You are viewing a single comment's thread from:RE: The central wood boiler is onlineView the full contextmanniman (68)in Homesteading • 10 months ago What‘s the effect of the ash in the fields?
Calcium is the most abundant element in wood ash and gives ash properties similar to agricultural lime. Ash is also a good source of potassium, phosphorus, and magnesium.
You calculate such things or just go by a rule of thumb?
Yes you can do soil tests to dial it all in and there are rough suggestions for pounds per acre.