Woodash mixed with newspaper ash

[Guest guest]

>I have a question I hope some of you can answer:

 

>An argument against using the woodash from our woodburning stove

>in the temple on our compost is that it also contains the ashes

>from newspapers and magazines. Since the ink contains chemicals

>these toxic wastes goes into the compost and hence it should't

>be put on the compost.

 

>The question is then - will these chemicals be burnt up in the

>burning and composting process, or will they "survive" and

>affect the crops?

>Is it advisable to use such mixed ashes in the compost?

 

>Your servant

>Kamsahanta das

 

I personally would not worry about this. Coal ashes are not advisable.

 

The reports from our scientist frineds at Ecological Sciences Ltd. here in

England are that the uptake of chemical residues found in regular sewage

sludge greatly reduced by composting to within acceptible levels in normal

agriculture. It is reduced even further, well inside acceptible levels, I'm

told by vermiculture, although Cork University who proved this have not had

the funds provided to find out what happens to the presumably toxic worms.

 

This is another reason why the best compost is made on the earth rather than

on concrete. You will attract worms from a long distance who travel as much

as six feet underground.

 

The amount of woodash you put in is also a question for consideration.

You can create different compost heaps for different purposes.

 

The newspaper ashes are not going to give the mineral input as are wood

ashes from trees!

Add ashes at a rate of half a pound per square yard of compost layer each

time you come to the animal manure layer. This should be at a maximum of

every eight inches. This will balance the acidity to about normal.If you

intend to grow cabbages that require more alkaline PH than say potatoes that

require a more acidic level then you can say double this and then

experiment, depending on your current soil.

And it is best applied in a slurry made with earth, cow dung and the ashes,

applied not more than one eighth of an inch thick. Use rain water or river

water etc. Avoid using tap water!

 

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