I read / heard once that,ash from young twiggy wood is higher then logs. D Damsel you say the reverse. So maybe I've got it the wrong way round. Either way, I use my ash from our woodburner, as others do, added to compost bin.
I'm sure I heard that on GQT some years ago - the example of the traditional allotment bonfire was used and it was said that this sort of ash, consisting of burnt prunings, pea sticks etc contained more potash that burnt heart wood which is what you'd get from burning logs.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yep. Apart from nasty stuff in the ash the smoke vapours, whatever, are destructive and polluting. That wood is supposed to be disposed of as hazardous waste. What a hope!
Thank you Hostafan - sorry if the passing on of advice given confused - just shows a 2nd and 3rd opinion is often needed. That is why this forum works so well.
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I have spread last years woodash around the roses this year, though not right up to the stems, and they have all flowered magnificently. It does needraking/forking in though, as it turns into a claggy mess if you just leave it on the surface.
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I'm sure I heard that on GQT some years ago - the example of the traditional allotment bonfire was used and it was said that this sort of ash, consisting of burnt prunings, pea sticks etc contained more potash that burnt heart wood which is what you'd get from burning logs.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
whew Dove, I thought I was heading into " senior moment" territory.
Yep. Apart from nasty stuff in the ash the smoke vapours, whatever, are destructive and polluting. That wood is supposed to be disposed of as hazardous waste. What a hope!
Well, there's always the possibility that we've both arrived there
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you Hostafan - sorry if the passing on of advice given confused - just shows a 2nd and 3rd opinion is often needed. That is why this forum works so well.
I have spread last years woodash around the roses this year, though not right up to the stems, and they have all flowered magnificently. It does needraking/forking in though, as it turns into a claggy mess if you just leave it on the surface.