Re: Wood ashes?

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• To: perennials@mallorn.com
• Subject: Re: Wood ashes?
• From: T* L* <t*@rica.net>
• Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 14:55:25 -0800
• References: <199710311458.IAA16184@kaizen.austx.tandem.com>

Amy:
Exactly right. But remember how "wild forest land is reborn after a fire". I think
it has to have specific high temperatures for a certain period to do the kind of
damage that results in slow to no regrowth. I would guess that the temperatures get
high enough to melt or bind the minerals, because I have noticed after a "hot, long
fire", the soil is "funny", too. It sounds vague to say the soil doesn't feel
right, but it doesn't. & I'm afraid that's the best I can do.
TerryLynn


Amy Rupp wrote:

> > 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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