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Posted by Grannyali (U15183416) on Monday, 12th March 2012
having burnt an ancient ivy covered fence, can I dig the ash into the soil on which I grow vegetables
Yes.
Always mixed messages over the use of wood ash. Some argue that there is little benefit in it. Others argue that it's a good liming agent and contains various trace elements but not nitrogen. I burn logs in the winter so tend not to waste the ash, putting around shrubs and soft fruit trees, and saving a container of it for later in the year when I put some, along with grit sand, in my own compost which I suspect is pretty acidic. I put a little around my toms after the fruit sets but can't quite remember why precisely.
I might be concerned that an old fence might have beeen painted over the years with unknown chemicals. creosote springs to mind. I know that old time groundsmen and gardeners had their own pet recipes of sometimes quite noxious substances. I don't think I would even have burnt it.
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