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["loneroc" <loneroc@mwt.net>]

Ashes can do wonders in perking up tired old lilac bushes.  I have some on
my property that scarcely bloomed, and after a few buckets of ash, they
flower well (although I must add not profusely).

Steve Herje, Lone Rock, WI
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Fruth" <jfruth@uslink.net>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 4:59 AM
Subject: [NAFEX] Hardwood Ash


>     Hardwood ash, or any ashes, for that matter is/are a fertilizer in
that
> it/they are a source of potassium that can be readily used by plants.  The
> problem with ashes used as a fertilizer is that it contains potassium
> hydroxide which is only a slight step less toxic than lye (sodium
> hydroxide).  Ashes also contain a bit of sodium hydroxide plus some
> insoluble phosphorus.  The phosphorus can be used by plants only after
soil,
> bacteria convert it into a more soluble form.  Ashes contain nearly zero
> nitrogen.
>     Really, though, ashes is/are close to the worst form of fertilizer
> unless your soil is too acid and you want to sweeten it.
>
> Jim Fruth
> Pequot Lakes, MN
>
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