Wood Ash, how much is too much ?

Hello all,

I hope this is in the correct section of the forum, appologies if not.

We use a wood burner in our lounge that supplies a lot of ash, it's 95% wood with a small amount of Coal, we save most of it and spread it on our borders and veg areas.

I now find I'm going over areas more than once this year and wondered if this could do more harm than good ? The soil is in good condition but tends to get a bit wet on occasions.

Thanks for your time

TC

 

TC, the only nutrient in wood ash is potash, which, as it`s soluble, doesn`t last in the soil. What you are doing is opening up the soil by adding bulk in the form of ash. Still good, though.:gnthb:

 

I seem to remember that ash from coal fires is not good, so make sure its mixed well, and not too much - perhaps if you have a metal dustbin you store it in during the winter, and then mix & spread, would be best?

 

Well it is ok to spread over the onion patch you will get some huge Onions. My Grandads ashes produce some monsters

 

There's some useful info about this on the "composting" section.

 

Sorry. Should have said that the sub-heading is "soot":dh: