Wood Ash
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From: Redman
06-Apr-18
Any of you ever try wood ash on food plots for fertilization and pH amendment.
From: Kansasclipper
06-Apr-18
Use it in my garden.
From: Shawn
06-Apr-18
Yup use it on my garden as well, I have a pellet stove and use that also. Seems to help! Shawn
From: Ben
06-Apr-18
Works excellent for tomatoes. I've dumped it on the garden where the tomatoes go and it works well.
From: ksq232
07-Apr-18
Thanks for posting this fellas! I’d never even thought about it, but you guys me to do some research. We heat our home with wood and we have fruit trees I’m going to start fertilizing each spring with wood ash. Fixes ph too!
From: Kansasclipper
07-Apr-18
Cover Crops is the best fix.
From: ksq232
07-Apr-18
We plant winter rye into our garden each fall, and work it in as green manure each spring. It has done wonders for our soil.
From: Kansasclipper
07-Apr-18
I have done rye but have the best results with a mix of hairy vetch and crimson clover. Wildlife love it better than any food plot you will ever plant.
From: Redman
09-Apr-18
So I am wanting to amend the pH on some of my food plots. Hoping this will work over a period of time. I have found that you are not supposed to add more than 25lbs per 1000 square feet over a period of one year.
From: Catscratch
12-Apr-18
I heat with wood and dump the ash on my foodplots. I think it's an ok supplement to what you are doing but won't take the place of good soil management and practices.
