That experienced gardeners call “gray gold” for the garden

The skilled owner goes to business. Someone puts all the organics on a compost pile, but there is another way to turn garbage into a valuable fertilizer – to burn it. It contains phosphorus and potassium, which depends as the intensity of fruiting and the quality of the fruit. In the absence of potassium vegetables, fruits and berries are poorly poured, accumulate little sugars, which negatively affects the taste.

The ashes also contain a lot of calcium (up to 30%), which is an important element that is involved in cell combination. In the absence of calcium, the leaves turn yellow, becomes vulnerable to diseases and pests, on the fruit appears the vertex rot. Boron, magnesium, manganese, iodine, molybdenum, iron and other components needed by plants fall into the ash soil.Plants consume all the above substances and accumulate them in leaves, stems, roots. When burned, these substances remain in ashes at high concentration. Their percentage ratio varies depending on the burned material, so the more varied the burning remains, the more useful the ashes will be. The rich composition has the remains of tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, sunflower stems, straw. In general, any plant makes a contribution to the ashes.

Old boards and other old wood are less useful, but also have useful substances.

that cannot They will clog the soil with plastic microparticles and harmful compounds. Do not forget about heavy metals (lead, tin, mercury). It is not recommended to use for the preparation of ash plant growing along the roads, in the industrial area or within the city. It is an excellent soil deomentor, especially fresh. It can be applied in dry form for digging or diluted in water. In this case, acid is added to the aqueous solution of ash. The simplest recipe: 10 l of water, 1 tbsp. ashes, 1 tbsp. 9% vinegar.