Re: Wood ashes?

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• To: perennials@mallorn.com
• Subject: Re: Wood ashes?
• From: A* R* <a*@austx.tandem.com>
• Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 08:58:49 -0600 (CST)

> Wood ashes tend to bind up a lot of soil nutrients.
> 
> This is just a observation- but were there has been a large bon fire the soil
> seems to not grow a lot of plants for many years.

Sterilizing an area using fire will kill all weed seeds as well as lots
of beneficial microorganisms.  I can't really liken that to the
spreading of (cold) wood ashes.
-- 
Amy Moseley Rupp (amyr@austx.tandem.com)  Austin, TX, USDA z8b, Sunset z30
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