Alan, and all,
Go easy with that stuff. Even where soils are on the acid side I NEVER
do more than a light dusting with wood ash. It's VERY alkaline. Clients
in San Francisco indiscriminately dumped it in piles in their landscape
and nearly killed their rhododendrons and azaleas before I discouraged
the practice. They had a tiny landscape and were generating more ash
than the space could absorb. If you have a wooded area, you can return
it to the trees but broadcast it widely and thinly. Even when I add it
to compost I apply it only in very thin layers. It can kill worms, too,
if applied too heavily. Who knows the effect on microflora and fauna?
Keith
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