Re: Wood Ashes in the garden or compost pile

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• To: "A.G. Pitsilos" <a*@fast.net>
• Subject: Re: Wood Ashes in the garden or compost pile
• From: K* K* <k*@home.com>
• Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 19:47:10 -0800
• References: <009001be78d4$7612dc60$3b4682d0@doreen> <36FFDDBD.687CFA3B@fast.net>

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I asked a similar question a couple of weeks ago on this subject.  I was
told that ashes are highly alkaline and should not be used if you have a
high PH like I do.  However, if you have to add lime to raise your PH,
then adding ashes in small amounts is fine.  I think I'm going to end up
throwing mine away.

Kim
zone 9. laguna hills, so ca

"A.G. Pitsilos" wrote:
> 
> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> 
> I just got a wood stove for my basement/workshop and was wondering how much ash
> was too much and how to best use the ash. My garden is about 500+ square feet.
> I'm trying to get one of those compost tumblers this year. Currently, my compost
> pile is a two bin system. One active and the other "raw materials".
> 
> Should the ash go in the compost pile or should I spread it in the garden? Any
> particular time better than any other to spread. I can store lots of ash in
> buckets until I need to use it. Won't really have any until next winter but I
> thought I'd post while I thought about it.
> 
> Thanks, - AG
> 
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