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I found that sprinkling ashes on the driveway ultimately resulted in
tracking them into the house--either from directly walking on the driveway,
or by the car dragging them on to my sidewalks.

Steve H. Lone Rock
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Williamson" <swilliamson@acespower.com>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 6:17 AM
Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Hardwood Ash


> Does using the ashes on the driveway actually melt the snow or just
provide traction?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of tanis cuff
> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 4:19 PM
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Hardwood Ash
>
>
> Sorry for delay in reply.  I bet you've sent in your article by now.  I
heat
> w/ wood, and depending on the winter that means more or fewer buckets of
> ashes.  (Cold-- heating-degree days, and ice-- use ashes on driveway
[rural
> area, doesn't enter a storm-sewer])   I try to spread left-over ashes onto
> as large an area as possible, so no patch of soil gets over loaded and so
> much of the soil gets at least a little.  That means all fruit trees get a
> "powdered sugar dusting" every 2-3 years, this average changing as
orchards
> expend!  I doubt I apply enough to have much/any effect on the soil pH.
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Doreen Howard" <>
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Hardwood Ash
> Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 10:20:05 -0600
>
> Thanks everyone for this exchange on using hardwood ash on fruit trees.
Your
> experiences dispell an urban legend or old wives tale that they are good
for
> fruiting trees.
>
> The ash fix often pops up on gardening lists and some "experts" swear by
it.
> But, I had wondered if they really had the results they claimed.  It all
> comes back to "know your soil" and do a soil test.  If you have acid
ground,
> I can see where the ash would do some good.  Otherwise, ash seems to
create
> more problems than it solves.
> Doreen Howard
>
>
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