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  • From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Wood Ashes
  • Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 20:45:20 -0800

Title: Re: [NAFEX] Wood Ashes
I've had very good results using wood ashes on my fruit.  Potassium is low in Oregon soils due to the high winter rainfall and a cup of wood ashes on grape vines at budbreak remedies the problem.  Also, peaches have less peach curl when they get regular doses of wood ashes.  Lost a bunch of ashes yesterday, though, due to an unusually heavy snowfall (for here) and had to sacrifice the ashes to be able to get the car out of the driveway.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com
Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003

ppy New Year to All.

I've got the wood stove running constantly now and I generate 5 to 10 gallons of ashes a month.  I'm assuming these would be full of beneficial trace minerals.  I've got typical New England acidic soil as well.  Would spreading ashes lightly in a circle around the drip line of my peaches, plums, pears, and cherries be a good idea?  Thanks in advance for feedback.

                                                                           Dan Hammond, New Hampshire, zone 5a


  • [NAFEX] Wood Ashes, Daniel Hammond, 12/31/2003
    • Re: [NAFEX] Wood Ashes, Lon J. Rombough, 12/31/2003

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