Uknative was kind enough to sugest that wood ash would correct my acid soil. Is that ash from a wood fire?
Question:Sorry if that sounds a bit of a stupid question but sometimes things aren't as they sound Once I needed some horsetail for a project I was working on. guess what I thought it was.
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Yes, the largest component of wood ash (about 25 percent) is calcium carbonate, a common liming material that increases soil alkalinity. Be careful about how much. Tomatoes love some wood ash. about 1 inch deep and tilled in.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/woodash.h...
No, you want lime on it to neutralise it.
lime will help your acid soil better and is less messy
Gardening centres and some builder's merchants sell bags of lime.scatter over soil, and hoe-in.
Most of the answers are correct lime is what you need, but don't use builders lime from builders merchants, get your lime garden centers, there are many different types of lime.
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