Wood Ashes in the Garden

Using Wood Ashes in the Garden

Hilda M. Morrill

If you burn wood for heat, the ash can be a helpful ingredient
to your garden. However, there are some precautions you should follow.

Never
use ash from burnt cardboard, coal, pressure-treated, painted or
stained wood. Ashes from these woods may contain harmful contaminants.
Use ash only on alkaline-loving plants such as lilacs, not azaleas or
rhododendrons. Don’t apply ash to areas where you’ll be growing
potatoes, and avoid using ash at seeding time. The salts in the ash may
kill the young seedlings….

(Tip used with permission/The National Gardening Association)
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