The use of ash on the site and in the garden - my recipes and reviews
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ASH IN THE GARDEN AND IN THE GARDEN - RECIPES FOR USE
Now every summer resident knows about the benefits of using ash in the garden. But not everyone has an idea that this free magic wand works only under certain conditions. And it is not at all accepted to think about the fact that ash can also cause harm.
ASH IS NOT HARMFUL
I use ash on my personal plot not only as a fertilizer (I will add - just wonderful!), But also as an effective stimulant to accelerate the growth of garden crops and increase their productivity. It may be noticed to me that all of this is essentially the same, but personally I don't think so. And now I will explain in detail why.
To begin with, ash contains calcium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, iron, sulfur and other useful substances necessary for the normal development of plants, but there are no chlorine and nitrogen. This means that it is already difficult to consider it a universal fertilizer, which, as it seems to many gardeners, should be used always and everywhere, and even without regard to the proportions and frequency of application.
Ashes must be applied in portions and thoughtfully! I never use it at the same time with other fertilizers, so as not to deprive them of their effective power. Moreover, I donate these funds only one and a half to two months after the ash.
ASH SOLUTION FOR SEEDLING OWN HANDS
Of course, she also helps me when working with seeds. To obtain strong seedlings of tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet peppers, zucchini, pumpkin and cabbage, I pre-soak the entire seed for two hours in an ash solution (1 tablespoon for half a liter of water), after which I take out and dry the seeds. By the way, with the same infusion, I then feed the already strengthened seedlings (including flowers).
When planting it in open ground, I add a handful of dry ash mixed with earth to each well previously spilled with water. Let me emphasize: such a mixture must be done! What for? And so as not to burn the roots of young seedlings. I will add that in the fall, when digging, I also add ash to the beds intended for planting seedlings at the rate of one glass for each square meter. m of landing area.
FEEDING ASH
When planting seedlings of fruit trees, I pour 300 g of ash into the pits. And then every four years I add it to the trunk circles. To do this, I make depressions around the trees, into which I either pour dry ash, or pour out the solution (two glasses of ash per 10 liters of water), followed by embedding with earth.
I treat with ashes and berry trees: under black, red and white currants, as well as gooseberries, I add two glasses of ash under each bush, and under raspberries - one glass of ash.
Not more! As for vegetable crops, I feed them with the following solution: I dilute 100 g of ash in 10 liters of hot water and insist for two days, regularly mixing everything well. I pour half a liter of the resulting infusion under each plant immediately after watering with clean water. Summing up a kind of result, it turns out that ash not only fertilizes the earth, but also helps plants to develop immunity and quickly take root during transplantation.
ASH TO REDUCE SOIL ACIDITY
Due to its high calcium content in ash, it can be used to reduce soil acidity. The period of validity of such "feeding" is about four years. But this is in ideal conditions. In practice, the frequency of using the ash depends on the composition of the pound. For example, on clay soils it is advisable to apply it both in spring and autumn, and on sandy soils it is enough only at the beginning of the season.
Troubled? Yes. But these worries are justified, because, as I said, the introduced ash at the same time increases the fertility of the soil and improves its structure.
Ash can also be added to the compost heap to prevent mold from forming.
ASH FROM DISEASES AND PESTS
I also use ash in the fight against pests and planting diseases. If you try to make a general list of those enemies with whom she helps me to cope, then it will look like this: aphids, ants, cruciferous fleas, leaf-eating insects, scoops, gooseberry moth, cabbage whiteworm, wireworm, Colorado potato beetle, root rot, keel, powdery mildew. I will not say that ash is a one hundred percent panacea in all cases, but I can confidently say that its use is very effective and noticeable.
How exactly do I work with her? Well, for example, when planting potatoes to scare away the wireworm and to get a rich harvest, I add a handful of dry ash to each hole, and to fight the Colorado potato beetle, I powder the bushes before flowering after the rain. To scare away slugs, I scatter ash near the plants. And to prevent the laying of eggs by cabbage flies and the appearance of fleas, I scatter ash already in the aisles.
I spray the plants either with dew, or after rain, or before spraying with water (so that the ash stays on the foliage longer).
Reference by topic: Ash squash with their own hands at home
ASH SPRAYING SOLUTION
For spraying with ash, I prepare the following solution: pour 300 g with warm water, insist for two days, filter, dilute with water to 10 liters and add 40 g of soap. This infusion is especially effective against aphids and powdery mildew. Spraying is carried out in dry weather in the evenings, twice during the season, but not earlier than two weeks after the last treatment of the plants.
I store the ash in a dry place in tightly closed containers so that it does not lose the nutrients it contains due to moisture. And then sometimes you have to see how some summer residents keep it in open buckets that stand somewhere under the sheds or, at best, in woodsheds or cold sheds.
No, my dears, in vain do you expect that you have a good supply of valuable raw materials for feeding and processing plantings. This ash already has little to help you, and the time spent on fiddling with it will not pay off.
Well, in conclusion, I will summarize one more result. Ash has very valuable properties, but at the same time it is safer than expensive chemical fertilizers, if, of course, it is used correctly and without fanaticism. So stocks of this valuable tool should be in any dacha farm.
Reference by topic: Ash for plant nutrition - what, when and how? Recipes of a solution of ash and its infusion
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© Author: Svetlana MARTYNOVA Oryol.
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