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  Posted by kapper5502 (U14857895) on Friday, 13th January 2012

  Hi,
  
  We had our chimneys swept before Christmas, and the sweep told my husband, that people ask him for soot for their gardens. The upshot of this is.... he has dropped a few bags of it off, and now, we do not know what to do with it.......HELP. LOL
  
  Josie

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  Posted by Kleftiwallah (U13700999) on Friday, 13th January 2012

  Stick it in a corner of the garden and forget about it for a couple of years. After that, it's good round the base of shrubs and a foliar feed andt bug spray can be made from diluted sooty water. Cheers, Tony.

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  Posted by Tee Gee (U10012255) on Friday, 13th January 2012

  I agree with Tony
  
  
  
  This an extract from my website;
  
  
  Soot;
  
  
  
  Allow to weather before use to disperse chemicals such as sulphur.
  
  
  
  Dig in or water in during Spring & Summer
  
  
  
  Solid rate; 4oz per sq yd (100gms per sq metre)
  
  
  
  Liquid rate; 8oz (200gms) per gallon (5 litres)of clean water.
  

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  Posted by BaraGwenith (U14257539) on Friday, 13th January 2012

  Traditionally it used to be put on the onion bed.
  
  I suspect the sweep was very pleased to get rid of it!

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  Posted by hereisabee (U2342191) on Tuesday, 24th January 2012

  If you rake some into the surface of your soil, the soil will become darker and when the the warmth of the sun returns, then a dark soil warms quicker than a light coloured soil. There is a low nitrogen value too, let the weather and worms get to work before sowing any seeds though.

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