Garlic often grows poorly due to the harmful advice of gardeners - add ash to the hole when planting.

Wood ash is very often used to feed the soil. But is it always useful and what secrets of using this natural fertilizer are known to experienced gardeners?

Many gardeners apply wood ash as fertilizer, regardless of the quality of the ash: it is obtained from burning deciduous or coniferous wood.

For plants, the combustion product of deciduous wood is preferable. The owners simply add dry ash to the holes when planting garlic or onions, or sprinkle a thick layer on the beds where vegetable crops are planted.

As a result of such actions, the seed material simply does not germinate, since the delicate roots cannot withstand the alkali contained in the wood ash.

I use ash in my garden, but I approach this with great care. Previously, I have already hurt my garden and therefore now I would like to share some small tips.

First, when adding wood ash to the holes, I mix it in equal proportions with soil and river sand.
Secondly, using ash to fertilize plants that have already risen, I dilute wood ash with water and water the beds with the resulting solution.

Thus, the concentration of alkali in the ash decreases and the plants do not suffer, but rather grow more actively.

Thirdly, if you decide to add ash to the planted garlic or onion, use a sieve with which to sift the wood ash over the garden in a very thin layer.

It is best to do this before rain or in winter on snow. When the snow begins to melt in the spring, the ash will dissolve in the melt water and dilute the fertilizer.

If you follow the above recommendations, then adding wood ash will benefit garlic, not harm. And vice versa, an illiterate and too abundant application of this natural fertilizer threatens that you may be left without a harvest of this useful vegetable crop.

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