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Re: O/T Wood Ash
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Posted by VaTom on September 25, 2006 at 03:50:54 from (64.4.122.219):
In Reply to: Re: O/T Wood Ash posted by RM in Va. on September 24, 2006 at 23:21:38:
RM, you're right. I started with a lot better than tobacco dirt. We live on top of a mountain in Albemarle county, no topsoil to speak of. I went to the bottom and got the best dirt I could find. Wasn't great, but several yrs later it is. Don't even need lime. My compost works very well. I've been reading about humus and "green manure", trying something different every year. Part of my motivation is the lessening of trace minerals in commercial produce. That's why I figured I'd try the ash. Whether adding subsoil will do the same I don't know, but it won't hurt anything. I haven't paid much attention to field cropping, as I have no fields (just forest), but there apparently are field crops that would jumpstart your humus production. I just learned that my arugula and mustard growing actually improve the soil, although I don't yet know how. Had a "master gardener" and wife come by here and she wanted to know why my tomatoes were so much more "robust" than theirs. He uses commercial fertilizers and bug control. I don't. Using that ash instead of lime sounds like a good start for you.
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