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Blue Sky



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Millymollymandy



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I have plenty of wood ash but I'm unsure as to how often I should apply it to something like tomatoes, so to be on the safe side I use tomato fertiliser and sprinkle the ash round the roses/flowering non-edible plants.

Bought tomato fertilisers usually say to apply fortnightly to toms planted in the soil or weekly to those in pots. Would you be overdosing if you applied wood ash as frequently?

Simon - you may not need to apply extra nitrogen to your soil. I'm just learning about mine (1st year here) and like you, we have tons of nettles - coming up in the potager as well. My brassicas and leafy greens have done very well - but my summer sprouting broccolli doesn't want to flower!!

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I'm not sure of the exact composition of the wood ash, but I use one black buckets worth of hardwood ash for a small greenhouse. I applied several handfulls more halfway through the season.

I'm not sure if it could be harmful to the plants if too much is used so I'd suggest using some on a couple of plants and see what happens. Wood ash is often added to compost heaps to produce a general garden fertiliser.

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