Re: O/T Wood Ash

Posted by VaTom on September 24, 2006 at 17:38:49 from (64.4.122.218):

In Reply to: O/T Wood Ash posted by Matt Kane on September 24, 2006 at 16:23:10:

With all due respect to RM, I tried it and won"t again.

I compost (low temp) between my raised beds. Not unlike sheet composting in your actual beds. Thinking I"d get some mineral benefit I added woodstove ash last year. This spring, as usual, I shoveled the compost into the beds. Big surprise, no worms in the compost for the first time.

Didn"t test, but my guess is a ph problem. Whatever it was, the lack of worms told me that I wan"t getting the same quality of compost as I had in previous years.

I"m back to ash-less. I"ve got great soil, steadily improved over the years. Went no-till this year, and have no intention of endangering it. I"m very close to achieving permaculture, no seeding or transplanting necessary. For mineral replacement I"ve gone to adding some subsoil to my compost.

Replies:

• Re: O/T Wood Ash RM in Va. 23:21:38 09/24/06 (1)
  • Re: O/T Wood Ash VaTom 03:50:54 09/25/06 (0)

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