Why you can't store ash outside: the main mistake of inexperienced gardeners
Winter is the perfect time to stock up on one of the most versatile fertilizers, which is rightfully considered to be ash.
An expert of the online publication Belnovosti, agronomist, and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh spoke about why you shouldn’t store ash outside, especially if the container is not covered with a lid.
The main reason is that this storage option is fraught with the loss of the beneficial properties that the product possesses.
Ash contains potassium, sodium and magnesium salts, which are soluble in water, meaning that they can easily be washed away by sediment.
Because of this, as a result of melting snow or exposure to rain, most of the important microelements leave the leaky container into the soil before the allotted time.
Precipitation can deprive ash and salts of some metals.
Moreover, when interacting with moisture contained in the air, they become more stable, which means that plant roots have a harder time absorbing them.
Finally, as a result of storage in an environment with high humidity, the ash can cake – working with such a sticky paste is much more difficult than with a loose substance.
