Chimineas?
Question:My dad has burnt a load of stuff in his chiminea and wanted to know if he can put the ash on his garden once it's cooled down - someone told him it would be beneficial for the garden, this someone was a bloke in the pub so I thought I'd make sure...
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If it's wood ash then it will be rich in beneficial stuff. I'm not sure about other ash.
Its very beneficial for roses, so yes. I used to have a coal burning fire and put ash on the garden all the time.
Be careful what has been burned. Any plastic residue is harmful. Anything not organic will not break down in the ground and will just cause probems (eg. metal). Ash is useful for roses and other plants as long as it is from organic burnt material (plants, wooden stuff)
Unfired clay is also good for the ground if you have sandy soil
my grandad used to swear by it,that was in the days of the coal fire,used to get all the ash out in the morning and dig it into his boarders. then along came Margaret thatcher...but that's another story.
The ash should be high in phopsphates so go for it and smell the roses
I have a wood burner and an allotment, But if I burn any treated wood especially tanalised I wouldn't use on food crops. In the instructions of the burner, it says the ash has no value to gardens. But it completely combust than a chimineas.
Adding ash (assuming no impureties) will increase the ph level in your soil. However, you may want to test your soil first(inexpensive kits are available at Walmart, to name one store). If your soil already has a high ph content, adding to it could be harm to anything sensitive to high ph.
good luck
Yes that's correct and once the ashes have cooled down it can be spread on a garden plot to warm the ground and help some vegetables to grow.
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