Soil Preparation and Analysis
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Subject: burned up wood ashes
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Tomato(Josh) |
Indianapolis,Indiana
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Is it ok to put wood ashes in the pumpkin patch?
Thanks for any help
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8/23/2006 8:35:04 PM
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garysand |
San Jose garysand@pacbell.net
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yes, but go easy, I probably put 5 gallons on 500 sq ft last year
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8/23/2006 10:55:57 PM
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Tremor |
Ctpumpkin@optonline.net
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Ashes do supply potassium but they raise the pH sharply. Get a soil test first then report back before adding the ashes.
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8/23/2006 11:57:08 PM
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BCDeb |
Salmon Arm, BC
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real limey
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8/24/2006 12:14:24 AM
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PUMPKIN MIKE |
ENGLAND
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Josh. If you already have a large amount of wood ash leave it outside to weather over the fall/winter then after a Soil Analysis, as Steve has suggested, add the weathered ashes if required/if necessary.
Regards Mike
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8/24/2006 6:17:08 AM
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Edwards |
Hudsonville, Michigan (michiganpumpkins@sbcglobal.net)
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If I'm not mistaken, ashes can raise your phosphorus number pretty high if it's a large quantity of ashes.
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8/24/2006 7:20:38 AM
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Midnight Punkin' Hauler |
Butler, Ohio
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Take it easy on the ashes, a little bit goes a long way!!
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8/24/2006 8:01:27 PM
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Milford |
milford, CT,
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Here's what happened to me this year. My PH was 6.8 last year...I added a 5 gallon pail of wood ash last fall on 1000 sq ft. The PH went up to 7.6 when I did my soil test in March. My Potassium went up to over 900 ppm also. Just don't over do it. Mark
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9/9/2006 4:32:07 PM
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