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Potash - wood burners
Flora rosa
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Hi, can you tell me if the ash from a wood burner is actually good for my flowering shrubs please ? I think it provides potash but before I spinkle it liberally over my soil, I'd like to be sure. Thanks
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Here's what the RHS has to say about using ash from woodburning stoves in your garden https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=621.
I would stress that you should not use ash from painted or wood that has been treated in any way.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Oh thanks Dove, interesting read - minefield, he burns anything, currently has a number of pallets in his garden, so may er on the side of caution and just put small amounts in my compost and dispose of the rest .....