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Re: Wood Ash

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 12:07 pm
by indy
I must admit I never knew to put it round raspberries :study:

Re: Wood Ash

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:49 pm
by Harasimow
If you wan to burn wood mainly for the purpose of producing potash to spread on the garden is it better to use young alive bits of wood and green leaves (the sort of stuff thats hard to burn and smokes a lot) or big tree logs and deadwood? Ive been told the former has more potassium in.

Thanks

Re: Wood Ash

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:18 pm
by mybarnconversion
One word ... paths

Re: Wood Ash

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:57 pm
by Harasimow
Im afraid i need more than just the one word to understand. How does woodash make paths?

Re: Wood Ash

Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 7:29 am
by Millymollymandy
I don't know either as it would just blow away! And make your shoes really dirty. :lol:

Re: Wood Ash

Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:55 pm
by indy
the wood ash that comes out of mine would be very flighty, perhaps you dampen it first then com[act it. Is what I would do :dontknow:

Re: Wood Ash

Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:50 pm
by grahamhobbs
Waste of a valuable material putting it on a path. Now cinders is something different

Re: Wood Ash

Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:59 pm
by indy
Have been using my coal ash to make a path, its a bit heavier, I'm saving my wood ash for the veggie plot, I never knew it could go round so many different things! :sunny:

Re: Wood Ash

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:09 pm
by Fred Hoggin
mybarnconversion wrote:One word ... paths
Tried that it ends up all slushy just like mud.

Re: Wood Ash

Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:09 am
by indy
To be fair I havemn't tried to make a path out of woodash, I use my coal ash for that, I tend to put my woodash in for the chickens to fossik around in and on the compost heap. At the moment most of my wood ash is keeping my dahlia tubers warm :iconbiggrin:

Re: Wood Ash

Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:55 pm
by Harasimow
Ahh okay, well ive only got woodash and thats going round crops.

Paths im gonna use wodden boards so if i change my mind of where i want paths and as i rotate my crops i can move them easilly.