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Re: wood ash

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jo ellen meyers sharp" <hoosiergardener@sbcglobal.net>

> Wood ash is not recommended for most Midwestern gardens. We have too
> much clay, which the ash binds with, creating brick.
>
> Here, a little ash goes a long way...it changes the pH of our soil.

Back in the late 70s, early 80s I started getting a lot of questions from 
veteran gardeners who said their vegetable gardens had produced well for 
years but suddenly the production had gone down. I always asked, When did 
you get your wood stove? In the energy crunch loads of people went out and 
bought wood burning stoves, and they dumped the ashes on their gardens. The 
pH dropped into the basement.  As you say, a little goes a long way.

D 

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