2007-01-19 02:20:58 · 9 answers · asked by ladydaisy 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Yes. Only make sure it's ONLY wood ash. No coal, coke or other fossil substance.
During this season (winter if in northern territories), I always rake my fireplace wood ash (pre-cooled, of course...) into the soil around all my plants (even my 100 year old vanilla orange tree) as well as many other fruit and ornamentals, and the results in summer are fantastic, with abundance of produce and blooms.
Here's some helpfull info.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/woodash.html
2007-01-19 07:40:15 · answer #1 · answered by Kikkaz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The nitrates from the burnt wood are very good for your soil and plants. I usually burn paper and twigs old grasses from the year around fall so the ashes can go back into the garden. you can also add them to your compost pile.
Be careful with commercial charcoals. These contain chemical agents that have never burnt off. Also high phosphorus levels. Good for acidic plants though. Just watch where it leaches.
2007-01-19 13:08:31 · answer #2 · answered by danielle Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might have, I wasn't either there, or paying attention. Yes, I believe they are good fertilizer, but that may depend on what your soil is like. Check with a garden center, or county farm bureau, agricultural extension office, etc.
2007-01-19 14:19:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a little ash never hurt anybody..like was said check your soil ph,and make sure there are no hot coals ,,there was a lady that put a bucket of ash from her fire place on her back porch for two days then dumped them near her garden spot ,it started a 3000acre wild fire
2007-01-19 13:24:12 · answer #4 · answered by Steve C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Just like burning your grass in the fall or after a forest fire things grow back Greener and more beautiful......
2007-01-19 13:50:10 · answer #5 · answered by vulcan_chef 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, also the ash left from burnt charcoal.
2007-01-19 10:59:12 · answer #6 · answered by bugear001 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ashes are acidic. Magnolia, camelia, azalea, hydrangea would love it.
2007-01-19 11:15:01 · answer #7 · answered by reynwater 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends on what your soil needs. You should take a sample to a nursery and they can test it for you, and tell you what your soil needs.
2007-01-19 13:02:36 · answer #8 · answered by Jazzy 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It sure is as long as it is used correctly.
http://www.emmitsburg.net/gardens/articles/frederick/2004/ashes.htm
2007-01-19 10:53:18 · answer #9 · answered by Wizard's Living Grimoire 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋