 2021

  We add our wood ash to the compost bin and occasionally directly around the base of our lilac hedge. We only burn wood and our firefighters are wood shavings with beeswax so no worries re any contaminants. 

  
  

  As @Fire says you need to think about what you burn, I wouldn’t be too worried if it included paper/cardboard but if using used wood (with paint, nails etc) or other rubbish then probably best avoided. It also best avoiding using those sorts of thing in your fire/stove anyway as the burn rates and chemicals can build up as residue inside the flue.

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