Ash often appears in folk recipes for making fertilizers. This is not a garden myth, it really does contain useful substances such as potassium, phosphorus, calcium, etc.
But not all plants will respond to such feeding with abundant harvests.
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh, an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", a scientist, agronomist and landscape designer, told which plants should not be fed with ash.
In addition to the beneficial substances that wood ash is rich in, it has another property.
If you grow blueberries, bilberries and lingonberries on your plot, then you should forget about using ash.
Why not?
Ash should not be added to soil where plants that prefer acidic soil grow.
These are not only the listed berry plants, but also a number of ornamental crops.
Ash will make the soil alkaline, which will slow down the development and growth of plants, and you can forget about fruiting.
It is also important to remember that in the garden and vegetable garden you should not use ash that was obtained from burning construction waste or paper with printing ink.
Along with combustion products, harmful substances will enter the soil.
This may harm not only the harvest, but also human health.
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
