Burning Vegetation

[SeniorCitizen]

Will burning last years vegetation add potash to the soil? Should I turn that pictured under or just allow the rain / water to do its thing?

 

[Tetters]

Hello @SeniorCitizen. Yes it will add potash. I asked Zigs about turning it in or not, and he said it is water soluble and the rain will wash it in (if you get any) I would be tempted to turn it in though, because I`m the impatient type

 

[SeniorCitizen]

The plan is for 6 tomato plants in that area so the dirt for each of those will be turned over in about a 76 cm dia. circle for each so this old man will leave it at that. Plowing sod like soil with a shovel isn't nearly as enjoyable as it was 20 years ago.

Give Peas a chance - I haven't had new creamed garden peas and new potatoes since I was a kid. It doesn't get better than that.

 

[Tetters]

Actually @SeniorCitizen, I have to thank you for giving me a nudge! I have planted a lot of new roses in my new gardens, and there`s a huge pile of ashes in the gun emplacement where we have all the bonfires. Zigs has promised to organise some well sieved ash for me to give the roses a boost for the summer - he has lots of other jobs to do, but he will find time

 

[DirtMechanic]

So the old folks down here make lye soap with ashes by soaking them in water. That is interesting relative to quantity. I think I would be conservative, maybe spread them out a good bit. I usually put out my fires with water, to preserve the charcoals. Maybe that rinse has a benefit I did not realize.

 

[Tetters]

Some of the old ideas are the best young man My grandparents used to clean their teeth with soot & salt!

 

[SeniorCitizen]

Some of the old ideas are the best young man My grandparents used to clean their teeth with soot & salt!

Luckily both salt and baking soda had been discovered / invented by the time i got my first tooth brush. And something else that's of historic significance , i won the - Best Teeth - contest, - nearly perfect - at age 12 as a 3rd grader in a class of 200 . And at age 80 i still have them all except 4 wisdom teeth the caused problems as a young man.