Why ash is much better than other fertilizers?
IN mostly on Russian soil gardens sour, and so the ash is very necessary for all cottagers: ash deoxidize the soil, making it softer, and stimulates the development of useful bioflora, without which it is impossible to saturate the soil of necessary substances.
FROMonce the reservation that some crops like just the same acidic soil, so it is not necessary to pour the ashes in them:
- radish
- potatoes
- bilberry
- watermelon
In other cases, the introduction of ash in the ground will be useful and necessary.
What is the best fertilizer ash?
Wol cereal straw useful in that it contains a lot of potassium (35%), the plants in an easily digestible form. Neither chemical fertilizer can not give the ground a number of potassium, as ash.
The second plus - after the introduction of ash into the ground, it does not remain in the loop of the other chemicals (only pure potassium and nitrogen). In its safety and effects of mild ash is comparable only with vermicompost.
When making the ash into the ground?
Luchshe just fertilize the plant ash in August - thanks to this plant is better to spend the winter.
TOAlso, if you deposit the ash in the compost heap, it will speed up its digestion - composting "will be ready," not for 2 years, and for the year.